Default User Profile Not Updated During Windows 98 Setup

• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you upgrade a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 with user profiles enabled to Windows 98, or you install Windows 98 using a scripted installation that uses user profiles, each new user that logs on to Windows 98 for the first time may be prompted to personalize his or her settings.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the default user profile is not personalized during Setup.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Restart the computer.



2. When you are prompted to log in, click Cancel. This logs you in as the default user.



3. Personalize the Windows 98 default user profile settings you want to be the same for all new users.
   
   NOTE: Do not personalize any programs that retain user information unless the user information is a service account that is common to all computers.

MORE INFORMATION

New user profiles are created from the default user profile unless an existing roving user profile already exists. Personalizing the default user profile increases the startup time of Windows 98 when a new user logs on for the first time.

For more information about user profiles in Windows 98, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q176059
TITLE : Description of the Users Tool in Control Panel

Additional query words: ms batch msbatch customize

Keywords          : kbsetup win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1999