We customize the Default User registry hive in code in our environment -- eg we've a script like this:
:: make Thunderbird the default mail client on start menu todo.pl "reg add HKLM\mnt_default\Software\Clients\mail /ve /f /d \"Mozilla Thunderbird\"" todo.pl "reg add HKLM\Software\Clients\mail /ve /f /d \"Mozilla Thunderbird\"" :: make Firefox the default internet browser on start menu todo.pl "reg add HKLM\mnt_default\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet /ve /f /d \"FIREFOX.EXE\"" todo.pl "reg add HKLM\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet /ve /f /d \"FIREFOX.EXE\"" :: mount the default user registry hive todo.pl "reg load HKLM\mnt_default \"%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\..\Default User\NTUSER.DAT\"" It can be a pain to figure out what changes to make to the registry -- but you only have to figure that stuff out once. Ben On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:42 AM, William Faulk wrote: > I've found that setting up the Default User profile works better for > multiuser systems than any other method, like the All Users directory, > etc. However, many, if not most, software installers don't seem to deal > with the Default User profile properly. > > When doing a Windows install by hand, I usually log in as a dummy user, > perform various configuration settings, and then use the User Profiles > control panel to copy the profile I just made to the Default User. > That method obviously doesn't work for an Unattended installation. > > Does anyone have any tips or tricks for dealing with the Default User > under Unattended, including doing something else altogether in order to > solve that problem? > > -Bitt Faulk > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info Ben Cohen Programmer/Analyst (STS) Scripps Institution of Oceanography nco...@ucsd.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
