Even if I hate saying that, i never thought about that.  I promissed to find a way to automat the steps for that method.

A few days later, here is clone_profil.exe

This tool permit to duplicate user profiles at will.

Thanks Pantera, now you're woldwide famous :)

A few features :

- GUI mode : really usefull for basic use of the program. Just complete the 3 labels then click OK.
- Console mode : used to automate the task and integrate it to your own scripts

New :
- Better compatibility with specific Windows XP masters.
- Compatibility with user's profiles when source account's login is the same as the target one


Syntax : clone_profile.exe profile_to_clone target_account target_user_password
Exemple : clone_profile.exe john.local domain_john  p@$$W0rd
=> clone a profile name john.local for the domain account john wih password is p@$$w0rd.

Notes :

  • Clone_profile.exe /? : print help box
  • The tool must be used from a domain admin account OR (better!) a domain user account which is also local admin.
  • As XP doesn't always free user registry, it may be usefull to reboot the computer or install UPHClean before using the tool.
  • This tool use subinacl.exe

Warning :

AutoIT environment is not mandatory for this tool, however, you have to install it to modifiate the script if you need to. You can find AutoIT environment and Scite (its editor) on AutoIT Website