Create new user profile vista

Create a Microsoft account Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings , and then tap Change PC settings. Tap or click Accounts, and then tap or click Other accounts. Tap or click Add an account. Enter the account info for this person to sign in to Windows.

There are four ways to do this: If the person you're adding already has a Microsoft account, enter it now. Follow the instructions to finish setting up the account. Create a local account Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings , and then tap Change PC settings. Tap or click Local account. Enter a user name for the new account.

Tap or click Finish. My computer is on a domain Open Microsoft Management Console by clicking the Start button , typing mmc into the search box, and then pressing Enter.

Click the Users folder. Click Action , and then click New User. When you are finished creating user accounts, click Close. Click Create a new account. Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Close RegEdit and delete the ntuser.

This is the way I do it as well. It is very clean and you can use this method when using an image deployment system that requires full automation. These systems require full automation at the time of deployment. I just write a script that loads the default user hive, make the edits needed and unload the hive. Would you possibly be willing to share your script, or at the least the basics of how you load the hive, change a setting in that hive, and unload it? I do not know how to script loading and unloading a different hive to make changes to it through the script.

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Sign in to vote. Hey guys, Our company has been following a procedure for several years for the installation and setup of Windows XP Pro based client machines. Then we would be able to log on as a different user, and it would pull up the default user profile which is matched with the Administrators profile now and it would be fine.

Now we are dealing with windows Vista based client machines, therefore having to redo the procedure. We have been able to adjust most settings, but we have got stuck with this one. Does anyone know how we can get around this? Its a setting we really need to have, if we can't do this, then we might have to stick with Windows XP Pro for now. Tuesday, April 10, AM. Murty, I have always created a "Customized" default user account as you have in the past.

However, I have always used a slightly different process. Today I worked on my first Vista image for a new notebook and had great success using the same process that I have always used.

There were a couple quirks that I did not deem worthy of wasting a lot of time on. First, this is a Lenovo notebook image that I customized. The notebook came with a gadget promoting Lenovo products. Even though I removed this from my Default account, it is still there when I log into a new account. Second, I had set some of the task bar icons to hide themselves but they were all set to "Hide When Inactive" under the new account. Finally, I had cleared the recent program list in the start menu but there is one item listed Backup and Restore Center under the new account.

I'm sure theses are just a couple registry issues that I'll figure out later. The rest of the profile seemed to work flawlessly. Anyhow, this is the way that I copy a user profile to the default profile: Configure the profile to copy then reboot and login as another administrator account. The profile that I want to copy is always that of either the Administrator or an account with full administrator access.

Click the Settings button under User Profiles. Highlight the profile you want to copy to the Default profile then click the Copy To Click the Change button under the Permitted To Use section. Leave off the quotes around Everyone. Then Click OK. You are returned to the Copy To window.

Click OK. A Confirm Copy window will come up that tells you the directory already exists and asks if you're sure you want to continue. Click Yes. After the profile is copied, you are returned to the User Profiles window. Just close all the windows. From there, I search for any values that contain the path information for the source profile's user folder ie. Be certain you only delete these entries from the hive that you loaded into the registry. Finally, unload the hive and exit the registry editor.

I've never had any issues deleting the Registry Values that contain the source user path information and I've been using this process for years. Please let me know if this helps you and if you need more assistance. Good luck! Thursday, April 12, PM. Wednesday, April 11, AM.

Also, when deleting the registry keys from the ntuser. Am i just modifying the values, or deleteing the whole string or dword or whatever? Thanks again for the help you have already given! Once i removed them, and logged on as the old users, it recreated their profile folder and worked fine. Friday, April 13, AM. Murty, I did not have an issue with a Temp folder being created.

From your edited comment above, I guess you fixed the issue? Please let me know as I would like to be sure everything is working correctly for you.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to creating my backup images so I try to lean-down the default user profile as much as possible. Please call me at my work if you need more help with this issue. I'm on the East Coast.

Thank you, Heather. Friday, April 13, PM. Hey Heather, I am just confirming that it is all working correctly and the user profiles are being loaded correctly. Thank you once again for you help, this has saved me a lot of time and hassle. To Andy, the process you gave is exactly what Heather outlined in the 2 post of this thread, but thanks anyway.

Sunday, April 15, PM. In theory this should work fine. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. When you log in to your Admin account in safe mode, it might not have the Run As An Administrator option,just skip this step if it is the case.

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