Copy User Account

[Guest Pat]

Windows XP Pro, I need to copy an account (let's call it AdminAccount) that has

administrator privileges, to a new account that I need to create (let's call it

UserNew) - the new UserNew account will be a user-level account. I need to copy all

settings from AdminAccount to UserNew, including desktop and start menu. (However, IE6

in AdminAccount only has a few favorites, so if I don't copy them over it's no biggie.)

 

AdminAccount will be deleted later.

 

Recommendations on the web include manually copying over USER.DAT and such, but I'm not

sure if that's the safest method?

 

What's the best/safest way to do this?

 

Thanks,

 

Pat

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Copy User Account

 

 

"Pat" <pat929@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Windows XP Pro, I need to copy an account (let's call it AdminAccount)

> that has

> administrator privileges, to a new account that I need to create (let's

> call it

> UserNew) - the new UserNew account will be a user-level account. I need to

> copy all

> settings from AdminAccount to UserNew, including desktop and start menu.

> (However, IE6

> in AdminAccount only has a few favorites, so if I don't copy them over

> it's no biggie.)

>

> AdminAccount will be deleted later.

>

> Recommendations on the web include manually copying over USER.DAT and

> such, but I'm not

> sure if that's the safest method?

>

> What's the best/safest way to do this?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Pat

 

Replacing User.dat is inappropriate and insufficient. Do this

instead:

1. Log on as the new user, e.g. as JDoe.

2. Reboot the machine.

3. Log on as an administrator (but NOT as "AdminAccount"!)

4. Follow this path: Start / Control Panel / System / Advanced /

User Profiles / Settings.

5. Click on AdminAccount, then click Copy To.

6. Specify "c:\documents and settings\JDoe".

7. Ignore the warning.

7. Log on as JDoe.

[Guest Anando [MVP]]

Re: Copy User Account

 

Hello Pat,

 

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151

 

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"Pat" <pat929@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:u6kT0pH2HHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Windows XP Pro, I need to copy an account (let's call it AdminAccount) that has

> administrator privileges, to a new account that I need to create (let's call it

> UserNew) - the new UserNew account will be a user-level account. I need to copy all

> settings from AdminAccount to UserNew, including desktop and start menu. (However, IE6

> in AdminAccount only has a few favorites, so if I don't copy them over it's no biggie.)

>

> AdminAccount will be deleted later.

>

> Recommendations on the web include manually copying over USER.DAT and such, but I'm not

> sure if that's the safest method?

>

> What's the best/safest way to do this?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Pat

>

>

>

>