Re: how to unjoin a domain properly?

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:43:38 +0100

cck2004 wrote:

> I need help unjoining a domain with a Windows 2000 laptop.
>
> I have read that some people have simply changed the settings from
> Domain to Workgroup and were no longer able to login under there
> normal account because there wasn't a local copy.
>
> Does anyone know the exact steps to unjoin a domain without
> losing profile settings, outlook mail etc?
Hi

This is how I would have done it:

Create a new local user. Add it to the local "Administrators" group.
Log in with the new user once to see that everything is OK.

You can then reuse the old profile with the "new" user by changing the
new user's ProfileImagePath in registry to point to the old profile.

More here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3EA57554.BF997CC0%40hydro.com

This way, the domain user and the local user is sharing the same profile.

Just as long as you have created the local user (or you know the
password for the local "Administrator" user), you can unjoin
from the domain at any point in the procedure above. 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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