How do I duplicate a user account?

I have the main admin account which I installed all the software and I want to create a user account that is also an admin that I will work in. When I go to this new account some of the previously installed software is no longer registered. I don't want to have to reauthorize all the software. Is there a way to make this work? Is there a way to duplicate a user? Or is there a way to make sure my software will work in newly created users?
thanks,
chris

What you can try is to copy the "~/Library" folder from the "old" user accout to the new one. But back up the new user's library first, I can't guarantee that the new user will work AT ALL after this procedure, so be sure to have a backup....

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