new profile not using .default

On a Win 2008 Terminal server, I've made some changes to the .default profile
under HKEY_USERS for some application as well as windows settings that need
to be global across the board for all users. When I log on as a new user
whose profile does not exist, the settings I have made in the .default
profile do not show up in the newly created profile.

Any ideas?

 

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT mapps to %SystemRoot%\system32\config\default

this is the setting for the NT_AUTHORITY\SYSTEM user. usually services
running under this account.

what you probably want is to edit the registry skeleton of the default user?

open regedit and navigate to HKEY_USERS, load the hive "c:\document and
settings\default user\ntuser.dat" [Menu->File->Load Hive] and choose "def"
as mount point for example.

make your changes under HKEY_USERS\def

after you're done, select the mount point "def" under HKEY_USERS and unload
the hive [Menu->File->Unload Hive]

-jolt

"WaltDjr" <WaltDjr@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:17984244-4A98-44A8-A786-5E287A6E5153@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> On a Win 2008 Terminal server, I've made some changes to the .default
> profile
> under HKEY_USERS for some application as well as windows settings that
> need
> to be global across the board for all users. When I log on as a new user
> whose profile does not exist, the settings I have made in the .default
> profile do not show up in the newly created profile.
>
> Any ideas? <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

That's exactly what I needed. Thank you!

WaltDjr

"jolteroli" wrote:
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> HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT mapps to %SystemRoot%system32configdefault
>
> this is the setting for the NT_AUTHORITYSYSTEM user. usually services
> running under this account.
>
> what you probably want is to edit the registry skeleton of the default user?
>
> open regedit and navigate to HKEY_USERS, load the hive "c:document and
> settingsdefault userntuser.dat" [Menu->File->Load Hive] and choose "def"
> as mount point for example.
>
> make your changes under HKEY_USERSdef
>
> after you're done, select the mount point "def" under HKEY_USERS and unload
> the hive [Menu->File->Unload Hive]
>
> -jolt
>
> "WaltDjr" <WaltDjr@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:17984244-4A98-44A8-A786-5E287A6E5153@microsoft.com...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
> > On a Win 2008 Terminal server, I've made some changes to the .default
> > profile
> > under HKEY_USERS for some application as well as windows settings that
> > need
> > to be global across the board for all users. When I log on as a new user
> > whose profile does not exist, the settings I have made in the .default
> > profile do not show up in the newly created profile.
> >
> > Any ideas? <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
>
>
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->