Yes, it requires some not insignificant code and database changes. I would not recommend it unless you have exhausted all other possibilities.
Aaron On Jun 25, 2014, at 1:55 PM, David DeMizio <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank Aaron, > > I looked over that thread you mentioned. I'm not too clear if I need to > change anything on my management node which will handle this staging of the > user? > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Aaron Coburn <[email protected]> wrote: > David, > > Yes, the default profile is copied for each new user account that is created. > > 1 GB seems like a lot of data in the profile. If you can make that smaller, > the login process will go much faster. Also, check on the I/O latency of your > "VM Working Directory Path" -- you may want to consider putting that on > faster disk (I recall in an earlier message that you used your local SSDs for > the Virtual Disk Path and the slower disk for the running VMs -- you may want > to switch that). > > We ended up making some changes to the backend code to eliminate the need to > copy a default profile. Details are in this thread: > http://vcl.markmail.org/thread/deztgovq2a433wco > > The upshot is that we pre-stage a user account at image creation time, and > then use `wmic` to rename" that account to the relevant user rather than > copying everything from the default profile. > > Aaron > > > On Jun 25, 2014, at 11:57 AM, David DeMizio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I followed the Instructions for creating a default profile, however, now > > the computer takes like 10 minutes to login. I'm not sure if it's due to > > that but If I go to c:\users\<my username> the size is over a 1 gig, isn't > > it suppose to use the default profile for all users? It seems like it's > > copying the default profile which is taking a long time. Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Andy Kurth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Users are prompted for their initials if the Office settings don't exist in > > the default user profile. You can add the settings by launching all of the > > Office applications once when configuring a default user profile: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/How+to+Configure+the+Windows+Default+User+Profile > > > > Regarding the activation, you can add a startup script which runs the > > activation command: > > -Run gpedit.msc > > -Navigate to: Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts > Startup > > -Click "Show Files" > > -Create a text file named something like "activate_office.cmd" > > -Add the following line to the file and save it (the path to OSPP.VBS will > > vary depending on the version of Office installed in the image): > > cscript.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS" /act > > -In the gpedit.msc window, click Add, browse and select your .cmd file, and > > save the changes > > > > Regards, > > Andy > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:38 AM, David DeMizio <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm wondering how folks are handling activating Microsoft office products > > on VCL images. For one , The several folks that have been piloting VCL > > rather not have the initials prompt box pop up every time they create a new > > reservation and first start office. Secondly , Office detects that it's on > > different hardware from my original image capture so it prompts for the > > products to be activated again via the phone or internet. Any suggestions > > on how to overcome these small nuisances . Thank you > > > > > > > > > >
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