Re: Is there an easier way to copy a User Profile from One Domain to Another
From: WK (wkent_at_netsandbytesdotcom)
Date: 10/28/04
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:41:28 -0800
HI Julietta,
These should be the steps, you are on the right track :) I snipped the first
part of your procedure.
Check that you have the workstations setup on the SBS2003 Server. At this
stage you can add applications to the setup procedure e.g. Acrobat Reader
User Profile Heap Clean etc. If network printers are installed on the server
they will be pushed down to the computers.
<snip>
1. Log into the users computer locally, if there is not a local account, I
have to create one.
2. Log out, and then in as the administrator (me), copy the nt user profile
to the local user folder
3. Change over to DHCP (everyone has a static IP address), reboot computer
<endsnip>
4. Logon as administrator make sure computer is getting ip address from
SBS2003 server and dns points to same. (very important, crucial even)
5. Open Start>Run type http://sbs2003servername/connectcomputer
6. Move through the wizard select the computer name you want to use and the
local profile you want to convert and it should be done. Computer
automatically reboots when done.
7. Logon as the user and install any applications pushed down from the
server.
Once you have done the first one you should be able to go from computer to
computer 10 minutes each :)
HTH
"julietta carpentieri" <potato@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:mtg0o050j82ogv98nlo9ans5jujgqctg6r@4ax.com...
> Hello All,
>
> I am setting up our new SBS 2003 server, I have this set up so far as
> the DHCP server, DNS, and WINS servers.
> Our current network consists of:
> 2 Novell 4.11 Servers
> 1 server has our Great Plains accounting data
> (with Pervasive)
> 1 server has our Sales and User Information
> 1 NT4.0 Domain Controller
> used to have exchange, but now just has some shared
> apps, and is running our fax software
> (which I can't replace right now, long story)
> 1 SBS 2003 Server
> All user computers have Windows 2000 Professional
> on the desktops
>
> On the new SBS server I have set up user accounts, installed printers,
> set rights and permissions. I have all the folders ready with the
> permissions set for the data move. My question before I move the data
> off of Novell and take the servers off the network, is that I need to
> move everyone to the new Domain (18 users, 3 down, 15 to go). The
> person who has been helping me is very knowledgeable in W23K, but not
> SBS. When we are migrating to the new Domain, because we can't
> establish a trust, I have to go through a lot of very painful steps to
> copy over a user profile. This is what my guy has me doing:
>
> 1. Log into the users computer locally, if there is not a
> local account, I have to create one.
> 2. Log out, and then in as the administrator (me), copy the nt
> user profile to the local user folder
> 3. Change over to DHCP (everyone has a static IP address),
> reboot computer
> 4. Right now no one has a password, but a few select users, so
> I need to give passwords in Novell and NT.
> 5. Log in as user and join new domain, reboot.
> 6. Log into new domain as user to create folder.
> 7. Log out and log in as administrator, give administrator
> rights to the user for the new folders created on local
> and the new domain log on. Copy profile from local folder
> to new domain folder
> 8. Log off as administrator and log on as user, make sure
> everything works and the desktop is his, the email works
> (although this doesn't move the folder, I have to go copy
> and paste into the new domain user folder). If everything
> works, we're good to go.
>
> As you can see, this is taking any where from 30 - 60 minutes. My
> question to everyone is: IS THERE AN EASIER WAY TO DO THIS? Why do I
> have to create a local user folder, can't I just copy the nt user
> profile into the new domain folder? I'm almost ready to just copy
> their favorites folder and outlook pst file out to the network and say
> "who cares what else they have".
>
> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. I was planning on moving
> the data off of the one Novell server Friday night, but at this rate
> I'm looking at at least another week since I can't rack up the
> overtime any more.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Julie Carpenter
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