maintain user profiles when changing domain

[Guest JT in VN]

We have rebuilt our server to a new domain. How can we keep user profiles

with minimal interruption?

 

I found the "Copy To" user profile function in System Properties but I'm not

sure what exactly it copies over. Does it just copy over the users folders

such as My Documents, Favorites, Desktop, etc? Or, does it also copy over

settings like drive mappings and printer mappings and other settings? It is

important that the Outlook settings also copy over (along with Outlook rules).

 

Please help! We have a lot of PC's to migrate and manually copying over

profiles and then re-creating drive mappings and printers and other settings

is going to waste a lot of time. Thank you.

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: maintain user profiles when changing domain

 

Logon once to the new domain then run regedt32.exe and navigate to;

 

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

 

locate the new profile SID and edit the Reg_Expand_Sz 'ProfileImagePath' to

point back to the old domain profile.

 

 

 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"JT in VN" wrote:

> We have rebuilt our server to a new domain. How can we keep user profiles

> with minimal interruption?

>

> I found the "Copy To" user profile function in System Properties but I'm

> not

> sure what exactly it copies over. Does it just copy over the users folders

> such as My Documents, Favorites, Desktop, etc? Or, does it also copy over

> settings like drive mappings and printer mappings and other settings? It

> is

> important that the Outlook settings also copy over (along with Outlook

> rules).

>

> Please help! We have a lot of PC's to migrate and manually copying over

> profiles and then re-creating drive mappings and printers and other

> settings

> is going to waste a lot of time. Thank you.

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: maintain user profiles when changing domain

 

Also take a look at;

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4AF2D2C9-F16C-4C52-A203-8DAF944DD555&displaylang=en

 

 

 

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Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

[Guest JT in VN]

Re: maintain user profiles when changing domain

 

When i tried your advice access was Denied to the old domain profile.

 

 

 

 

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Logon once to the new domain then run regedt32.exe and navigate to;

>

> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

>

> locate the new profile SID and edit the Reg_Expand_Sz 'ProfileImagePath' to

> point back to the old domain profile.

>

>

>

> --

>

> Regards,

>

> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

> Microsoft Certified Professional

> Microsoft MVP [Windows]

> http://www.microsoft.com/protect

>

> "JT in VN" wrote:

> > We have rebuilt our server to a new domain. How can we keep user profiles

> > with minimal interruption?

> >

> > I found the "Copy To" user profile function in System Properties but I'm

> > not

> > sure what exactly it copies over. Does it just copy over the users folders

> > such as My Documents, Favorites, Desktop, etc? Or, does it also copy over

> > settings like drive mappings and printer mappings and other settings? It

> > is

> > important that the Outlook settings also copy over (along with Outlook

> > rules).

> >

> > Please help! We have a lot of PC's to migrate and manually copying over

> > profiles and then re-creating drive mappings and printers and other

> > settings

> > is going to waste a lot of time. Thank you.

> >

>

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: maintain user profiles when changing domain

 

For registry editing of HKLM? Who's logged on? You'll need to be local

admin.

 

 

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Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

"JT in VN" wrote:

> When i tried your advice access was Denied to the old domain profile.

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: maintain user profiles when changing domain

 

Also make sure each user has Full Control permissions on their user profile

folder.

 

 

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Regards,

 

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.

Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft MVP [Windows]

http://www.microsoft.com/protect