Re: Reverting back
- From: "DonV" <dvonj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:50:17 -0700
Thanks that's what I was looking for
"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com> wrote in message news:uOUErtj1IHA.4492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Don:
These concerns arise on occasion. There is no quick fix as others have pointed out, but most of the items that concern end users can be salvaged.
The contents of the My Documents folder are just files. Create a folder on the workstation called something like "C:\All My Stuff" and copy anything you are worried about into that folder, perhaps into a sub folder called "My Documents".
The users desktop and IE Favorites are the other two items users are most often worried about. These are also just folders, stored on the local computer under "C:\documents and Settings\username\" as folders called "Desktop" and Favorites.
Copy them out to the same folder as above.
Once you have the workstation returned to stand alone, just copy these items back into the same place under the new user name. It will restore the desktop, favorites and my documents just as they were when the computer was joined to the domain.
This also works in the other direction.
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Larry
Please post the resolution to
your issue so that all can benefit.
"DonV" <dvonj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:elzUW7i1IHA.4572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSo documents and everything would be lost going back to a standalone PC?
"Gary Karasik" <gkarasik@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u6dA4ui1IHA.2084@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxThere's a way to copy an older profile over a newer, although you have to be able to identify it, and it will read "Account unknown" after you remove it from the domain. What I do in this circumstance--and it is cumbersome (there's probably a smarter way)--is to reboot the workstation (before removing it from the domain) and from the server copy the profile I want--call it John--back into Documents and Settings. That gives you a folder called "Copy of John." Then rename Default User to Default User.BAK. Then rename "Copy of John" to Default User. (Note that this is a good time to clean up the profile of unnecessary Temp and other extraneous files.) Then pull the workstation out of the domain. When you next log in to the workstation, a new profile will be created using as a template the Default User you just created. A little cleaning up and you're user is good to go with all his old settings.
You can then rename or delete the new Default User and rename Default User.BAK to Default User and you're back where you started.
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GaryK
"DonV" <dvonj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OQh%237ki1IHA.2384@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxI figured that but is there a way to return the workstations setting and such?
"Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:20EAEE1A-21F6-45F6-82C6-7894E55D351E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOn the client PC, using the system control panel, you can rename the computer or change its network. From there you can change it from a domain to a workgroup (name the workgroup to something appropriate) and the computer will no longer be a member of the domain. You can then delete the account from AD.
-Cliff
"DonV" <dvonj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:etzuQTi1IHA.1236@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxI need to remove two Win XP Pro and one Vista workstation from SBS 2003 and set them back to the state before migrating them to the server. Is there a way to do this? These workstations are going to be use as standalone training workstations and do not need server access.
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