Default user profile..

[chiners_68]

is there away I can create a default user profile on a PC & then put this on an XP CD for this to be copied down as the default user profile on each install?

[Rambler]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319974

Btw, it's also the first link google returns (along with ton of other relevant links).

[chiners_68]

been creating user profiles for years now so thats not a real problem. its knowing the best way to get this on an unattended xp cd so it gets copied down at the right time to the machine &the best wat to get it copied down.

I was thinking of doing this through the $OEM$ folders but not sure this is the right time to copy it down.

any help would be apreciated.

[AndreK]

I think you mean to set the registry settings for any user yet to be created?

Or do you want to set more things as default?

Give some more info please!

[Kazung-Q]

it doesn't work via the $oem$ folders. I've tried that. I've worked around it:

in my cleanup.cmd file (or whatever you use, simple one of the last step before installation is complete):

REM copy the default user profile
SET docsdir=%homedrive%\Documents and Settings
REM unhide default user dir
ATTRIB -h "%docsdir%\Default User"
RENAME "%docsdir%\Default User" "Default User Old"
REM rehide dir
ATTRIB +h "%docsdir%\Default User Old"
XCOPY /Y /E /H /I "%CDROM%\apps\Default user" "%docsdir%\Default User"
ATTRIB +h "%docsdir%\Default User"