Account Management - MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration - page 173

4. Click the TestOU1 OU you created in Chapter 4. Create a user with the full name Default
Profile , a logon name of defprofile , and a password of Password01 . Configure the account
so that the password doesn't have to be changed at the next logon.
5. Log off the Vista computer, if necessary, and log on to the domain as the defprofile user you
just created.
6. Right-click the desktop and click Personalize . Click Desktop Background . In the Picture
Location drop-down list, click Solid Colors . Click to select a color, and then click OK . Close
the Personalization window.
7. Right-click Start and click Properties . Click the Customize button. Click the Don't display
this item option button for the following items: Control Panel, Documents, Games, Music,
and Pictures. Click the Run command check box, and then click OK . Click OK again.
8. Click Start to verify your choices. For each item in the left pane of the Start menu, right-click
it and click Remove from this list . Your Start menu should look similar to Figure 5-15 when
you're finished.

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Figure 5-15

A customized Start menu

9. Log off Vista and then log back on as Administrator. Remember to use
W2k8adXX\Administrator as the logon name.
10. Click Start , right-click Computer , and click Properties . Click the Advanced system settings
link. If necessary, click Continue in the UAC message box.
11. In the User Profiles section, click the Settings button. Click the W2K8ADXX\defprofile
entry, and then click the Copy To button. In the Copy profile to text box, type
\\serverXX\netlogon\Default User.V2 . Don't click OK yet.
12. Click the Change button. Type Everyone , and then click Check Names . Click OK , and then
click OK again. Click OK two more times.
13. Log off Vista. Log on to Vista as salesperson2 with the password Password01 . Check your
Start menu. It should look just as it did for the defprofile user after your customization in
Steps 6 and 7.
14. Log off Vista again, and leave Active Directory Users and Computers open on your server
for the next activity.