Re: Migrating Settings/Profiles terminal Server 2003

Thanks Helge - this is great!
"Helge Klein" <Helge.Klein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1183407054.922823.318380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Printers:

Network printer connections are stored in the user profile. Client
printers are connected at logon. Printers manually mapped to a port on
the client should be stored in the user profile, too.

That means you just have to migrate user profiles. You are probably
currently using local profiles. If you cannot switch to roaming
profiles you have to copy the local profiles from the old server to
the new server. It could be done like this:

a) Create a backup of the folder "Documents and Settings" on the new
server.
b) Copy the relevant subfolders of "Documents and Settings" from the
old server to the new server including permissions (you could use
robocopy for that).
c) Make a backup of <HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT
\CurrentVersion\ProfileList> on the old server.
d) Export <HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT
\CurrentVersion\ProfileList> on the old server and import it on the
new server. Be sure to only include entries for your users, not for
System, LocalService or NetworkService.
e) Check if everything went OK by opening the user profiles tab in the
system properites.

I hope this helps.

Helge

On 2 Jul., 21:50, "SJMP" <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I dont have the space for this.

What about the TS printers?"Helge Klein" <Helge.Kl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1183405203.489831.20170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Microsoft developed the "Windows User State Migration Tool"
> specifically for the purpose of moving user settings from one machine
> to the next, but unfortunately the tool does not support Windows
> Server as a destination system.

> Probably the easiest method would be to switch to roaming profiles on
> the old server. With roaming profiles user settings are stored on a
> file server and not affected of server changes.

> I hope this helps.

> Helge

> On 2 Jul., 20:18, "SJMP" <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What is the MS recommended procedure for migrating Terminal Server
>> settings
>> : user profiles/printers ( those created and configured as TS printers
>> from
>> remote machines), Office add-ons???

>> I am moving from 2003 to 2003 server -

>> Thanks



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