also, there is this link https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/How+to+Configure+the+Windows+Default+User+Profile and then the link I read in the thread you mentioned. I followed this procedure based on the update date
David DeMizio *Academic Systems Coordinator* Office of Information Technology New College of Florida Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 www.ncf.edu On Wed, 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >
