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[cthreepo]

Is there any way of forcing users to pickup the 'default profile' on the local pc when they log on to a Windows 2000 network?

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[quicksaab]

Not sure why you are doing this but, in the active directory you can create a new container with the same properties as the default profile move/create any users inside that container.
Hope this helps, if you tell me why you are doing that maybe I can help better....

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[cthreepo]

Basically, there are many programs installed on the pc's with shorcuts on the desktop.
At the moment whenever a student logs onto the network, a new profileis created for them and they loose all of the shortcuts etc.

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[jeffbobst]

I am not sure if I understand correctly what you are trying to accomplish, but I think you are saying that you want all the shorcuts to appear on the desktop each time a new user logs in. What I have done is, created a profile and set it up just the way I want. I then move it to the default user profile (I make a backup of the default profile first in case I ever want to go back to the original setup). Under the system properties, there is a User profile tab (W2K). You can use that to copy your profile to the default user.

However, if you have a bunch of workstations, this would be a slow process and it sounds like there is a better way using active diriectory. I use this process mainly for my Citrix servers. I would probably pursue the active directory answer for the long run.

You can also use a login script to copy shortcut files to the local desktop as well.