How To Copy Profile In Windows 7 for Default Domain NETLOGON
In Windows 7 for some reason you cannot use "Copy To" in the profile section. This is very poor and contrary to what Microsoft says. Using this method you can copy your custom profile to another location enabling you to create a netlogon\Default User.v2
How To
- Create you custom profile. Logoff this user and login to another admin account
- Open My Computer and hold down ALT. This will show the file menu. Click Tools then Options.
- Change the Radio Button to: Show Hidden Files
- Uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files
- Now Navigate to:
c:\users- Rename the Default Folder
- Rename you custom profile to Default
- Now you can use Copy To
- If you are setting up a default domain profile copy the profile to:
\\server\NETLOGON\Default User.v2
Let me know if this helped you! Leave a comment.
- How do "you" set up your windows 7 machines?
6 Comments (Newest on top)
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jose says: Sorry. But, for me, that metod does not function.
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Very sorry to hear that.
I have tried this on many Windows 7 machines successfully,
What part were you having a problem with.
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john says: Thanks, worked for me. Very smart workaround it is just briliant.
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I didn’t understand if you are renaming the customized profile to “Default” then what would you need to copy it to. The problem is copying the customized profile to the default user profile. That said, I renamed the custom profile to default and attempted to login. If I was an admin, it worked minus the desktop background. If I was any other domain user, the logon service failed according to a logon error message. Didn’t work. Sorry.
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In Windows 7 you can only copy the default profile.
This is why you need to rename it, so you can copy it successfully.
Domain users need the profile in the location \\server\NETLOGON\Default User.v2 as explained in the article-
Chris says: So since you renamed the custom profile to default…what do you copy it to?
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