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From: ToddAndMargo on 29 Mar 2010 16:59
On 03/29/2010 04:13 AM, John John - MVP wrote:
> ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> On 03/28/2010 05:46 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>
>>> What I need is the registry setting that the system
>>> uses when it sets up a new user.
>>
>> Found it: http://www.zoneutils.com/regtricks/screensaver.htm
>
> The information there is not quite correct, they make many references
> and suggest making changes to the "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\" hive to have
> settings apply to all new users, that isn't the "New Users" hive at all,
> it's the machine profile, the New Users hive is the Ntuser.dat in the
> C:\Documents and Settings\Default User folder. The "Default" hive in the
> registry doesn't correspond to the same profile, the loaded hive list
> and their corresponding files can be seen at
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\hivelist
>
> John

Hi John,

Thank you!

Follow up question. I noticed that in both regedit and Windows
Explorer (not IE), I am not get into the "C:\Users\Default User"
directory. And, I noticed that the directory had a link arrow
on it. Properties did not tell where the link pointer either.

But I did notice a "C:\Users\Default" directory and I was able
to edit its NtUser.dat. Did I edit the correct hive?

May thanks,
-T

From: ToddAndMargo on 29 Mar 2010 19:31
On 03/29/2010 01:59 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 03/29/2010 04:13 AM, John John - MVP wrote:
>> ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>> On 03/28/2010 05:46 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>>
>>>> What I need is the registry setting that the system
>>>> uses when it sets up a new user.
>>>
>>> Found it: http://www.zoneutils.com/regtricks/screensaver.htm
>>
>> The information there is not quite correct, they make many references
>> and suggest making changes to the "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\" hive to have
>> settings apply to all new users, that isn't the "New Users" hive at all,
>> it's the machine profile, the New Users hive is the Ntuser.dat in the
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Default User folder. The "Default" hive in the
>> registry doesn't correspond to the same profile, the loaded hive list
>> and their corresponding files can be seen at
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\hivelist
>>
>> John
>
> Hi John,
>
> Thank you!
>
> Follow up question. I noticed that in both regedit and Windows
> Explorer (not IE), I am not get into the "C:\Users\Default User"
> directory. And, I noticed that the directory had a link arrow
> on it. Properties did not tell where the link pointer either.
>
> But I did notice a "C:\Users\Default" directory and I was able
> to edit its NtUser.dat. Did I edit the correct hive?
>
> May thanks,
> -T
>

Dave on the registry group answered me:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959753
>
> Dave


From Dave's link:
The default local user profile files are located
in the following folders.

Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows
Server 2008 R2

Drive_Letter:\Users\Default

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, U.S. English
editions

Drive_Letter:\Documents and Settings\Default User

So I got the right one. Thank you Dave!

-T
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