SG Windows IT Pro Group

In both XP and Vista, we can create a user profile that is being configured to suit our environment and later copy this user profile to the Default Profile.

In Windows 7 Professional, the "Copy To" option is greyed out even though we have restarted the computer, logging on as the administrator.

Any advice from the Pros ?

Just to ensure we're on the same page, we're talking bout the local Default Profile?

Microsoft have a KB article to guide you how to prepare a default user default profile for a sysprep image or as a mandatory profile:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973289

However, if you don't want to do sysprep or not doing network profile, there are also an unsupported ways to do the same thing:

http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/windows-7-copy-default-profile

Anyway, you are not alone on this issue there is a long thread in Microsoft TechNet Forum on this issue, unfortunately the Microsoft guy seems can't catch what the IT Pro want:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/5a5d44b6-116a-4a21-bc64-53379218ecc6

Yes, "Advanced System Settings", Advanced, User Profiles, Settings, "Default Profile"

Is there anyway i can create a sysprep answer file just like winxp?

i'm also interested in this, how do we copy profile same way as winxp?

Hi,

Please refer to sysprep guide.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744263(WS.10).aspx

Answer files with Sysprep - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744512(WS.10).aspx#UsingAnswerFilesWithSysprep

Go attend one of the Windows 7 Deployment lab.

http://mstechevents.sg/

Seats are running out. Be fast.

Yup, already applied, waiting for Juliet confirmation ^^. The place same building with my workplace. lol.

You WDA or Allen Glenhill??

NTUC.

Not sure if this helps, but you could try to set Group Policy Preferences which defines your initial user environment and have it configured to apply once and do not re-apply.