I "tried" to set up my first Windows 2000 Professional PC yesterday. In general, the program was good; however, I ran into problems after installing all of the programs, setting them up, and creating icons under my username and then letting the person who will be using the computer log on. They didn't have the icons, etc. So, understanding a little about NT previously, I copied my user's desktop into the "all users" desktop (thinking this would take care of it). The icons showed up fine, but the program setup for each program (Outlook services, Word & Excel default file locations, etc.) were not done. Any ideas?
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Funny, I was looking for a solution to this very problem yesterday on this board, and I thought I found it on this site by doing a search..
You were close to the solution I found--instead of copying just the desktop folder from your profile, I tried copying ALL the subfolders of the account I had set up and using them to replace the ones in the DEFAULT USER folder, not the ALL USERS folder like you used.
Apperently "default user" is the data W2K loads for anyone signing in for the first time. As with you, my user had all the icons setup the way I had them, but all the apps still behaved as if they had been launched for the first time, ignoring all the configurations I had set up (for example, launching IE spawned the Internet Connection Wizard, even though I had already set this up for our network).
There's got to be a better way to do this...I'll be watch this thread for a better solution.
You were close to the solution I found--instead of copying just the desktop folder from your profile, I tried copying ALL the subfolders of the account I had set up and using them to replace the ones in the DEFAULT USER folder, not the ALL USERS folder like you used.
Apperently "default user" is the data W2K loads for anyone signing in for the first time. As with you, my user had all the icons setup the way I had them, but all the apps still behaved as if they had been launched for the first time, ignoring all the configurations I had set up (for example, launching IE spawned the Internet Connection Wizard, even though I had already set this up for our network).
There's got to be a better way to do this...I'll be watch this thread for a better solution.
Most of my PCs have a single user. The easiest way I found to get around the headache you mention is to log on as me (domain admin), make the user part of the local admin group, log on as the user, then install and test everything as the user.
Most of the time I leave the user in the local admin group. That will allow them to install software and apply updates without me having to log on to the machine.
I have found that a lot of non-Microsoft and pre-2000 software just won't work right if not installed by the user.
Leaving the user in the local admin group allows me to proxy in to a machine and add/remove/update software while the user is logged in. I never have to leave my office. A+, N+, MCP
Most of the time I leave the user in the local admin group. That will allow them to install software and apply updates without me having to log on to the machine.
I have found that a lot of non-Microsoft and pre-2000 software just won't work right if not installed by the user.
Leaving the user in the local admin group allows me to proxy in to a machine and add/remove/update software while the user is logged in. I never have to leave my office. A+, N+, MCP
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