Re: ConnectComputer Still not working

From: Chris Puckett [MSFT] (cpuckett_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:18:14 GMT

If that doesn't work, you can also migrate the profile manually using
either of the methods below.

A. Use moveuser.exe to migrate the profile.
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moveuser.exe is a Windows 2000 reskit tool to migrate user profiles. You
can use the Windows 2000 version on Windows XP.

1. Login locally to the XP Pro client computer and create a new local user
account that is a member of the local

Administrators group.

2. Logoff and logon to the XP Pro client computer using the local account
you created in Step 1.

3. Run the command: Moveuser.exe user1 %sbsdomain%\user2 /k /y

Where:

user1

specifies a user who has a local profile. Specify domain users in
DOMAIN/user format; specify only user for local

accounts.

user2

specifies the user who will own the user1 profile. This account must
already exist. Specify domain users in DOMAIN/user

format; specify only user for local accounts.

/c:computer

specifies the computer on which to make the changes.

/k

specifies that if user1 is a local user, then the user account should be
kept.

/y

allows overwriting an existing profile.

4. Logoff and logon to the SBS 2003 domain as the DOMAINNAME\DomainUser
account. This user should now have the

COMPUTERNAME\LocalUser account's profile.

B. Manually copy the profile.
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1. Login locally to the XP Pro client computer and create a new local user
account that is a member of the local

Administrators group.

2. Logoff and logon to the XP Pro client computer using the local account
you created in Step 1.

3. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. Double-click System.
4. Click the Advanced tab. In the User profiles section, click the Settings
button.
5. Select the DOMAINNAME\DomainUser account and click the Copy To button.
6. In the Copy profile to box specify a folder to save a backup copy of the
profile. For instance, C:\DomainUser-profile-

backup.
7. In the Permitted to use section, click the Change button and specify the
DOMAINNAME\DomainUser account. Note: This is

the same account you selected in Step 5.

You may have to specify a Domain Administrator's credentials to select the
DomainUser account.

Click OK and click OK out of the Copy To dialog box.

8. In the User Profiles dialog box, select the COMPUTERNAME\LocalUser
account and click the Copy To button.

9. In the Copy profile to box click the Browse button and select the path
to the desired DomainUser account. For

instance, C:\Documents and Settings\DomainUser. Click OK.

10. In the Permitted to use section, click the Change button and specify
the DOMAINNAME\DomainUser account.

You may have to specify a Domain Administrator's credentials to select the
DomainUser account.

Click OK and click OK out of the Copy To dialog box. Click OK out of the
User Profiles dialog box.

11. Logoff and logon to the SBS 2003 domain as the DOMAINNAME\DomainUser
account. This user should now have the

COMPUTERNAME\LocalUser account's profile.

Thanks,

Chris Puckett, MCSE
Microsoft Small Business Server Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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>From: "Frank McCallister" <anonymous>
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>Hi Greg
>
>When you run connectcomputer you need to logon to the Wizard as Domain
>Administrator and then Select the Computer name and Add the users you want
>(I certainly would Add Administrator!!). On the second reboot login to the
>Domain as Domain Administrator and let the Setup run and Install Outlook
and
>any other selected Client Apps. On next reboot login as normal user.
>
>Frank McCallister
>COMPUMAC
>"Greg Hinch" <ghinch@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:cee1o6$qa4@odbk17.prod.google.com...
>> I've posted here several times in hopes of resolving this issue, and
>> while I've gotten some good suggestions, they haven't solved the issue
>> yet. In a nutshell, connectcomputer doesn't copy old profiles, and I
>> believe now that this is a symptom of a bigger problem. Here are things
>> that aren't going the way they are supposed to, I think they are all
>> related:
>>
>> 1) As I said before, ConnectComputer doesnt really work. I'm logged in
>> on the client as local Admin, run the \\server\ConnectComputer and log
>> in as the user I want to be on that computer. I only add that user, not
>> the Administrator. I select a test profile I have created to copy over
>> to this user's profile, and everything appears to go fine. I reboot,
>> the automated setup loads when the computer starts up again, works for
>> about 10 seconds, then an error box pops up real fast that I can't
>> read, and the system reboots. I can now log into the domain with the
>> user, but the computer looks as if it were a new install. None of the
>> old settings copy over. If I check moveuser.log on the client in
>> program files\windows sbs\ I find that it says:
>> Move Failed. Error 5 Access Denied
>>
>> and in sbsmig.log this sticks out:
>> Failed to set new ownership to C:\Documents and Settings\TestUser
>> [1307]
>> Failed to set Built-in Admin as owner of the profile C:\Documents and
>> Settings\TestUser, [1307]
>> (TestUser being the local profile I want to copy to the new user)
>>
>> 2) I have set up folder redirection for My Documents, App settings,
>> Desktop, and Start Menu. The group policy is set to apply to all
>> Authenticated users, and I've also tried setting it to apply directly
>> to the user I'm setting up. In the location I've specified, the
>> appropriate folders have been created for the Administrator account,
>> but do not get created for the new user, even after logging that user
>> in and out several times.
>>
>> 3) I am migrating from a peer-to-peer workgroup setting, and when I
>> look at my network places, if the client is logged in I see both the
>> new domain and the old workgroup, each listing both the client AND the
>> server computers under them, and in both locations each computer is
>> accessable with the same data.
>>
>> Our setup is Cable>NAT>Dual NIC server providing DHCP>Switch>Client.
>> Here are the ipconfig /all settings for the server:
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : (host)
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : (domain).office
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : (domain).office
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-530TX+ PCI Adapter
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-BA-8B-24-0B
>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet
>> Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-8D-F1-9C
>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>>
>> And here is the client's:
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : (computername)
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : (domain).office
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT
>> Network Connection
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-F1-C9-8D-FE
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.11
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
>> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 30, 2004
>> 10:02:58 AM
>> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 07, 2004
>> 10:02:58 AM
>>
>> Any help is appreciated, if you need more information let me know and I
>> can provide it. Thanks much in advance!
>> Greg
>>
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