Change domain lose profile?

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Erik Cominolli

If I switch over 100 PC's to a different domain, how can I
stop the loss of the user profile and not have to copy
over files???
 
Erik said:
If I switch over 100 PC's to a different domain, how can I
stop the loss of the user profile and not have to copy
over files???
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Hmmm, it will be a pain in the ass regardless. You will either have to
copy files, or modify registry setting on a per machine/per profile
basis.

Anyway, although I've never tried it for this particular application,
check out the following registry key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.

After a user has logged into the new domain, a new Profile will be added
to this list. You can then try and point this new profile to the old
path and see what happens. You'll probably want to update/create an ERD
before testing this.

hth
 
Dave said:
I have found that the easiest way (On XP) is to first
have the user log on to the new domain. Then go to
c:\docs and settings and you should see the old user name
and the new user name. (It should have ann extension with
the new domain name) Open the old profile, click Edit,
select all, Copy and then go to the new profile and click
Edit, Paste. When asked if you want to overwrite say Yes
to all.
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Dave, while that may work, the only possible problem would be like on a
domain like ours. We use file flags on a network share after a user
logs in for the first time on a machine that lets me (actually, the
logon script) know that the network printers have already been added for
that profile (for example..we use that kind of stuff all the time for
different one time per profile operations). The script then skips the
network printer installation when it sees the file flag. Overwriting
the profile w/ another will undo stuff like that and the user would not
get the network printers automatically.
 
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