Re: XP Profiles do not copy when joining SBS2K3

From: Chad A. Gross [SBS MVP] (chad.gross_at_laytonflower.nospam.com)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:04:57 -0600

TTBOMK - an NT WS won't join an SBS2k3 domain. I could be wrong though as
I've never tried it.

As for your Fujitsu workstations - I'd log in as Administrator and try
taking ownership of the Documents & Settings folder, and force a reset of
all sub folders . . . Something has apparently previously messed with
your permissions, which is affecting the profile migration. 

-- 
Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
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Nik wrote:
> Hi Chad,
>
> Thanks for the help. The machines were Fujitsu. I did try to copy the
> entire contents of the profile from 'Documents and Settings' whilst
> logged on to the local machine as the Administrator but even then we
> had 'Accessed denied' messages, which was very strange as we checked
> permissions on the root profile folder and the Administrator account
> had full permissions. We did not check sub folders but they were
> inhereting permissions from the parent folder. We even added the
> Everyone group and gave it full permissions but we still had access
> denied...?! Go figure..!
>
> Strangly enough, for the 2000 machine that did go through the
> //servername/connectcompuer wizard and port across the profile, the
> Outlook Express folder from the MS>Identities>Local Settings folder
> did not copy, so this user did not get his Outlook Express mail. A
> simple manual copy worked OK though.!
>
> One other quick questions if I may...
>
> We have a couple of old NT4 workstations (don't laugh!!) that are in
> the pipe for upgrade, but in the meantime need to join the new
> domain. When we try manually via My Computer>Properties etc, they
> won't find the domain, yet a ping of the SBS machine name resolves
> (we assume DNS is therefore OK) and we can browse and access the SBS
> server in network neighbourhood. Any ideas how to get them to join...?
>
> Thanks again for your response, it is much appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Nik
>
> "Chad A. Gross [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Nik -
>>
>> What brand of PC?  I've seen this mostly with consumer grade HP &
>> Compaq machines.  Sometimes it's easiest to join to the domain using
>> the connectcomputer wizard, and if the profile isn't migrated - log
>> in as the domain user to create a new profile, then log out & log
>> back in as an Administrator.  Open the original user profile you
>> want to copy under Documents & Settings, change the folder view
>> properties to show hidden files, click on Edit | Select All  then
>> copy.  Open the new user profile, and paste . . .   When the copy
>> completes, log off as Administrator and log back in as the domain
>> user - and they should have their original pre-domain profile back .
>> . .
>>
>> --
>>
>> Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
>> SBS ROCKS!
>>
>> www.msmvps.com/cgross
>> www.gosbs.org
>>
>>
>> Nik wrote:
>>> I have had several problems with joining XP Pro computers to the new
>>> W2K3 SBS domain.
>>>
>>> Most will join the domain but I cannot get them to copy profiles
>>> either using the //servername/connectcomputer wizard or by copying
>>> profiles via My Computer>Poperties>Advanced>Profile. When I look
>>> here, the 'Copy To' button for the profiles for the old local user
>>> and the new domain user are greyed out, even when I'm logged on as
>>> the administrator for the local machine. After checking the
>>> permissions on each directory under 'Documents and Settings' (trying
>>> the clear the private check box if simple file sharing is enabled)
>>> or adding the 'everyone' user with full permissions to each
>>> profile, I still get either 'access denied' or the buttons for
>>> 'Copy To' are still greyed out.
>>>
>>> I have had 1 XP machine join the domain and I've been able to Copy
>>> Profiles from it but the other 6 I have tried just won't work. I've
>>> only had 1 200 Pro machine go through the whole process with out any
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> I just can't seem to find the common problem with this. As users
>>> have Outlook Express and many desktop/favorite settings, copying the
>>> profile is very important.
>>>
>>> Can anyone give me a clue as to what I'm doing wrong...?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Nik