Hi all,
If the explanations below seem too many or too little it’s because I’m new at this .
Until just recently we had a bunch of machines running WinXP. We had them networked together (don’t know the details).
Each PC used a single local admin account, and all admin accounts have the same password. We had an XP machine acting as a file server for the others (i.e., it had a shared directory, end of the story).
Now we were given a Windows Server 2000 machine. And the idea is to do away with local admin accounts for all users save for one or two designated ones who’d have administrator privileges.
In turn, we created new limited accounts for each user. Not locally, but as network accounts (i.e., in any machine, on Windows logon they use their username and password and point to the Server machine domain). They are NOT roaming user accounts, FWIW.
The problem (or rather, my problem) is that my new limited account is “empty” — nothing on the desktop, default startup menu, few programs available, and all the etc.’s I’m sure you already know.
The local admin account I’m still using is heavily customized, and it’s a real pain to go re-configuring my new limited network account. Besides, I fear reinstalling programs for that account would mean size duplication in the HD (maybe there’s a way to configure something to keep only one installation files folder for each program and have designated users access the programs from their accounts).
So, my question is:
Is there a way to pass the local admin account programs & configuration to my new limited network account user? Not for all machines, but only for the one in which I have the local admin account. In fact, I only seldom change workstation.
The closest thread I’ve found is this one and it looks like it won’t be easy (providing it’s even possible). Any ideas? Maybe from a year to this time you had ellaborated on the subject .
Thanks!