changing local profile to domain profile

[Sophia]

My current logon is a local account and I have everything
the way I want it when logging on as this local user.
Outlook, Office settings, etc. However, I am now going to
be logging on to a domain. Doing this creates a new
profile. How can I change the local user to become the
domain user, so everything will remain the same when I
login?

Thanks,
Sophia

 

[Peter Hutchison]

My current logon is a local account and I have everything
the way I want it when logging on as this local user.
Outlook, Office settings, etc. However, I am now going to
be logging on to a domain. Doing this creates a new
profile. How can I change the local user to become the
domain user, so everything will remain the same when I
login?

What you need to do is copy your local profile onto your domain
profile (we've been doing a lot of this at work):

1. Login as an administrator (not as yourself)
2. Start, Settings, Control Panel, System
3. Click Advanced tab
4. Select User Profiles, Settings
5. Select your local profile from list
(computername\username)
6. Click Copy to
7. Click Browse and select you new domain profile on hard disk
e.g. c:\Documents and settings\username.001
or username.domain etc
8. For Permitted to use, select your domain username.
9. Click OK to copy profile (may take time depending on size)

Peter Hutchison
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