migrating from workgroup to domain

Oct 16, 2002
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I hope this isn't too much of a tard question and that I'm overlooking something simple...

I have to migrate a 12 computer office from a workgroup to a domain. (New sbs2003 going in).

They are all XP or 2000 machines. (well, except for one cranky old nt4 server).

I have had the hardest time in the past migrating users consistently. That is, since there is going to be a new domain created, each user will be logging into the domain now instead of locally, and their OS's will see them as a different user. Thus all their settings will change, I have to move their files, email etc to the new user folder in documents and settings.

I have found that the files and settings wizard works only sometimes at best.

Is there some smart way to do this?
 

spyordie007

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May 28, 2001
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Yes, what you are looking for is the USMT (user state migration tool). I believe it will migrate those settings from the individual machines over.

:thumbsup: for moving away from your workgroup!