profile management

Hi, We've recently deployed Windows 7 64 bits in our school labs using MDT and on our image we've defined stuff in our "Default user" profile to those things are imported to any new accounts that logs on the computers. We're also using DeepFreeze to ensure that computers will be stable...

Hi I have installed SharePoint 2010 on my Windows 7 laptop, and it works fine. But all the services that are installed will always start and use a lot of resources, even when I don't use the application. It is possible to only start all the involved services (like SQL Server, IIS etc.)...

I've changed the location of my Chrome user profile folder, and created a shortcut which has –user-data-dir=”d:\new chrome user directory location" appended to its target. But when Chrome is opened any other way than via this shortcut, for instance when launching a web page file saved to my...

It's time to clean off Windows 7 and install it again. I do this periodically, and I've now settled on the software that will be installed... so it's time to get it done. I'm not in a rush to do this, so I'm trying to do it right :) I'm going to be doing a reinstall of |Firefox - I've been...

I am used to goingto c:\documents and settings and then ripping all the garbage out of ALL USERS so that stuff doesnt get handed out to every subsequent profile that gets added so how do I do that now ???? ddecoursey@eriecountygov.org

I keep getting the 2203 Error regardring MSI and tried several fixes including MS Utility Cleaner. Unfortuatlety it won't allow me to install it even as admin. So, I read someone's post in another forum to create a new profile, bring over all my stuff then just delete the old profile. It seems...

For some time now, we've been successfully using Roaming Profiles in a Windows XP environment but i now want to ensure that this will work once we migrate to Windows 7 x64. Using the Microsoft Guide 'Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide', I've been able to successfully redirect the...

I have somehow managed to delete the \users\ directory from my admin profile in windows 7. Forexample previously I had C:\Users\John\Start Menu\Programs.... now I only have C:\John\.... This means I lost all my shortcuts my "roaming directory" etc. The system is still running but many...

I just set up a Windows 7 Professional Workstation - and I joined the Domain. Everything is fine except and app we using - E-Copy. I checked the settings on the Printer/ Scanner - In the network settings - it shows "Work Group". I didn't make a work group profile. I joined the Domain first. So...

Xbox 360 Gets USB Storage Support by Paul Thurrott On Tuesday, Microsoft issued a software update for its Xbox 360 video game console that adds an interesting new capability: Users can now connect up to two USB storage devices to the console to supplement the Xbox 360's hard drive. But...

I delete a user account profile for the first user of the notebook. I found that anytime a new software is installed, it keeps suggesting me the old user name. I search the registry changing all instances of the original user name but found one that I cannot change: "OwnerMachineName". Any...

Link Removed Interview with ATI's Terry Makedon - Catalyst 10.2, 10.3 and more As well as taking our own look at Link Removed driver releases, the Catalyst team's head honcho Terry Makedon also very kindly took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some of our inevitable slew of...

Hi, I have recently upgraded from Vista Ultimate x64 to W7 Ultimate x64 (it went very smoothly), and I have a small problem. When I select: Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > User Profiles > Settings : (phew !) There are 3 Profiles listed as usual: * Default...

OK I'm sure there's a simple answer to this, but I can't find it. When I delete icons on my own desktop, it also takes them off the other users profiles. I have an administrator account. It takes them off the other administrator account as well as the other standard user profiles. Can anyone...

Greetings! I have a Dell Latitude D810 with a newly installed Windows 7 Professional. Prior to my install, I was using UltraMon with my dual monitor setup (with a profile for home and a profile for work). After the install, everything went very smoothly getting my dual monitor setup back to how...

Before I came to post here, I considered every possible alternative to "it just dissapeared". I'm by no means a novice user, and also by no means a complete expert. I've been in user support for over 12+ years so I can safely assume I know what I'm talking about...and I hope you can too...

After installing from xp, i was installing up until the restart after completion of installation. then it starts up as if windows would normally start up, but then the screen turns black. I still have a mouse though, so I toyed with it a little and pushed 'alt tab' and then 'alt down down...

i want to have windows media center startup automatically when entering a certain user account. the problem when i set this up by moving the windows media center icon into the startup folder i found that all accounts had windows media center set to startup. how can i get it for only the one...