How to Assign the Administrator Profile to Other Users

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

In Windows NT 4.0, if you log on as an administrator and make some changes to your desktop, such as moving the taskbar, creating a shortcut, or installing software, and then log off and log on again as another user who has equivalent access right as administrator, you will find that all the changes made by the administrator are not available.

MORE INFORMATION

The reason for this behavior is because of different user profiles. Windows NT 4.0 uses a profile to store all the desktop settings. Different users will have different profiles. You can assign the administrator profile to any user you want.

1. Log on as an administrator and go to Control Panel.



2. Double click the System icon and select User Profiles.



3. Select the Administrator profile and click the Copy to button.



4. Click the Browse button.



5. Under the Windows NT 4.0 directory, click the Profiles subdirectory and choose the user name folder that you want to assign the administrator profile.



6. Click OK three times to close all dialog boxes.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords          : nthowto 
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: January 22, 1999