Re: Can't Copy User Profile

Even if you have Admin rights on both systems it doesn't mean you'll have access to the old profile on another install. Each Admin account will have it's own descriptors. Let's say for instance...

There are 2 John Smiths, John Smith(a) will have a different National Insurance Number/Social Security Number from John Smith(b). That's how they are recognised as being 2 different people. The same applies to your Administrator accounts. You need to tell the old profile that THIS Administrator can have access to the files.

If you look in the security tab on the old profile folder you should see something along the lines of {S-1-5-21-1994428093-1998526488-725345543-1976}. That's an account from your old Windows install that is no longer recognised on the new Windows install.

Mr C.

Brian laid this down on his screen :
"Mr C" <mr_chaotix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
If both machines are using the NTFS file system then the ACL security descriptors will be different for each Admin account.

I thought about that, but I have admin right on both systems. I'm just trying to find a way to get all my settings and files transferred over to the new box without missing anything.

As for your second method of copying manually, don't copy the old profile straight over your new profile, there are files in there containing all sorts of information that could screw things up royally.

That's my last resort. I've done it lots of time and everything has been fine. Program relaetd settings are written into the system hive, not the user hive, so there shouldn't be anything too inherently dangerous. Worst case scenario if the system gets messed up, I start it over again.

Thanks for the help.

Hey, isn't MS supposed to give a response within 24 hours? That's what it said on the managed newsgroups page.

Thanks

Brian


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