Problems copying user Profiles

[Guest]

Morning, I hope someone can help.

I need to copy about 50 user profiles (win2k machines, but going into a NT4
domain) to win2k users going into win2k domain.

I am aware of the "copy profile" function in the "System" applet in control
panel, however, there is a bug, refered to here;

"No Domains Listed in "Copy to" Dialog Box for Profiles"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257489/en-us

but the fix, is to install service pack 2 on windows 2k server. Can't find
any specific patches and we currently have service pack 4 on all win2k
servers and service pack 6 on nt4.

Any idea's on how to get around this?

Also, in a few weeks, we'll be upgrading the NT4 domain to Win2k (making it
a child domain of the current Win2k domain) Users are currently Win2k pro,
so will there be any issues with local profiles when the domain is upgraded?

Many thanks for your help!.

K

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Morning, I hope someone can help.

I need to copy about 50 user profiles (win2k machines, but going into a NT4
domain) to win2k users going into win2k domain.

I am aware of the "copy profile" function in the "System" applet in control
panel, however, there is a bug, refered to here;

"No Domains Listed in "Copy to" Dialog Box for Profiles"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257489/en-us

but the fix, is to install service pack 2 on windows 2k server. Can't find
any specific patches and we currently have service pack 4 on all win2k
servers and service pack 6 on nt4.

Any idea's on how to get around this?

Also, in a few weeks, we'll be upgrading the NT4 domain to Win2k (making it
a child domain of the current Win2k domain) Users are currently Win2k pro,
so will there be any issues with local profiles when the domain is upgraded?

Many thanks for your help!.

K

I suspect that the functionality you're after is equivalent to
running the following two commands:

xcopy /s /h /y /c /o "c:\documents and settings\SomeUser" "c:\documents and
settings\SomeOtherUser\"
cacls "c:\documents and settings\SomeOtherUser\" /e /t /c /g SomeGroup:F

This would allow you to sidestep the problem you report.

 

[Guest]

Hi there, many thanks for the help!

Xcopy worked a charm, however, I've not used the cacls command before, and
am a bit confused regarding the "someGroup" bit re the "someOther User"? I
tried "Domain Users", but no joy, I'm afraid, and without the acl stuff being
copied, no luck logging onto the new profile, it just creates the .001
profile instead.

Sorry for being a bit thick, I do appreciate the help!

K

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

There are two ways to force an account to use a copied profile:

a) Log on as that user first, then copy the profile folder using xcopy.exe
to the profile folder created during this logon process.

b) Modify the pointer that specifies the user's profile folder. You
will find it here:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

The "SomeGroup" part refers to the group(s) that ***your***
have in your environment, e.g.

cacls "c:\documents and settings\SomeOtherUser\" /e /t /c /g
YourDomain\Finance:F

 

[Guest]

Nearly there!

Can log on and access my docs/desktop icons etc fine, however, can't access
outlook. Just comes up with "you cannot access MS Outlook" when clicking on
icon. Looking in new (copied) profile, does look to have copied outlook
stuff, ie, pst file, pab etc, but I now can't access outlook (applet not
available in control panel) to even manually recreate the original outlook
profile.

(also, when I used the cacls with the group details, it just said "no
information copied" so I used the "ourdomain\user id" and it copied fine. Was
this ok?)

Any idea's?

Thanks again.

K

 

[Fadi]

Hi Kathleen,

i am not sure if this will help you, but i am using it and its work for me.

1. i logon to the NEW pc (the one i want to move the profile to) using the
user name, so a profile folder will be automatically created for that user

2. do restart for the new computer (so no file will be in use by windows or
any application)

3. logon to the OLD pc (the one i want to copy the profile from) using an
administrator account

4. copy files within the user profile folder to the new user profile folder
on the NEW pc, and accept replace for all. BUT DONT REPLACE THE MAIN (User)
FOLDER IT-SELF

i mean: FROM ( C:\Documents and Settings\[OLD_USER_PROFILE_FOLDER] ) --> TO
( \\NEW_PC\C$\Documents and Settings\[NEW_USER_PROFILE_FOLDER] )

and its worked for me even the [OLD_USER_PROFILE_FOLDER] and
[NEW_USER_PROFILE_FOLDER] not the same name.

5. Logon to the new pc



i know its not a professional and rudimental way but its work



and i have a question please,

for some users i changed the logon name

but the folder still the old name

so if i change the user profile folder from

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

dose everything still working??


Fadi

 

[Fadi]

Hi Pegasus
sorry to post again but i think that there is no one read my quistion

for some users i changed the logon name
but the folder still the old name
so if i change the user profile folder from
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
dose everything still working??

Fadi