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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