Office97 on Win2k

[pointd]

I want to set up the default save locations for Word, Excel etc and have these applied to all users when they log on. The current default location is the users My Documents folder but I need to change this to a network drive that gets mapped on login.

I know I can have each user set this up for themselves but I have potentially 1200 users for each of 30 machines (a school) so this is not really an option.

Under Win9x this was a case of setting the values in the registry under HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OFFICE however this does not seem to be the case with 2K.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

[EzyStvy]

On my win2k machine I went into Word and changed the file location to a newly created folder. (folder with a funky name i could find) Then searched the reg and found the setting to be:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Options

[pointd]

Unfortunately the problem with that is in the answer, i.e HKEY_CURRENT_USER. This only applies to the user logged on. When a new user comes along it defaults to their My Documents file which is not what I want.

Thanks anyway

Any other suggestions?

[pointd]

Ok I think I've cracked this. Logon as a new user and set up the apps to save where I want them to. Logoff and back on as an administrator. Copy the users profile over the top of the Default User profile.

BUT

Which folders and/or files:- NTUSER.DAT, Local Settings, Application data

Anyone help me with that or is it trial and error time??

Thanks

[pointd]

In case you're following this it's NTUSER.DAT. Worked straight away.