Identical Account Creation

[kraftmayo]

This seems to me like a stupid question, but I cant seem to find the answer.

I want to create a second user account, but I want it to be indentical to the current one; desktop icons, taskbar settings, programs listing. How the heck do I do this?

Thanks

[redduc900]

Create a new user account from the Control Panel --> User Accounts applet | Logon to that account to initialize the newly created profile, and then log off | Login as Administrator (the built-in Administrator account)... you need to be logged on as an Administrator to the local computer in order to copy user profiles | Open System Properties | 'Advanced' tab --> User Profiles --> 'Settings' button | Select a profile to copy from, and choose 'Copy To' | Type or browse to the profile to copy to C:\Documents and Settings\username

[ticktock123]

why would you want two copies of the same account on the same computer?

[ErikD]

Well if there are two users, and they both use the same programs, and need the same access rights you need two acounts that are ALMOST identical. They will have different user names and passwords to keep all of the data seperate, but still appear very similiar.

[ticktock123]

ahhh good point...thanks

[kraftmayo]

Yeah, Erik's got it. It's for my grandparents, I'm their tech-support, and multiple user accounts in Windows is foreign to me.

Thanks all.