Defprof.exe windows 10 download

I have found a solution to my query. One of my counterparts on a different campus provided a .bat file that does just what I want. Thanks for all  your input!

I know this thread has already been answered but I did want to chime in with a few suggestions as well.

You asked if you will have to use the Windows AIK to create an answer file to copy the default profile and, depending on the customizations you wish to make, it is strongly recommended to consider the use of the Windows System Image Manager (WSIM), a component of WAIK or the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), to create your www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar or answer files. WSIM provides access to all of the options available for the specific image you are building the answer file for, even if the image is a customized image, in an easy to use interface. WSIM also has a validation feature which will assist in catching any errors in your answer file before you use it with your deployment.

Now, with that said and just as Bill Kindle pointed out, most of the customizations you likely want to make can also be handled with GPOs and do not have to be captured in a prepared thick image. You also might want to take a look at the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to handle your imaging and deployment process. As a high-level overview, MDT allows you to create hardware independent images with task sequences that create an www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar file for you which will in turn greatly streamline your deployment process. The Springboard Series on TechNet has a great deal of information to help you learn how to create hardware independent images, specifically. For now, I’ll just give you a few key benefits.

First off, MDT is free and can even integrate directly with Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and can be setup to PXE boot for both a ‘Sysprep and Capture Task Sequence’ and lite-touch deployment.

Next, MDT can be used to deploy Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows , Windows Server , Windows Server , Windows Server R2, Windows Server and Windows Server R2. Using MDT, you can easily add both applications and drivers, manage Windows updates, create task sequences, specify selection profiles for easy driver injection, prompt for a computer name, join a domain, add a KMS or MAK product key, create an administrator account, specify time zone, etc. You can also import all user data into the new environment using the User State Migration Tool (also free). In addition to creating standard client task sequences, as stated above, you can create sysprep and capture task sequences that will do just that – sysprep and capture an image of your reference machine. To become familiar with the process of using MDT, you might want to check out these videos from the Springboard Series page on TechNet:

Deployment Day Session 1: Introduction to MDT
Deployment Day Session 2: MDT Advanced

Another video you might find helpful is the Deployment Day Session 3: Deployment using WDS video because it introduces and demonstrates the use of the Windows System Image Manager (WSIM).

Finally, I understand you already have an assortment of tools you use to handle your www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar file creation and imaging needs; however, the above tools should be able to effectively simplify the deployment process quite significantly.

Jessica
Windows Outreach Team – IT Pro

I wish I could take credit for the creation of this file but not my brainwork on this one.

Below is the content of the .bat file we run and it works for Windows 8 and Copy all the text into a file and name it what you like using a .bat extension. The only thing you need to do is enter the name of the profile you will use to copy over the default profile at the end of the line:      set PROFILE=

@echo off
rem
rem  SCRIPT NAME: Update Default User www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar
rem      VERSION:
rem  DISCRIPTION: Copies the chosen profile to the default user profile then
rem               removes printers from defautl user's registry in Windows 7.
rem               Must right click script and run as administrator!
rem       AUTHOR: Ben Stefan, John McFadden, Karolyn Hannam, Christine Schilling
rem         DATE: 4/4/
rem

:selectprofile
cls
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo               Win8 Profile Copy Script
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo Press 1 to continue
echo Press 2 to cancel

echo.
set PROFILE=
choice /c 12
if errorlevel 3 set PROFILE=localuser
if errorlevel 2 goto enderror

if not exist "C:\Users\%PROFILE%" echo ERROR - The Selected Profile Does Not Exist! && goto enderror

:confirmprofile
cls
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo               Win8 Profile Copy Script
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo Copy C:\Users\%PROFILE%\ to C:\Users\Default\ ?
echo.
choice /c YN
if errorlevel 2 goto enderror
if errorlevel 1 goto backupdefaultprofile

:backupdefaultprofile
attrib -h "C:\Users\Default"
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default_Backup"
ping -n 6 -w > nul
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default_Backup"
ping -n 6 -w > nul
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" echo ERROR - Removal of old Backup Folder Failed! && goto enderror
rename "C:\Users\Default" "Default_Backup"
if not exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" echo ERROR - Backup Failed! && goto enderror
echo.
echo Existing Default Profile Successfully Backed Up
echo.
ping -n 6 -w > nul

:copyinstallerprofile
md "C:\Users\Default"
xcopy "C:\Users\%PROFILE%\*.*" "C:\Users\Default" /e /c /h /k /y
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages"
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files"
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Temp" Del /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\temp"\*.*
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar" del /s /q /aa "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar"
:end
echo.
echo Script Completed Successfully . . .
echo.
pause
goto endnow

:enderror
echo.
echo Script Terminated with Errors . . .
echo.
pause
goto endnow

:endnow
exit

Have a read here and there

the second link links to a microsoft how to page.

We do not sysprep our computers. With defprof and windows_enabler we didn't need to and don't want to start now. Any other suggestions? Is there something that will work like defprof did for Windows 8??

Here is what we do: load a computer with the OS (in this case Windows 10), create a local user account that has admin privileges, install all the apps, run updates, do tweaking of the apps, then when done with the image I log in as the administrator and copy this local user profile over the default user profile. This is done so that whoever logs into the computer will get everything the way we set it as the local user. This is important in an educational setting. With Windows 7 we used windows_enabler to unhide the ability to copy the local profile over the default, with Windows 8 we used a utility called defprof to accomplish this task - neither of these work with Windows I tried using defprof but when I login using a new account the screen is black with just the cursor arrow showing. We do not sysprep our images. This method has worked for years and I am sure someone will come up with another utility like defprof if it doesn't already exist - I am hoping it is out there somewhere and someone will be able to tell me where. Thanks for the suggestions so far but still not an answer that will help.

I have found a solution to my query. One of my counterparts on a different campus provided a .bat file that does just what I want. Thanks for all  your input!

Hi Kathleen,

I would like to know more about your solution.
Here at our school, we have the same problem. 

I to would love to hear your answer, I work for a school district and am in the same boat as you Kathleen!

I wish I could take credit for the creation of this file but not my brainwork on this one.

Below is the content of the .bat file we run and it works for Windows 8 and Copy all the text into a file and name it what you like using a .bat extension. The only thing you need to do is enter the name of the profile you will use to copy over the default profile at the end of the line:      set PROFILE=

@echo off
rem
rem  SCRIPT NAME: Update Default User www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar
rem      VERSION:
rem  DISCRIPTION: Copies the chosen profile to the default user profile then
rem               removes printers from defautl user's registry in Windows 7.
rem               Must right click script and run as administrator!
rem       AUTHOR: Ben Stefan, John McFadden, Karolyn Hannam, Christine Schilling
rem         DATE: 4/4/
rem

:selectprofile
cls
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo               Win8 Profile Copy Script
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo Press 1 to continue
echo Press 2 to cancel

echo.
set PROFILE=
choice /c 12
if errorlevel 3 set PROFILE=localuser
if errorlevel 2 goto enderror

if not exist "C:\Users\%PROFILE%" echo ERROR - The Selected Profile Does Not Exist! && goto enderror

:confirmprofile
cls
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo               Win8 Profile Copy Script
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo Copy C:\Users\%PROFILE%\ to C:\Users\Default\ ?
echo.
choice /c YN
if errorlevel 2 goto enderror
if errorlevel 1 goto backupdefaultprofile

:backupdefaultprofile
attrib -h "C:\Users\Default"
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default_Backup"
ping -n 6 -w > nul
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default_Backup"
ping -n 6 -w > nul
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" echo ERROR - Removal of old Backup Folder Failed! && goto enderror
rename "C:\Users\Default" "Default_Backup"
if not exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" echo ERROR - Backup Failed! && goto enderror
echo.
echo Existing Default Profile Successfully Backed Up
echo.
ping -n 6 -w > nul

:copyinstallerprofile
md "C:\Users\Default"
xcopy "C:\Users\%PROFILE%\*.*" "C:\Users\Default" /e /c /h /k /y
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages"
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files"
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Temp" Del /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\temp"\*.*
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar" del /s /q /aa "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar"
:end
echo.
echo Script Completed Successfully . . .
echo.
pause
goto endnow

:enderror
echo.
echo Script Terminated with Errors . . .
echo.
pause
goto endnow

:endnow
exit

Thanks for this.  I had a similar issue needing to have the computers on the domain.  It worked great.  Except the group policy printers stopped working.  I'm not sure if they're related to the importing on the default profile.  I also use Deep Freeze.  And a windows update followed the new default profile.  Both could have interfered with the printers.  I'm not looking for a solution right now.  The default profile was a bell and a whistle for our lab computers.  So unless someone has a 'this happened to me' and I solved it, I just wanted to put out there a complication I noticed that could be universal or unique to my environment.  

Kathleen wrote:

I wish I could take credit for the creation of this file but not my brainwork on this one.

Below is the content of the .bat file we run and it works for Windows 8 and Copy all the text into a file and name it what you like using a .bat extension. The only thing you need to do is enter the name of the profile you will use to copy over the default profile at the end of the line:      set PROFILE=

@echo off
rem
rem  SCRIPT NAME: Update Default User www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar
rem      VERSION:
rem  DISCRIPTION: Copies the chosen profile to the default user profile then
rem               removes printers from defautl user's registry in Windows 7.
rem               Must right click script and run as administrator!
rem       AUTHOR: Ben Stefan, John McFadden, Karolyn Hannam, Christine Schilling
rem         DATE: 4/4/
rem

:selectprofile
cls
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo               Win8 Profile Copy Script
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo Press 1 to continue
echo Press 2 to cancel

echo.
set PROFILE=
choice /c 12
if errorlevel 3 set PROFILE=localuser
if errorlevel 2 goto enderror

if not exist "C:\Users\%PROFILE%" echo ERROR - The Selected Profile Does Not Exist! && goto enderror

:confirmprofile
cls
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo               Win8 Profile Copy Script
echo / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
echo Copy C:\Users\%PROFILE%\ to C:\Users\Default\ ?
echo.
choice /c YN
if errorlevel 2 goto enderror
if errorlevel 1 goto backupdefaultprofile

:backupdefaultprofile
attrib -h "C:\Users\Default"
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default_Backup"
ping -n 6 -w > nul
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default_Backup"
ping -n 6 -w > nul
if exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" echo ERROR - Removal of old Backup Folder Failed! && goto enderror
rename "C:\Users\Default" "Default_Backup"
if not exist "C:\Users\Default_Backup" echo ERROR - Backup Failed! && goto enderror
echo.
echo Existing Default Profile Successfully Backed Up
echo.
ping -n 6 -w > nul

:copyinstallerprofile
md "C:\Users\Default"
xcopy "C:\Users\%PROFILE%\*.*" "C:\Users\Default" /e /c /h /k /y
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Packages"
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files" rmdir /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files"
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Temp" Del /s /q "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\temp"\*.*
if exist "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar" del /s /q /aa "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\microsoft\Windows\www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar"
:end
echo.
echo Script Completed Successfully . . .
echo.
pause
goto endnow

:enderror
echo.
echo Script Terminated with Errors . . .
echo.
pause
goto endnow

:endnow
exit

Script worked great! Just want to point out that you will most likely need to run this from a different user profile than the one you are using as a reference for your default. and 2. This will not edit www.cronistalascolonias.com.ar in any way so it will not truly be a default profile but it works well enough.

windows 10 anniversary update

-when trying to copy default profile (made by this .bat script) to local disk, windows just pop up warning:

Failed to set Security on the Destination Profile. Error - The system cannot find the file specified

Any ideas?

It works great with the newest version of win10

I used account with admin right to copy over to default profile. Worked like a charm

thanks so much

Well, for starters, it is quite common that you need to move a user to a new system but want that person's "personality" to move to that new computer.  Second, once a machine has been deployed, it is too late to use "Sysprep".  This situation is very common, and is 1 that all "REAL" administrator's have come across, especially after taking on a new administrative position, where 1 or more computers are already setup in a "common area" (i.e. used by more than 1 person, and usually many).  In this scenario, "roaming" users want EVERY system they sit down at to look a certain way and to be tweaked for speed and functionality, and you need to get a handle on what their default desktops look and function like, so you:

1. Setup a new user on that or another machine

2. Customize the look and feel your users need

3. Copy that look and feel (via DefProf, User Profile Manager or User Profile Wizard, all by Forensit) of the desired profile to the default user or over a specific user profile

4. Delete all other existing profiles to force the users to pick up the new look and feel the next time they log in

This can be used AFTER a desktop has already been deployed. and is extremely useful when a certain look and feel is desired, and to correct previously desktops that fail to meet your (or your users') expectation as well as when you don't have to time or desire to setup or re-setup new, existing or FUTURE profiles for every user that might sit down there.

With "User Profile Manager", you can even define the look and feel of different "sets" of users, and assign them to standard Active Directory related "groups", setting them up with a "default" and/or "mandatory" look and feel.  Incidentally, the mentioned programs are all freeware and are updated every so often to keep up with current standards.  All of the mentioned programs have been updated recently to work with all versions of Windows, including Windows