Mandatory Local Profile in Win2k without domain or server

Published: 18 Aug 2003

Can a Mandatory Local Profile (meaning no matter what the user does, the computer reverts to the same configuration after log off/on) be made on Windows 2000 workstations when there is no domain or Windows server?
It may be possible to do so by simply copying the NTUSER.DAT file to a file name NTUSER.MAN on the local system.

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Understanding NTUser.dat in Windows 10 Understanding NTUser.dat in Windows 10 means knowing that those files capture user profile settings and preferences, and are best left alone and untouched for proper OS operation.

User Profiles - Terminal Services for Windows Server 2003 Windows 2003 user profiles allow customization and configuration of your users' environment.

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Give new users help info via log-on script I'd like to run a "welcome" document that tells a new user how to install a printer, set up email and get help. And I'd like it to run from a log-on script and only the first time the user logs on. Can you help? I have a mix of Windows 2000 and XP machines and do not have Active Directory, so I was hoping for something I could put into a login script. Microsoft's Web site said to load the default user ntuser.dat file into HKU, but there is no Runonce key and Windows ignores it if I create one. What should I do? Can you outline how this is done with Active Directory?

Can I create login script for document that welcomes new users? An administrator would like to run as a login script a "Welcome new user" document that explains certain installation and set-up mechanisms.

Script makes the right adjustments REG.EXE is an NT 4 Resource Kit utility. Use it, along with SMS Installer, to adjust software settings while multiple users are logged on to a system.

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