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/System/Library/User Template
You can customize every aspect of the guest account by setting it up, then copying all the prefs etc. to /System/Library/User Template
When the Guest account is generated, this is where it takes all the prefs from. This may already be covered in another hint... but here's a couple details. Here's a quick script to copy all the settings over (after first making a backup) tar cfz /tmp/user_template_backup.tar.gz "/System/Library/User Template" cp /Users/Guest/.DS_Store "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/.DS_Store" rm -R "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Pictures" cp -R /Users/Guest/Pictures "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Pictures" rm -R "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library" cp -R /Users/Guest/Library "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library" rm -R "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Desktop" cp -R /Users/Guest/Desktop "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Desktop" We're now using the Guest account on our public machines. More information is here: http://www.michaelsmac.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=394 One gotcha is that whenever you create a new regular account on your machine, it also uses the User Template data. So it will also get these defaults. If you are concerned, make a backup of the virgin User Template folder and put that in place when you need to make a normal user account.
/System/Library/User Template
Sorry, but editing "/System/Library/User Template" is a REALLY cumbersome solution to the problem, since whenever you add another user, it will be "blessed" with the exact same layout as the guest user.
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