how to unjoin a domain properly?

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I need help unjoining a domain with a Windows 2000 laptop.

I have read that some people have simply changed the settings from Domain to Workgroup and were no longe
able to login under there normal account because there wasn't a local copy

Does anyone know the exact steps to unjoin a domain without losing profile settings, outlook mail etc

Thanks.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I need help unjoining a domain with a Windows 2000 laptop.

I have read that some people have simply changed the settings from
Domain to Workgroup and were no longer able to login under there
normal account because there wasn't a local copy.

Does anyone know the exact steps to unjoin a domain without
losing profile settings, outlook mail etc?

Hi

This is how I would have done it:

Create a new local user. Add it to the local "Administrators" group.
Log in with the new user once to see that everything is OK.

You can then reuse the old profile with the "new" user by changing the
new user's ProfileImagePath in registry to point to the old profile.

More here:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

This way, the domain user and the local user is sharing the same profile.

Just as long as you have created the local user (or you know the
password for the local "Administrator" user), you can unjoin
from the domain at any point in the procedure above.