As I said, sysprepping every time I want to make a minor modification to the base profile is a bit of a pain.
Also, I concur with Carl about getting Enabler to work. It doesn't want to play on my 2008 R2 Citrix systems. Using the guidelines given here ( http://joeelway.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2095EAC3772C41DB!2708.entry ) seems to allow me to create a profile correctly, but it doesn't seem to be loading for the users. However this may be because I haven't got the roaming profile path specified - I'm playing with Citrix Profile Management and want to see how that goes before creating new roaming profiles. On 12 April 2010 17:51, Manpreet Chaniana <[email protected]> wrote: > Well what we have done is we do Sysprep the each Windows 2008 servers and > as a part of the XML files we have set the admin profile and its copies the > data to the Default user profile and it works like a charm > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Carl Houseman <[email protected]> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Mon, April 12, 2010 12:29:14 PM > *Subject:* RE: Copying profiles in Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 7 > > The black wallpaper problem can be solved. See post from "Snatraps" near > the bottom of this long discussion thread about the problem on Technet: > > > > > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/5a5d44b6-116a-4a21-bc64-53379218ecc6 > > > > Unfortunately, there's two versions of Enabler out there that purport to do > the same thing, and neither one worked on my W7 x64. > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, April 12, 2010 10:52 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Copying profiles in Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 7 > > > > Has anyone found a workaround of any sort for the issue with copying > profiles in Windows 2008 R2 - i.e. it can't be done, the Copy button is > greyed-out in System properties for all except the Default User profile? All > I am looking to do is apply some basic settings and remove some of the > associated default user bloat by copying a customised profile to > "\\DC\netlogon\Default User.v2", but MS appear to have removed this > functionality for some reason and are now recommending that you use a local > account and then copy it to the default profile using sysprep. As I > occasionally want to make updates to this customised default profile, this > seems like a bit of a pain in the proverbials to have had the functionality > removed - especially as it was available during my testing on Server 2008 > R1. > > I have read a few threads recommending the use of a third-party tool called > Windows Enabler, but apparently this changes the desktop to black, which > makes it unsuitable for me. There are also a few suggestions for renaming > the Default folder and then renaming the customised folder to Default, but I > don't fancy doing this...it seems a bit haphazard for my liking, and I like > to get the base user profile nice and smart and streamlined. > > If anyone has any ideas or tips I would be very grateful, > > > TIA, > > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
