Windows 10: Customize Default User Profile for New Accounts in Windows 10

Can some one help I am trying this steps in version 1704 but it keep bringing every thing to default Microsoft setting.

 

Kari, Love the Finn's especially Pekka (I'm From Nashville) Go Preds!

So, In W7, I could copy a profile and rename it Default (after changing Default's name) and all my users log in to the Default Profile I Wanted.
Now, W10 comes around and it so convoluted, I don't WANT to mess with it. Is there an easier way?

Something else,
I asked a Windows programming person, at a conference, about the W7 copy profile and he told me, starting with W10 1607 I would be able to copy profiles again but, after trying it, I found that it is buggy/wonky and unreliable (Guessing it's the MS Apps). Heard anything on this?

 

I am looking to reboot the system in a non OOBE mode

 

My apologies, I had for some reason missed this post.

Using Sysprep with /generalize switch and CopyProfile set TRUE is the only recommended method to edit default user profile. There are several unofficial methods to do this, but in all honesty I am not able to assist in using them simply because I have never used not even studied any other method than the one told in this tutorial.

About Pekka, it's a shame they lost!

 

Yeah, Pekka should have gotten the Goalie of the year. And our 1st round draft was another Finn (forward).
Want to mention the "unofficial" methods? I have an idea they will crash the Store no matter what.

Go Preds
Eeli Tolvanen

Position: RW • Shoots: Left
5-10, 189lb (178cm, 85kg)
Born: April 22, 1999 (Age: 18-066d) in Vihti, Finland fi
Draft: Nashville, 1st round (30th overall), 2017 NHL Entry

 

One method that should at least theoretically work is to boot PC with a Live Linux, WinPE or such boot media, then simply copy the preferred user profile to default profile, overwriting it.

About the NHL finals, I watched them live and I have to tell after games 3 & 4 in Nashville I was 100% sure they will win Stanley Cup. Was disappointed to see how they then couldn't continue the same effort in Pittsburgh.

 

I had problems a while ago with a corrupt user profile when creating a new account. Could you copy over the default profile from another known working PC having the same Windows version? Why do you have to boot from other media to copy the profile?

 

A fix for a corrupt user profile on a W10 "should" be a Repair Start Up During boot or using a w10 boot disk.

 

GUID mismatch. I don't think it works.

Permission issues. You can try copying a user profile over Default from Windows desktop, it won't work giving Access denied error.

 

I'm setting up an image using 1607, but it wont allow me to change anything related to themes. Has something changed with 1607 to prevent this? In Audit mode the OS really isn't activated, Windows 10 (1607) will not allow you to make any Personalization changes until the OS is activated. Is there anyway around this? I also tried to set the wallpaper via the answer file but that didn't apply either. See the screenshot below:

 

What an excellent thread! Thanks for all this information Kari.

I just bought an extra laptop to act as a backup for my company, so I wonder can I customise the default user profile on one machine and then copy it to the other?

Secondly, as the new machine is a new install and my "old" machine is running well, I have no need to perform a clean install. Is it possible to customise the default profile without reinstalling Windows?