Desktop Keeps changing -- Please Help!!!

[Joe Hardin]

I have a new Windows XP Pro system setup on my Win2K network. It is working
just fine except for 1 issue. I can setup a profile for a user and arrange
their desktop and have them as an administrator. I can repeatedly logoff
and back on and the desktop will be as I set it up. However, when I change
that user to a "Power User" the desktop arrangement will change. The icons
will rearrange and the Quick Launch Toolbar will disappear.

If it helps any, I am changing the user to a Power User by going to control
panel, selecting "users and passwords" or the "user accounts" icon, select
the user, select "properties", select the tab: "Group membership" and
change the classification of the user. I do not change anything on the Win
2K server. Should I?

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks so much for you help,

Joe Hardin
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Sharon F]

I have a new Windows XP Pro system setup on my Win2K network. It is working
just fine except for 1 issue. I can setup a profile for a user and arrange
their desktop and have them as an administrator. I can repeatedly logoff
and back on and the desktop will be as I set it up. However, when I change
that user to a "Power User" the desktop arrangement will change. The icons
will rearrange and the Quick Launch Toolbar will disappear.

If it helps any, I am changing the user to a Power User by going to control
panel, selecting "users and passwords" or the "user accounts" icon, select
the user, select "properties", select the tab: "Group membership" and
change the classification of the user. I do not change anything on the Win
2K server. Should I?

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks so much for you help,

Joe Hardin
(e-mail address removed)

I think that the reason you're not retaining positioning is directly
related to the change in account status. New security info is written about
the account. Quite a bit of policy and registry updating and so on.

Why not arrange the desktop after the change to Power User?

Or...
If creating these accounts for more than one user, create one generic Power
User account and keep it on the side. When you add a new user to this
group, copy the Power User account you created to their new account.

 

[Durand]

Try this:
1) Create your template profile as administrator with all the options you
desire. (This should be the second administrator account, not the built in admin
account).
2) Go to control panel>user accounts>and create new user(s).
3) Log out of admin profile and log on new power user profile. Log out
immediately so that it's profile folders are created.
4) Log in the built in admin account and open control panel>system>advanced>user
profile settings>highlight the template admin account and click copy to.
5) Click browse and drill down to documents and settings\power user account and
click ok.
6) Permitted to use should point to the new power user account only. Ok your way
out and reboot to the new power user account.

The power user account should log in with all the customizations from the
template admin account and moreover have certain restrictions imposed on it due
to it being a slightly restricted account. You can repeat this for additional
accounts from the template admin account and have the correct account
restrictions in place as long as you follow the procedure above.

--
Regards,

Durand


|
| I have a new Windows XP Pro system setup on my Win2K network. It is working
| just fine except for 1 issue. I can setup a profile for a user and arrange
| their desktop and have them as an administrator. I can repeatedly logoff
| and back on and the desktop will be as I set it up. However, when I change
| that user to a "Power User" the desktop arrangement will change. The icons
| will rearrange and the Quick Launch Toolbar will disappear.
|
| If it helps any, I am changing the user to a Power User by going to control
| panel, selecting "users and passwords" or the "user accounts" icon, select
| the user, select "properties", select the tab: "Group membership" and
| change the classification of the user. I do not change anything on the Win
| 2K server. Should I?
|
| Does anyone know why this is happening?
|
| Thanks so much for you help,
|
| Joe Hardin
| (e-mail address removed)
|
|