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I don't actually see why it shouldn't work, all the issues are about replacing the default profile and you don't want to do that. This is the official page about making a default profile.<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973289" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973289</a><br />
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and it jumps through hoops, but in essence it does rename the file to ntuser.man,<br />

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Very simple setup. 1 computer (Windows 7) 1 user. I just want to log on as a user setup some settings then log on as an administrator and rename the ntuser.dat to ntuser.man. <br />
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Why doesn't this work? <br />
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Everywhere on the net it talks about deploying Win7 with sysprep. I don't need to deploy Win7, just setup a simple mandatory profile. 
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Very simple setup. 1 computer (Windows 7) 1 user. I just want to log on as a user setup some settings then log on as an administrator and rename the ntuser.dat to ntuser.man. 

Why doesn't this work? 

Everywhere on the net it talks about deploying Win7 with sysprep. I don't need to deploy Win7, just setup a simple mandatory profile. 

I don&#39;t actually see why it shouldn&#39;t work, all the issues are about replacing the default profile and you don&#39;t want to do that. This is the official page about making a default profile.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973289

and it jumps through hoops, but in essence it does rename the file to ntuser.man,


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Windows 7 mandatory profile

Very simple setup. 1 computer (Windows 7) 1 user. I just want to log on as a user setup some settings then log on as an administrator and rename the ntuser.dat to ntuser.man. 

Why doesn&#39;t this work? 

Everywhere on the net it talks about deploying Win7 with sysprep. I don&#39;t need to deploy Win7, just setup a simple mandatory profile. 

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.