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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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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 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\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

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

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