How do I change domain name and not lose my account settings ?

[Guest]

I am running XP pro connected to a SBS2003 server. I had to re-install the
server software due to a hardware failure, and now even though I named the
domain the same as before, my computer is extremely slow accessing network
resources. I have read on this discussion group that even if you name the
domain the same as before, it's not the same.

How do I go about getting my XP machine to change domain name without losing
all of my account settings, registry entries, etc...

On another XP machine, I changed the domain name by clicking on "network
id" in system properties, but then lost all of the users account settings,
registry entries, etc... The performance is very fast on that box now, but
I am hesitant to do it on all of our machines because account settings get
lost and then having to re-install some software just to get the registry
straightened out.

Help !

Thanks,
Paul

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I am running XP pro connected to a SBS2003 server. I had to
re-install the server software due to a hardware failure,
and now
even though I named the domain the same as before, my computer is
extremely slow accessing network resources. I have read on this
discussion group that even if you name the domain the same as before,
it's not the same.

Yep. Same with computer and user accounts, too. You might not have needed to
recreate the wheel - did you not have good backups?

How do I go about getting my XP machine to change domain name without
losing all of my account settings, registry entries, etc...

On another XP machine, I changed the domain name by clicking on
"network id" in system properties, but then lost all of the users
account settings, registry entries, etc... The performance is very
fast on that box now, but I am hesitant to do it on all of our
machines because account settings get lost and then having to
re-install some software just to get the registry straightened out.

I'm not sure what to tell you other than do it & copy profiles over
afterwards - which is not a lot of fun. You created a new domain, and
everything is different. Did you try posting your problems in
microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs? '

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the reply. How do I go about copying over the profiles ?
Paul

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Thank you for the reply. How do I go about copying over the profiles
? Paul

Once the new domain user has logged in, have them log out. Log in as a
domain admin. Go to control panel, system, advanced, user profiles,
settings....you can copy them there.

Or see
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...96-F3A6-4FDD-862B-1AE03DC130C1&displaylang=en

I hope you've put new backup procedures in place on your server!

 

[Guest]

On the XP system that I changed the domain name on that works faster now, I
manually went into documents and settings logged in as admin, and copied the
folders from the old profile to the new. This accomplished keeping all of
the desktop icons, etc but I ran into several software problems that pointed
to registry entries being incorrect. This makes sense since the software was
probably installed logged in as that previous domain\user. Will using the
method you suggested preserve the registry settings ? I would hate to have
to re-install all of the software on every system.

Thanks again,
Paul

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

On the XP system that I changed the domain name on that works faster
now, I manually went into documents and settings logged in as admin,
and copied the folders from the old profile to the new. This
accomplished keeping all of the desktop icons, etc but I ran into
several software problems that pointed to registry entries being
incorrect. This makes sense since the software was probably
installed logged in as that previous domain\user. Will using the
method you suggested preserve the registry settings ?

I don't think so...but I'm not sure. What software is this?

I would hate
to have to re-install all of the software on every system.

Me too - which is why I'd do everything I could to avoid running into this
situation (creating a new domain) in the first place. Profiles are a PITA.