Hi All,
I have 2 windows 8 tablets that I want to allow the different departments to trial. I've spent a full day going around in circles looking for an easy way to:
- Customise the default user profile so that the desktop taskbar and start menu tiles are set up how I’ve configured them in the local admin profile
- Copy the customised image to the 2nd test tablet
I planned on using system restore points to revert back to the clean image after each person has the tablet for a while to test it out.
I've read a bunch of articles and all I can surmise it that it’s insanely complicated to achieve these two tasks so I’m pulling my hair out with frustration. I don’t want to create a WIM image, use MDT or SSCM. It’s for a 2 tablet trial so there's no real justification for that kind of setup.
Can anyone help with a simple start to finish process that I can follow?
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I've read the following articles already:
- Configuring Default User Settings – Full Update for Windows 7 - this is a great blog post but i dont know which option to use and again, the options don't seem to take the tile mods which is my main focus
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2009/10/30/configuring-default-user-settings-full-update-for-windows-7.aspx - Configuring Default User Settings – Full Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 a - as above
http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/10/29/configuring-default-user-settings-full-update-for-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx - How to Customize the Default User Profile by Using CopyProfile (i dont have an imagt to open??? so im lost at the 3rd step)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825135.aspx - Removing Built-in Applications from Windows 8
http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2012/10/26/removing-built-in-applications-from-windows-8.aspx - Windows 7: Copy A Modified User Profile Over The Default Profile
http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/windows-7-copy-default-profile - Win7 - Default User profile customizations not working (not using SSCM)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/5c963383-2d3f-433a-857c-45d9e0f7ebff - Default User Profile Setup (same info as a bunch of the other blogs)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverTS/thread/5520000b-a1a0-4025-9d38-7153962c551b - Windows 7 default profile customization
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/5304477e-2495-4cce-ac8d-4bddac5ee0a7 - Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services - Default user/All user profile
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/c06e553e-8903-48ef-bd07-e47b832ad264/