How do I migrate a non domain local profile to a domain network profile?

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gutharius

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Situation:
- I have my local profile (dedalus\john) on My Xp Pro box created before I setup a WIN2K Server (server01) and domain (jdoe.local) and joined the client computer (Dedalus) to the domain.
- I want my documents and desktop settings in dedalus\john moved/migrated to my documents for win2kserver\jdoe
- name of the domain is jdoe.local
- name of the workgroup is win2kserver
- name of the server is server01
- I am the admin for for Dedalus and server01.
- I have previously been using dedalus\john as a roaming profile but I am getting tired of the constant uploading of the dedalus\john user directory to the server. It is a 3+GB profile and this is a frustrating wait for me.
- I do not care if the documents stay local to the computer and are not automatically sent to the server or downloaded back to the client desktop on logon/logoff
- As it stands now I have to login locally to Dedalus to access my user profile and original desktop settings and I would rather be logging into the server via the network for authentication purposes without losing these original desktop settings.
- Please understand I am a noob to the WIK2K server. I am competent in the usage of WINXP but the whole domain and profiles topics are unfamiliar to me. In otherwords specificity between server01 and dedalus in instructions is much appreciated.

How do I set this up?
 
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Woodie

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OK, this shouldn't be that hard. What I have done (in the past)...and actually need to do again.

1. Log in to the domain using the target account, while on from the desired workstation.
2. Log off, and login as Local\Administrator
3. Now, drag and drop the contents of your old profile (\Docs & Settings\UserID) to your new profile (\Docs & Settings\UserID.DOMAIN).
NB: Don't worry about the copying errors, if ntuser.dat /.pol etc...those files shouldn't copy over anyway.
5. Log in as domain user again...and check things out/cleanup.

Notes:
I don't know how the "roaming profiles" business will affect your new profile. IIRC, that's a setting associated with your User account in the domain, not in the actual profile. Not sure on that.

Let me know what didn't work...I have to do this over the weekend for my sons machine.
 
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ktwebb

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You can just copy the folders. I've done that however you can also use the built in utility in windows. System Properties, advanced tab, user profiles, then use the "copy to" button to transfer profile contents from one to the other. Frankly it's usually easier to just copy the data but either will work.
 
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DaiShan

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Originally posted by: ktwebb
You can just copy the folders. I've done that however you can also use the built in utility in windows. System Properties, advanced tab, user profiles, then use the "copy to" button to transfer profile contents from one to the other. Frankly it's usually easier to just copy the data but either will work.
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I've found this to be hit and miss. At my previous job we ran a large windows domain consisting of over 1500 computers, and we used this technique exclusively, however at home, the option is always grayed out to copy, no matter which account I am trying to move.
 
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gutharius

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I eneded up doing this:

SOLUTION:

1 Log in as the domain user on the computer.
2 log off
3 log in with the local users profile that I want to associate to the new domain user i just logged in as.
4 Do file and settings transfer wizard to back up registray settings and such
5 Zip up all non NTXXX.dat files save it to the server
6 login as a third party administrator that is local to the computer not a domain admin account
7 edit the regitry setting in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\(Find the local profile in the list by looking at the profile image path key)
8 Edit the profile image path to have the name of the folder in documents and settings that has the name of the new domain user you logged in as in step one
9 Change the old local account ProfileImagePath key to the location of the new domain users profile - the one you are no longer going to use because it does not have all your settings
10 Edit the permissions on both of the root profile folders in documents and settings\YOURPROFILENAMEHERE so that both the NEw domain user and old local user have full control of the folder. ALSO don't forget to give SYSTEM full control as well this is needed by some programs like ITunes and possibly others.
11 reboot
12 login as the new domain user
13 things shouyld look familiar
14 run files and settings transfer to restore your settings you saved on your server back to the new computer/user
15 Check for any missing files. I lost my Itunes library and about $40 in purchased music cause I did not backup my profile in the first place. I would have lost more if did not already run regular backups. If you are missing any files get them from your backup you made.
 
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Micronaut

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That's far too much for what you really need to do.

We do this on a regular basis and it's far easier than that.

But others have it mostly covered.
 
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loup garou

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Originally posted by: gutharius
I eneded up doing this:

SOLUTION:

1 Log in as the domain user on the computer.
2 log off
3 log in with the local users profile that I want to associate to the new domain user i just logged in as.
4 Do file and settings transfer wizard to back up registray settings and such
5 Zip up all non NTXXX.dat files save it to the server
6 login as a third party administrator that is local to the computer not a domain admin account
7 edit the regitry setting in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\(Find the local profile in the list by looking at the profile image path key)
8 Edit the profile image path to have the name of the folder in documents and settings that has the name of the new domain user you logged in as in step one
9 Change the old local account ProfileImagePath key to the location of the new domain users profile - the one you are no longer going to use because it does not have all your settings
10 Edit the permissions on both of the root profile folders in documents and settings\YOURPROFILENAMEHERE so that both the NEw domain user and old local user have full control of the folder. ALSO don't forget to give SYSTEM full control as well this is needed by some programs like ITunes and possibly others.
11 reboot
12 login as the new domain user
13 things shouyld look familiar
14 run files and settings transfer to restore your settings you saved on your server back to the new computer/user
15 Check for any missing files. I lost my Itunes library and about $40 in purchased music cause I did not backup my profile in the first place. I would have lost more if did not already run regular backups. If you are missing any files get them from your backup you made.
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This makes no sense. All you had to do was log into your local profile, run FSTW, log into your domain profile and run FSTW again.
 
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