Migrating workstation into a domain.

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Can anyone shed some light on this for me.
I have a peer network, all machines are 2k Pro or XP Pro. Each machine has a
user, lets use just one as an example, his name is Dave.
On Daves PC, he uses Outlook for POP3 email, his desktop is customised as
are a lot of other bits and bobs.

I now add him to the domain, OURNEWDOMAIN

So, now I had a folder for dave called
c:\documents and settings\Dave

But, after adding him to the domain, I get a new folder called something
like
c:\documents and settings\Dave.OURNEWDOMAIN

Which is based on default settings. I then have to restore his mail,
desktop and tons of other stuff.

Is there any way of taking Dave and migrating him into the domain?

Thanks
 
peeps said:
Can anyone shed some light on this for me.
I have a peer network, all machines are 2k Pro or XP Pro. Each machine has a
user, lets use just one as an example, his name is Dave.
On Daves PC, he uses Outlook for POP3 email, his desktop is customised as
are a lot of other bits and bobs.

I now add him to the domain, OURNEWDOMAIN

So, now I had a folder for dave called
c:\documents and settings\Dave

But, after adding him to the domain, I get a new folder called something
like
c:\documents and settings\Dave.OURNEWDOMAIN

Which is based on default settings. I then have to restore his mail,
desktop and tons of other stuff.

Is there any way of taking Dave and migrating him into the domain?

Thanks
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You could copy his old profile folder to the new profile folder.
Reboot the machine, log on as administrator, then follow this
path: Control Panel / System / User Profiles. Select the old
profile, then click copy. Note that anything in his new profile
will be overwritten.
 
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