Batch profile path removal in AD

[Nick Silkey]

- We currently have around 4,400 users in our AD tree. We are downgrading
from roaming profiles to mandatory profiles. What I am seeking is a script
or utility to batch process the removal of the profile path metadata from
our accounts. Additionally, the same function should be able reestablish
the path set for our mandatory roaming. If anyone has bumped up to this
problem before, constructive feedback is welcomed.

- Our user account creation environment is uni-directional, and in the
prosess of being revamped for our LDAP move. Sadly, that is too far
down the road.

- All assistance and direction is appreciated.

~silkey
Nick Silkey
ECE-LRC IT

 

[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

I can whip something up in VB.Net really quickly if you want ... email me if
you're interested.

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[Jeff Jones [MSFT]]

If you are running an XP workstation somewhere (or have a W2K3 server) you
can use the dsget, dsquery, and dsmod tools from the W2K3 Admin Tools Pack.
Simply use the dsget or dsquery tool to select the users you want to modify
the profile path for, and pipe the results to dsmod.exe. You can get the
Admin Pack from
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/7/5/c750f1af-8940-44b6-b9eb-d74014e552cd/adminpak.exe

 

[Jerold Schulman]

- We currently have around 4,400 users in our AD tree. We are downgrading
from roaming profiles to mandatory profiles. What I am seeking is a script
or utility to batch process the removal of the profile path metadata from
our accounts. Additionally, the same function should be able reestablish
the path set for our mandatory roaming. If anyone has bumped up to this
problem before, constructive feedback is welcomed.

- Our user account creation environment is uni-directional, and in the
prosess of being revamped for our LDAP move. Sadly, that is too far
down the road.

- All assistance and direction is appreciated.

~silkey
Nick Silkey
ECE-LRC IT

Use tip 4646 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com to run

net user %user% /profilepath:<MandatoryProfilePath>

or run:

net user username1 /profilepath:<MandatoryProfilePath> /domain
net user username2 /profilepath:<MandatoryProfilePath> /domain
net user username3 /profilepath:<MandatoryProfilePath> /domain
etc..

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

Doesn't really solve the issue of how to do 4400 users at once ... I emailed
the poster a code sample which does.

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Brian Desmond
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