Thanks for the response Jim. I'm a little green when it comes to desktop deployments so sorry for the basic questions. But how do i successfully leverage WIA to get what i need done ?
I presume I install WIA onto the base windows 7 template and have it generate the unattend.xml, but since i haven't been successful at this before, do you have some links or tips on how to properly create the unattend.xml file and apply it using sysprep ? On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]>wrote: > Anything other than copyprofile set to true in a sysprep unattend.xml file > will lead to a disaster that will haunt you for months.**** > > ** ** > > You will end up with registry keys for your users that show their desktops > and folders set up as c:\users\LocalAdminThatYouUsed\desktop for example. > Instead of %username%\desktop. It will be ugly and you will have to redo > them all. There will be hidden little gems of disaster like that all over > the place.**** > > ** ** > > I know this, really I do. First hand.**** > > ** ** > > WIA toolkit/sysprep/unattend.xml is not fun. But once you get one of them > right, you will be all done and you can move on.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:39 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows 7 Copy Default Profile**** > > ** ** > > Anyone have a quick and proven method (read: script) to copy the finalized > local administrator's profile to the Default User profile in Windows 7 x86 ? > **** > > ** ** > > I really don't want to use the WIA toolkit and last time I tried to > sysprep using /generalize /unattend:<my unattend.xml file> it didn't work > for me as expected.**** > > ** ** > > I'm guessing and hoping there is a much simpler way. **** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Harry.**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
