Re: migrating workgroup computers to Active Directory on Win 2003

From: Andy Svendsen (andymcdba1_at_NOMORESPAM.yahoo.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:49:21 -0500

Thanks, I was afraid of that, I got the same answer in the other active
directory newsgroups. Is there no way to automate this though? When you
have 100 workstations and multiple profiles, this can become tedious
quickly. 

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"Tim Hines [MSFT]" <timhines@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After you join a domain a new profile is created on the computer for the
> users domain account.  The users previous profile should still be
available
> when the user logs on locally instead of onto the domain.  There is a
> feature in Windows that allows you to copy profiles.  You should be able
to
> copy the old profile.  The following article explains how
>
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255095&Product=win2000
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> "Andy Svendsen" <andymcdba1@NOMORESPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > When I am joining computers to an Active Directory domain running on
> Windows
> > 2003 server, the local computer desktops seem to be overwritten.  This
is
> > probably an obvious question, but how do I preserve local user and
desktop
> > settings as I join workstations to the Active Directory domain?
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