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Thread ID: 66069	2006-02-09 18:51:00	Creating Windows Profiles	Mike (15)	Press F1

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428874	2006-02-09 18:51:00	My dad asked me to post this here: I work as the IT person in a school and often have to load the OS and programmes onto many computers at a time. I would like the Desktop and the Launch bar to be the same regardless of the log-in. It takes a long time on every computer to set up the Shortcuts on the desktop and then place into All Users, and then log-on for each user to setup the launch bar. I would like to be able to download a file or something similar that will do it in one or two actions. I have been told that I can set up a profile (whatever that means) but can't find easy to understand instructions. We are using XP on all machines. I would appreciate any help. Thank you. My dad isn't an IT professional, he's a teacher, but runs the school's IT. Basically what he's after is a way to set up mostly duplicate profiles where pretty much the same icons are on the desktop and in the quick-launch bar. Either a way to duplicate the profiles, or perhaps have a logon script that runs whenever somebody logs on to add the correct icons to the right place. Can anybody help here? Thanks, Mike.	Mike (15)
428875	2006-02-09 19:51:00	Well as I see it there are a few ways 1) Set up a Windows 2000 or 2003 Server and go down the Active Directory route (a bit of overkill maybe). 2) Set up a Linux Samba box and use domains. Add PCs to the domain and you can either (or both) use login scripts and profiles. 3) Use something like psexec from Sysinternals to and set it to run a script to create the shortcuts whatever and do it all over the network 4) Use some other tool that allows you write files to a remote PC (or even VNC).	gibler (49)
428876	2006-02-09 20:29:00	Thanks gibler, He knows it can be done... he wants to know how to do it (in hopefully not too technical language). The server is running Windows Server 2003 and the PCs are running Win XP Pro (if that info can help at all?). Cheers, Mike.	Mike (15)
428877	2006-02-09 21:34:00	Besides the tips offered by gibler, he should look at the "default user" profile, usually here: "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User" Also Citrix is a popular way of forcing this, but definitely pricey and technically advanced.	kingdragonfly (309)
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