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253528 2004-07-19 09:39:00 I'm running windows 2000 and have just set up my computer, I have initially set up the administrator as my main user, now I want to make another user but don't want to have to go through the long process of setting up icons, desktop settings etc .

I'm happy with the way things are set up for the administrator user and would like to be able to copy over the administrator user settings to my new user .

Is there any way to do this?, the new user doesn't have to have administrator rights .

Many thanks
Saul (2486)
253529 2004-07-19 10:06:00 Hi Saul

Have a look at this MS Knowledge Base Article - Duplicating User Profiles in Windows 2000 (support.microsoft.com). Not sure what that does for Admin vs User account details.
Jen C (20)
253530 2004-07-19 10:44:00 My gosh, I just copied all the files under C:\Documents and Settings\.... Growly (6)
253531 2004-07-19 10:55:00 not sure about 2k but when I setup new xp client workstations on the our network, I just copy the contents of the user folder ( that was used to setup the pc) into "default user" (which is a hidden system directory in documents and settings)
then every new user gets those settings. Our users are volitile, deleted on log off and recreated on logon.
beama (111)
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