Making Local users into Domain users

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I have recently set up a home network with the following Operating Systems: 1
W2k Advance Server and 2 XP Professional.

When joining the XP machines to the domain, the users were still able to
logon but only onto the local machine with no access to Active Directory.
I've tried numerous times to add them as domain users but I'm unable to see
their accounts-only the machines on which they reside.

I don't want to set up new account and transfer all the relating files to
those accounts. What do I need to do to give the XP accounts Active
Directory/domain user status?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I have recently set up a home network with the following Operating
Systems: 1 W2k Advance Server and 2 XP Professional.

When joining the XP machines to the domain, the users were still able
to logon but only onto the local machine with no access to Active
Directory. I've tried numerous times to add them as domain users but
I'm unable to see their accounts-only the machines on which they
reside.

I don't want to set up new account and transfer all the relating
files to those accounts. What do I need to do to give the XP accounts
Active Directory/domain user status?

A local user <> a domain user account and never the twain shall meet.

What you want is to tranfer your users' Windows profiles from the local
account to the domain account you set up for each, I presume. This can be an
immense pain, but it's a one-time headache.

Try the XP "File and Settings Tranfer Wizard" and the Office "Save My
Settings" wizard (this is available in Office 2003 and, I think, Office
2002).

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

You have to do exactly what you evidently don't want to do - Use Active
Directory Users and Computers to create domain user accounts - these can
have the same user name and password as the users' local accounts. However,
when the users log onto the domain, they will get a new domain profile which
may be different from their local profile. Once the new domain profile is
created, you can copy the old local profile to it.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP