Windows 7 - create default user profile
- Make a backup first: Copy C:\Users\Default to C:\Users\Default.original
- Create a new user "custom_user" (in local Administrators group).
- Customize the profile as you wish.
- Logoff custom_user.
- Login as Administrator.
- Remove "custom_user" from Administrators group
- Open regedit. go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
- Change Default to point to %SystemDrive%\Users\custom_user (instead of %SystemDrive%\Users\Default).
- Logoff and relogin as Administrator again.
- Go to Control Panel & select System. Select Advanced System Setting
- Select Advanced tab. Under User Profiles select the Settings button.
- Select the Default Profile (which you pointed to custom_user in the registry) & select Copy to. Browse to c:\Users\Default & click OK.
- Under Permitted to use, click Change
- Give permissions to Everyone. Finally click OK. (The contents of custom_default with be copied over default (the original default).
- After it gets done, go back to regedit & change the back to %SystemDrive%\Users\Default.
- Regedit
- Load Hive
- Change the access right of Hive to "Everyone"
- Search any username
- Search c:\users\custom_user
- Replace SID with .DEFAULT
Reference:
- http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/default-user-custom-profile-in-windows-7-without-sysprep/
- http://stealthpuppy.com/customize-the-windows-default-profile/
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/How+to+Configure+the+Windows+Default+User+Profile
- http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/238276-heres-how-create-default-profile-without-using-sysprep.html
- https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7792823508351042656#editor/target=post;postID=4307277176325625829;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=link
- http://noltechinc.com/user-management/modifying-the-default-user-profile-in-windows-7
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