windows xp - creatingnewuserprofile

Confocal Application Notes

Creating New User Profile For Windows XP

1. Right mouse click on My Computer and select “Manage”. Computer

Management window will open up

2. Open System Tools folder. Open Local Users and Groups folder. Open

Users folder.

3. Right mouse click in field and select “New User” from drop-down menu.

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4. New User dialog box will open. Type in User Name (login name to be used).

Type in Full Name of user. Description can be filled in with department,

account number for billing, or any information, or it can be left blank.

5. Create dummy Password that can be changed by user on initial log in to

system. Make sure check box next to “User must change password at next

login” is checked. Click on Create.

6. Find the new user file in the User Folder (Computer Management->System

Tools->Local Users and Groups->Users folder).

7. Right mouse click on new user file and select Properties in the drop-down

menu. The properties dialog box will open.

Properties dialog box will have three tabs: General, Members Of, and Profile



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8. The General tab shows the user name and should be checked for user to

change password on next login.

9. Click on the Members Of tab in the Properties dialog box.

10. New users should be members of Users AND Power Users. The User group

should already be present. To add Power Users click on the Add button.

The following dialog box will open:

In the text box space type “Power Users” and click OK. User is now a

member of the Power Users group.



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11. Click on the Profile tab. In Home Folder section type D:\Users\%username%

next to the local path. This will create a user folder where data from this user

will be saved while imaging.

12. Click on Apply to create the new user account.

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