How about setting them and using copy profile?
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Behalf Of Isaac Holmes
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MDT-OSD] RE: Setting Word Options for Default User
Yes, you can mount the default user NTUSER.DAT file and import registry
settings into it and then unmount the hive when finished during the OSD
process. Your commands above will not work to put the settings into the loaded
hive however, you would need the appropriate settings as a REG file or registry
path and value settings to use with reg.exe and modify them to import into the
mounted key.
3-step process using "run command line" steps:
1. Load the default user registry:
cmd.exe /c reg.exe LOAD HKLM\DEFAULT c:\users\default\ntuser.dat
2. Import the desired settings:
Be sure to change the paths to match the Key name of the mounted
registry Hive.
cmd.exe /c reg.exe import c:\windows\temp\ChemBio2014-preferences.reg
or
cmd.exe /c REG ADD
"HKLM\DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Add-in Manager" /v
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Palisade\RISK6\Risk.xla"
2a. Repeat 2 as needed for additional changes.
3. Unload the default user registry:
cmd.exe /c reg.exe UNLOAD HKLM\DEFAULT
For the template create one the way you want it on your machine, and then
create a package and copy the files from that package to the appropriate
location in the default user profile.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Melvin Backus
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Is this something that could be handled as an MSP file with ODT?
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On Behalf Of Marcum, John
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:30 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [MDT-OSD] Setting Word Options for Default User
I need to set a couple of options in Word to be the defaults but not enforced.
Seems like the easiest way to do this would be in the default user profile. Has
anyone done this before? I have a script that would set the options for each
user. Would it be possible to mount the default user hive during OSD and run
this script to setup the options for future users? I've had a case with CSS
about this for weeks, finally I got so frustrated with them I just told them to
close the case. I wanted to simply insert a custom normal.dotm using GPP's but
they had no clue how to do that and were unable to help me troubleshoot it.
According to CSS the only way to accomplish what I am after is by running the
following as a login script. However that doesn't meet my requirements of
allowing users to change these settings.
'WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS EXAMPLE IS
'AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this code "as is" without warranty of
'any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied
warranties of
'merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
Dim objWord
Dim objDoc
Dim sFullTemplate
Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
'objword.visible=true
Set objDoc = objWord.documents.Add
' **** Get the full normal template path and name
sFullTemplate = objDoc.attachedtemplate.Path & "\" &
objDoc.attachedtemplate.Name<http://objDoc.attachedtemplate.Name>
' ***** Close active doc w/o saving
objDoc.Close savechanges=0
' ***** Open the normal template
Set objDoc = objWord.documents.Open(sFullTemplate)
' ***** Update the normal Style
objDoc.Range.Font.Name<http://objDoc.Range.Font.Name> = "Times New Roman" ' set
the font name her
objDoc.Range.Font.Size = 11 'set the point size here
' ***** Update the Revisions options - which are written to the registry based
on the checkbox value
objWord.Options.ShowMarkupOpenSave = True 'Marks the File > Options > Trust
Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > checkbox for Warn before
printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments
objWord.Options.WarnBeforeSavingPrintingSendingMarkup = True 'Marks the File >
Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > checkbox
for Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving
' ***** Save and Close the template
objDoc.Save
objDoc.Close
objWord.Quit 0
Set objWord = nothing
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MCITP, MCTS, MCSA
Desktop Architect
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
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