Re: How do I change domain name and not lose my account settings ?

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From: pablo! (pablo_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:44:03 -0700

On the XP system that I changed the domain name on that works faster now, I
manually went into documents and settings logged in as admin, and copied the
folders from the old profile to the new. This accomplished keeping all of
the desktop icons, etc but I ran into several software problems that pointed
to registry entries being incorrect. This makes sense since the software was
probably installed logged in as that previous domain\user. Will using the
method you suggested preserve the registry settings ? I would hate to have
to re-install all of the software on every system.

Thanks again,
Paul

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> pablo! wrote:
> > Thank you for the reply. How do I go about copying over the profiles
> > ? Paul
>
> Once the new domain user has logged in, have them log out. Log in as a
> domain admin. Go to control panel, system, advanced, user profiles,
> settings....you can copy them there.
>
> Or see
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=ED182A96-F3A6-4FDD-862B-1AE03DC130C1&displaylang=en
>
> I hope you've put new backup procedures in place on your server!
>
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >
> >> pablo! wrote:
> >>> I am running XP pro connected to a SBS2003 server. I had to
> >>> re-install the server software due to a hardware failure,
> >>> and now
> >>> even though I named the domain the same as before, my computer is
> >>> extremely slow accessing network resources. I have read on this
> >>> discussion group that even if you name the domain the same as
> >>> before, it's not the same.
> >>
> >> Yep. Same with computer and user accounts, too. You might not have
> >> needed to recreate the wheel - did you not have good backups?
> >>>
> >>> How do I go about getting my XP machine to change domain name
> >>> without losing all of my account settings, registry entries, etc...
> >>>
> >>> On another XP machine, I changed the domain name by clicking on
> >>> "network id" in system properties, but then lost all of the users
> >>> account settings, registry entries, etc... The performance is very
> >>> fast on that box now, but I am hesitant to do it on all of our
> >>> machines because account settings get lost and then having to
> >>> re-install some software just to get the registry straightened out.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what to tell you other than do it & copy profiles over
> >> afterwards - which is not a lot of fun. You created a new domain, and
> >> everything is different. Did you try posting your problems in
> >> microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs? '
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Help !
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Paul
>
>
>

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