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Is there a way in Windows 7 to copy all Windows user profile information (especially desktop and UI settings, including profile picture) from an existing Windows user to a brand new user.
So let's say I have a user named USER1 and I want to create a new user named USER2 who can logon and have exactly the same user experience and priviledges (ie member of the same User Group), is there a way to do this? If possible I would prefer to not use a tool that I need to install and be something I can do through the native OS (this is a restrictive environment so anything external and not approved will be a problem).
I can't seem to find an obvious way to do this but I have no problem with copying or editing registry settings if that's what it takes.
This is on a standalone system that is not a member of a domain.
Thanks in advance.
That sounds promising. I'll try it out and report back. Thanks! – takesides – 2013-03-22T01:05:25.713
Please let me know, its been a while since I set one up, its really only 5 minutes of work if you know what your doing. I can do another one if needed – Austin T French – 2013-03-22T01:09:15.180
Will do. I'll read through it tonight and try on my test system tomorrow. I'll update this post then. – takesides – 2013-03-22T01:17:00.247
Steadystate was an install, and is no longer supported, this document explains how to simulate steadystate with what is built into Windows 7, part of the requires a new default profile which will give you what I described without any new software. – Austin T French – 2013-03-22T01:40:09.137
yes, I see that now. It's late and I'm tired! Briefly looking through the Word doc it does like it could be what I want. I'll report back tomorrow. – takesides – 2013-03-22T01:51:09.383