|  | Preparing a Reference Computer Preserving Custom User Settings
After you have configured the reference computer, perform the following steps to copy the Administrator profile to the Default User profile: On the reference computer, create a new account with administrative privileges, and then log on by using that account. Step 1 is necessary, because you can copy the Administrator profile only if that profile is not in use. Copy the Administrator profile to the Default User profile. Click Start, right-click My Computer, click Properties, and then click the Advanced tab. In the User Profiles section, click Settings. On the User Profiles page, click computer_name\Administrator (where computer_name is the name of the reference computer), and then click the Copy To button. In the Copy To dialog box, type %system_drive%\Documents and Settings\Default User (where system_drive is the root of the drive on which Windows XP is installed).
| Note: Do not click OK after completing step 2d.