Re: XP Profiles do not copy when joining SBS2K3

From: Nik (Nik_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:39:04 -0800

Thanks Chad,

Got the Fujitsu machines in eventually, just took more effort than it should
have...!

Thought I had read somewhere that NT4 clients could join 2K3, perhaps I'm
wrong. I'll search some other posts on that topic.

Again, thanks for the assistance.

Regards
Nik

"Chad A. Gross [SBS MVP]" wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
>
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>
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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
>
>
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