Duplicate user profile

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HowTo - Create a duplicate user profile with a different name - Windows XP

4/5/2005

To create a duplicate of an user profile with a different user name, try this:

  1. Create a new user account from Control Panel User Accounts applet
  2. Logon to that account to initialize the newly created profile and log off
  3. Login as Administrator (built-in Administrator account)
  4. Open Control Panel System applet
  5. Click the Advanced tab
  6. Click Settings under User Profiles
  7. Select a profile to copy from and choose "Copy To"
  8. Type or browse to the profile to copy to (C:\Documents and Settings\username)

A new profile is now created which is the duplicate of your user profile.

References

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/dupprofile.htm

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