Transferring profile to new profile

[Jason Cochrane]

I have added a W2k3 SBS server to my network. As a result, my client
computer have joined a new domain. Is there a way that I can transfer my
current user settings from my old logon profile that is in the "Documents
and Settings" folder of my XP clients to the new profile created due to the
new domain logon?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have added a W2k3 SBS server to my network. As a result, my client
computer have joined a new domain. Is there a way that I can
transfer my current user settings from my old logon profile that is
in the "Documents and Settings" folder of my XP clients to the new
profile created due to the new domain logon?

You have a few options..

You could log on as an administrator, erase their NEW profile, copy their
OLD profile as the default user profile on the machine(assuming you do not
use roaming profiles) with everyone having rights to it, then log in as the
user again.

You could use a registry edit and NTFS permissions (giving them full rights
to both user profiles on the machine) to point their new logon to the old
profile. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

You could just manually copy the documents and such from the old profile to
the new profile.

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

You don't want to delete the old profile. Use System Properties, Advanced,
User Profiles to copy the old one over. As an alternative, you can use the
File and Settings Transfer Wizard in XP.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have added a W2k3 SBS server to my network. As a result, my
client computer have joined a new domain. Is there a way that I can
transfer my current user settings from my old logon profile that is
in the "Documents and Settings" folder of my XP clients to the new
profile created due to the new domain logon?

You have a few options..

You could log on as an administrator, erase their NEW profile, copy
their OLD profile as the default user profile on the
machine(assuming you do not use roaming profiles) with everyone
having rights to it, then log in as the user again.

You could use a registry edit and NTFS permissions (giving them full
rights to both user profiles on the machine) to point their new
logon to the old profile.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

You could just manually copy the documents and such from the old
profile to the new profile.

You don't want to delete the old profile. Use System Properties,
Advanced, User Profiles to copy the old one over. As an
alternative, you can use the File and Settings Transfer Wizard in XP.

Rob is correct.. You do not want to delete the old profile (at first.)
Thus, why no one suggested you do that. =)

Rob did give the fourth option however, similar to my first one but instead
of deleting the NEW profile and then making the old profile the default user
profile for everyone using the machine (giving everyone rights to it) - copy
the old user profile over the new one(essentially erasing it - matter of
fact - I think it warns you when you do this.)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

Bruce Chambers
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