Deploy Default User to Machine Groups

[monkey_boy]

I saw in a thread earlier (I forget now, which one it was) that said you can send out a default user profile by putting a known good one in the netlogon folder. What I would like to do, is to be able to set which PCs pick up a certain default user profile so that the printer settings for each room can be defined, and subsequently changed remotely. Is this possible, and how???


Cheers,

MB

[ChrisH]

You should use a script to set up printers. There are examples in the script section that should be easy enough for you to tailor to your needs.

[Ric_]

The script method is best but if you really must do it, you could always write a script that copies the 'Default User' from various folders on a network share.

[tosca925]

We use scripts for all our printers in the various OU's they are in.

[ITWombat]

Yeah, scripts are th way to go. Only put stuff in the default profile which is unlikeyly to change.between computer rooms. There's only one NETLOGON share per domain.

[EvLPhenom]

yup we use scripts here too for all of our printers

[ajbritton]

Agree with everyone. Script is the way to go.

If you must have different Default User profiles on a per room basis, then I would create an OU structure which isolates the rooms, then create a GPO for each room 'OU' which has a startup script whose job it is to copy down a specify Default User profile to the PC