Change Local User Profile path after domain change

[Guest ptumelty]

Hi, I wonder if anybody could help me. I've recently built a new server to

replace an old Domain Controller (ROSEWOODSOLUIO) with a new one (RSNET). My

plan was then to migrate the machines one at a time manually as there are

only 5 or 6.

 

The installation all worked fine, so I created an account for myself in the

new domain (RSNET\ptumelty) and started to move machines over.

 

The first machine to move over was my development workstation which is a

Vista box. I was able to join the domain, but Vista created a new profile for

the new domain user RSNET\ptumelty, it used the path c:\users\ptumelty.rsnet,

presumably because c:\users\ptumelty was already there.

 

The old profile has all of my files and settings. Is there an easy way for

me to make vista use the old profile (c:\users\ptumelty) instead of the new

one (c:\users\ptumelty.rsnet) when i log in with the new account?

 

I tried a registry hack involving the ProfileList key in Local

Machine\Software\Windows NT\Current Version\ but when I try to log in, it

just logs straight back out. I thought this might be a permissions problem,

so gave full access to the appropriate directories but it didnt help. If I go

to Properties on My Computer and then User Profiles, the options to copy

profiles are greyed out and the account profiles in the old domain show as

Unknown Account.

 

If anybody has any help, it would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks, Paul.