Saving User Profile to removable media

[wrledebuhr]

I'm in charge of taking a new PC (each one usually has differnt hardware), installing our departmental software, configuring the machine (display, folder settings, temp variables, etc.) and then setting up the machine for the user. It gets real old going through the same motions each time with respect to environment settings (folder, system, display, desktop) so is there a way to copy a user profile to a floppy or ZIP drive and then replace the Default User Profile when I first log in to the machine as an Administrator on a new machine? That way, each user I create will have the same profile that I desire. I already tried the User Profiles tab in System Properties and using the Copy To button, but when I type in a: it gives me a Profile Error:
"Failed to set Security on the Destination Profile: Error - Access is denied."

Thanks for the Help!

Bill

 

[bilebalar]

If you have Win2K server, there's something called Roaming Profile. People can use the same profile no matter which machine they log on within your network...

 

[Blade00]

u can backup ur whole registry but for a profile mmmm i donno

 

[wrledebuhr]

Yeah, we have Win2k Server running, but we currently want users to log in locally so roaming profiles wouldn't quite work. Any other ideas? Thanks...