Re: Migration from netware, the first GPO and more. Help!

Hi Alex
You can create a default profile and distribute it to all users using
Netlogon share.
check:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314478
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/86bd78dc-de1c-4c90-b5cd-6b56c07529761033.mspx?mfr=true
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I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services
"Alexb" <Alexb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:58B8E18D-059B-4CAE-8B7A-6FBD323CC25B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi guys, like I said we are migrating from Netware 6.5 to windows server
2003
Active directory and I have a few questions.

1. When I join a computer into the domain for the first time windows
creates
a new profile for the user. Is there anyway we can keep the existing
profile
for that user? I read somewhere that you can copy one profile onto another
one. I tried that and didn't work that well.

2. When I log in to the domain it seems I don't have rights to anything on
the local computer. Can't change the desktop, network settings, etc. It's
a
GPO thing I guess. Is there a default GPO or template that I can apply
that
would give users rights to their local machines. How do you go about
setting
a "usable" policy? Do I have to build one from scratch?
Thanks.


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