bhamm
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I change most of the settings you're mentioning by using a tool called 'defprof' by a group named ForensIT.  It's free.  Most of their software deals with windows profiles, so it's fairly well designed. You won't run into most of the issues you see with the 'copy profile' method.

http://www.forensit.com/support-downloads.html

Of course, getting the right settings on a created profile is contingent upon software developers storing their information in the proper place.  If you configure profile settings on a badly designed program, you might have unexpected results.  I haven't had any issues configuring settings with common software (office, browser, etc).

With regard to settings not 'sticking', I ran into a similar issue to the one you're describing.  I would create a user account I intended to use as my default profile template, and modify the settings you mentioned.  I would test them (by, say, moving a window), and I was able to confirm they had changed..  After I logged off & logged back in, however, the settings were reset.  Since I received a UAC prompt when i went to the 'performance options' screen & entered an admin acct password, I assumed this was a bug in Windows.  Making the account a local admin temporarily in order to commit those changes seemed to knock out the problem.

Regarding VMware, they do have an optimization script.  It's attached to this:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf

I'd advise looking over each line, though, to see if it's something that would be a good fit for you/your company.  That script turns off a few things I think are worth keeping around.

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