This was very helpful, but apparently your list is not complete.
For one thing, the user's %TEMP% environment variable is still set to use a
directory in the original profile.
For another thing, the user's Outlook and Outlook Express files are all
pointing to the values in the prior directory.
Just to step back a second, the reason for my request was that I lowered a
domain user from administrator on a box to users group. On the next login,
the domain user created a new profile instead of using the old one. I
found the security problem that was holding the user back, but by that point
it was too late. A new profile was being used, and the Outlook and Outlook
Express profiles were all lost and pointing to blank re-initialized ones.
This part of Microsoft's software could have used a little more testing.
It's a major pain.
--
Will
Internet: westes AT earthbroadcast.com
"Ele7eN" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This can be done through the registry, but you will run into permissions
> issues if you do not add permissions to the profile for the domain user
> account. Here are the steps:
>
> 1. Add permissions to the local profile for the domain user account.
> 2. Make sure that the user has logged onto the machine with his/her
domain
> user account in the past (to create a profile). Login to the machine with
a
> local administrator account.
> 3. Open regedit and navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
> 4. In the profile list you will see a folder for every profile on the
> machine. They are named with the SID of the user who owns the profile.
> 5. Find the profile that is associated with the local user account (look
in
> the ProfileImagePath value and you will see that it ends with the username
of
> the owner of the profile).
> 6. Copy the value of the ProfileImagePath for that profile (should look
> like "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\UserName"
> 7. Find the profile that is associated with the domain user account.
> 8 Open the ProfileImagePath for that profile and paste the path that was
> copied in step 6.
> 9. Reboot the machine, and have the user logon with their domain account.
> They will now be using the same profile whether they login with their
local
> account or their domain account.
>
> WARNING!!! If you do not set permissions properly before the user logs in
> with their domain account, you run the risk of losing the entire profile.
If
> this is on an XP machine, I recommend that you run the "Files and Settings
> Transfer Wizard" to backup the profile before you attempt this.
>
> "Will" wrote:
>
> > How can I force the association of a domain user account with a specific
> > local user profile? The domain account does not have any roaming
profile.
> >
> > --
> > Will
> > Internet: westes AT earthbroadcast.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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