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1. Download and edit the RDP file for your imaging reservation from the VCL website to allow desktop backgrounds or else you won’t be able to change the desktop background color
   1. Right-click on the .rdp file and select Edit
   2. Click on the Experience tab
   3. Select LAN (10 Mbps or higher)
   4. Make sure the checkbox next to Desktop background is enabled
      
      
   5. Click on the General tab
   6. Click Save
2. Login to the VCL reservation as Administrator
3. Configure Windows Explorer to show hidden and system file
   1. Open Windows Explorer
   2. Click Organize > Folder and search options
   3. Select the View tab
   4. Select the radio button next to Show hidden files, folders, and drives
   5. Click OK

Create a

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Profile Setup Account

1. Create a new local user account named ProfileSetup (Note: the name does not matter but should be something that would not match another string in the stock Windows registry. You will be searching the registry for the name of the user you use to configure the profile. Using a unique name will make this easier.)
   1. Open Control Panel > Add or remove user accounts
   2. If there is already an account named ProfileSetup and you want to start over with a new account, delete the existing account and then create a new one:
      1. Click on the ProfileSetup user
      2. Click Delete the account
      3. Click Delete Files
      4. Click Delete Account
   3. Click Create a new account
   4. Enter the account name: ProfileSetup
   5. Click the radio button next to Administrator
   6. Click Create Account
2. Set the password for the ProfileSetup account
   1. Click on the ProfileSetup account
   2. Click Create a password
   3. Enter the password and click Create password

Configure the

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User Profile for the

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Profile Setup Account

1. Logout as Administrator and login as ProfileSetup
2. Customize the user profile while logged in as ProfileSetup account (configure the desktop background, arrange icons, etc)
3. Logout as Profile

Fix the Registry for the Customized Profile

1. Login as Administrator
2. Run regedit.exe
3. Select the HKEY_USERS hive:
   

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1. Image Added
2. Click the File menu and select Load Hive:
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3. Browse to C:\Users\Default
4. Enter ntuser.dat in the File name: field (Note: this file is hidden so it normally is not displayed in the list of files)
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5. Enter a Key Name: DU

Copy the Customized Profile to "Default"

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1. Rename the ProfileSetup user profile folder to Default:
   1. Login as Administrator
   2. Open a Windows Explorer window and navigate to C:\Users
   3. Rename the original default profile folder: C:\Users\Default -> C:\Users\DefaultOriginal
   4. Rename the customized profile folder: C:\Users\ProfileSetup -> C:\Users\Default
      Note: if you are unable to rename the ProfileSetup folder, reboot the computer, login as Administrator, and try again. Run the following command from a command prompt to reboot the computer:
      shutdown.exe -r -f -t 0
2. Copy the customized profile folder using the Windows profile copying utility:
   Note: Windows 7 only allows its built-in profile copying utility to be used to copy the default profile, not profiles of other user accounts. The profile you customized now resides in the default profile location (C:\Users\Default) so the utility can now be used to make a copy of it.
   1. Open Control Panel > System and Security > System
   2. Click Advanced system settings on the left
   3. Click the Settings... button under User Profiles
   4. Highlight Default Profile
   5. Click Copy To…
      1. Copy profile to: C:\Users\DefaultCopy
      2. Click Change under Permitted to use
      3. Enter Everyone and click OK
      4. Click OK
3. Replace the original customized profile directory with the one created by the Windows profile copying utility
   Note: C:\Users\Default contains the original customized profile. The same profile also resides in C:\Users\DefaultCopy. The DefaultCopy folder is the one which has had the Windows profile copying utility transformations applied to it.
   1. Open Windows Explorer
   2. Delete the “C:\Users\Default folder
   3. Rename the folder: C:\UsersDefaultCopy -> C:\Users\Default
4. Delete the ProfileSetup account:
   1. Open Control Panel > Add or remove user accounts
   2. Click on the ProfileSetup account
   3. Click Delete the account
   4. Click Delete Files
   5. Click Delete Account

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Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Create a profile configuration account:

1. While logged on as Administrator , create a local Windows user account named Profile and add it to the Administrators group
2. Configure the profile:
   1. Log on as Profile
   2. Make desired profile, desktop, and application changes
   3. Log out

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