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A Windows user profile defines the look and feel of the desktop environment configured for a particular user. It contains various settings such as desktop colors, backgrounds, icon placement, and Windows Explorer settings. The default profile is a template profile that is used when a user logs on to a Windows computer for the first time. The default profile can be customized by the image creator.

 

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Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008

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Configure the User Profile for the Profile Setup Account

  1. Logout as Administrator and login as ProfileSetup

    Tip

    If you intend to arrange the icons on the desktop, use a screen size of 1024x768 when logged in as ProfileSetup.  This is the default screen size that most users will use when they connect to VCL reservations.  If you arrange the icons using a custom screen size, the icons most users see will be rearranged when they connect using the default size.

  2. Customize the user profile while logged in as ProfileSetup account (configure the desktop background, arrange icons, etc).  The following tips are optional:
    1. Download and run Autoruns.  This free utility will show you all of the things that run when the computer boots, a user logs in, etc. There are several things that can probably be disabled such as Windows Mail.

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Force the Desktop Background to Appear on Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 (Optional)

The following procedure should force a desktop wallpaper image to be displayed for all users regardless of whether or not the Desktop Background option is selected in the .rdp file.  This could be useful if you want a logo or an image containing instructions for the user to always be displayed.  There are some local group policy settings which can be configured to force a wallpaper to be shown and prevent users from changing it.  However, this only seems to work if the Desktop Background option is selected in the .rdp file.

You may encounter difficulty getting the wallpaper to be displayed under all situations.  One known situation is when a user connects with the Desktop Background option disabled.  The wallpaper should be displayed initially.  If the user disconnects from the remote computer (but does not log out) and then reconnects, the wallpaper will probably not appear.

  1. Run gpedit.msc
  2. Navigate to User Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts (Logon/Logoff)
  3. Double-click Logon
  4. Click Show Files...
    The following directory should open: C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\User\Scripts\Logon
  5. Create a new text file with a .cmd extension in this directory

  6. Add

  7. Script Name: reg.exe

    8. the following to the file:

    set WALLPAPER_PATH=%1

    reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Remote\2\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /d "%WALLPAPER_PATH%" /f

    reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Remote\2\Control Panel\Desktop" /v WallpaperStyle /d 0 /f

    reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER

    Script Parameters: DELETE "HKCU\Remote\1

    \Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /d "%WALLPAPER_PATH%" /f

    reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General" /v WallpaperSource /d "%WALLPAPER_PATH%" /f

  8. Save the .cmd file
  9. Click the Add... button on the Logon Properites pane:
    Image Added
  10. Click Browse...
  11. Select the .cmd file and click Open
  12. Enter the path to an image file in the Script Parameters box:
    Image Added
  13. Click OK twice
  14. Close the Local Group Policy Editory
  15. Run gpupdate.exe /force

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

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