If you intend to arrange the icons on the desktop, use a screen size of 1024×768 when logged in as ProfileSetup.

Logout as Administrator and login as ProfileSetup.

Enter the password and click Create passwordĬonfigure the User Profile for the Profile Setup Account.

Set the password for the ProfileSetup account.

Click the radio button next to Administrator.

If there is already an account named ProfileSetup and you want to start over with a new account, delete the existing account and then create a new one:.

Open Control Panel > Add or remove user accounts.

Using a unique name will make this easier.) You will be searching the registry for the name of the user you use to configure the profile.

Create a new local user account named ProfileSetup (Note: the name does not matter but should be something that would not match another string in the stock Windows registry.

Select the radio button next to Show hidden files, folders, and drives.

Click Organize > Folder and search options.

Configure Windows Explorer to show hidden and system file.

Make sure the checkbox next to Desktop background is enabled.

Download and edit the RDP file for your imaging reservation from the VCL website to allow desktop backgrounds or else you won’t be able to change the desktop background color.

The following steps are not supported or recommended by Microsoft but seem to work: Enable Desktop Background The only supported method is built into Sysprep and this method is itself very problematic. The “Copy To” button is grayed out for all profiles except the default profile. Microsoft does not support copying profiles under Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008.

Clean up the Profile Configuration Account.Copy the Customized Profile to “Default User”.Force the Desktop Background to Appear on Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 (Optional).Configure the User Account Picture (Optional).Clean the Registry for the Customized Profile.Configure the User Profile for the Profile Setup Account.

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