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#157474 - 2006-02-20 02:23 PM Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Jeroen Jeroen Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2001-08-16 Posts: 180 Loc: Netherlands	Hi all, I've searched around for the last 30mins, but could not find an answer on how to automate copying the currently logged on user's profile to the default user's profile. We used to do this the dirty way by simply copying the folder contents of the user to the default user folder (and before that used to give 'Everyone' permission in HKCU), but I'd like to clean up our ways with XP. Has anyone got an idea where to start? I know I can get to the right tab of the System Properties by using Code: Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl,,3 But that would probably mean using SendKeys next, and that's not really the way I would want to do it; it's difficult because you don't know how many accounts exist on the PC, and several things could go wrong. So I prefer a way not using SendKeys. Any help is appreciated! _________________________ Regards, Jeroen. There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works.
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#157475 - 2006-02-20 03:12 PM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11164 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	First of all, it requires the user to have local admin privileges. Secondly, WHY!? What kind of problem do you try to solve this way? Most likely, there are better ways to solve the problem you're having. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#157476 - 2006-02-20 03:13 PM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	AFAIK, you cannot copy a currently in-use profile. You need to be logged on as a different user. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#157477 - 2006-02-20 04:36 PM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11164 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	You'll be able to copy most of the files. The most notable exception will be the NTUSER.DAT file which holds the current user's registry settings. Please tell us what specific problem you try to solve with this rather draconian approach. Edited by sealeopard (2006-02-20 04:36 PM) _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#157478 - 2006-02-20 11:17 PM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	If I had to guess, I'd say that he is trying to minimize the pain associated with a domain migration. I used this method once myself. User logs in, the script logs which profile is being used, script logs off the user and logs in as admin, admin script backs up default profile, admin script copies user profile over to default profile, user logs into the new domain, user now has their old stuff in the new domain.
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#157479 - 2006-02-20 11:47 PM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	and to think ADMT makes all that obsolete. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#157480 - 2006-02-21 12:18 AM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	Yeah, it was a long time ago when I did that.
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#157481 - 2006-02-21 01:47 AM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11624 Loc: CA	Quote: and to think ADMT makes all that obsolete. Yeah, too bad it doesn't clear out the %TEMP% and IE Cache before doing that copy. On a system that has a 3GB IE Cache and about 1GB of %temp% sure can take a LONG time to copy the profile and may even error out if it runs into any long file name issues due to crap in the IE Cache. A good reason to limit IE Cache on a user desktop to a very small amount.
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#157482 - 2006-02-21 02:46 AM Re: Automatically copy the current user's profile to Default User profile
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Actually, ADMT doesn't copy files, it just walks the ACEs for SIDs. IKWYM though, during our AD migration, we could sure tell what machines were clogged up with lots of files. I use a GPO to set the IE cache to just 32 meg. On my Citrix farm, I set it to delete temp IE files on close. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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