How to Assign the Administrator Profile to Other Users (156568)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q156568

SUMMARY

In Windows NT 4.0 and in Windows 2000, 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 and Windows 2000 use 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. For Windows 2000 installations that are upgrades from Windows NT 4.0 and for Windows NT 4.0 installations, click the Profiles subfolder in the Windows NT 4.0 folder and click the user name folder to which you want to assign the administrator profile. For Windows 2000 installations that are NOT upgrades of Windows NT 4.0, browse to the Documents and Settings folder, and click the user name folder to which you want to assign the administrator profile.
  6. Click the Change button, select Permitted to use, then specify the target user account. (If the target is 'Default User', then the '\Everyone' account should be specified.)
  7. Click OK three times to close all dialog boxes.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/3/2003
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