Re: New Domain old profile

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:51:00 -0400

Jeff Arch wrote:
> Is there a relatively simple way of keeping a user's profile intact if
> they are going from a workgroup to a domain? The new domain is SBS
> 2003 and all of the workstations are win2k pro. Is it just a matter
> of copying everything except the ntuser.dat? Thanks in advance.

IIRC, if you're migrating from a workgroup to an SBS2003 domain, using the
/connectcomputer wizard to join the computers to the domain, may do this for
you automatically - note that you can't run this if you've already manually
joined the computers to the domain, though.

I suggest you post in microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs for help...

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