Profile question...

[Mike]

One of the small networks I manage had a Win2k DC that crashed.
We replaced it with a 2008 SBS & since most of the clients were XP, I
was able to join computers to the new domain & copy the profiles from
the old location to the new location.
That was until I got to the Vista laptop.
On this computer, the profile shows as 'Unknown' & the 'copy to'
option is grayed out.
I am currently copying the contents of the C:\Users\username folder to
the C:\Users\user.newdomain folder.
Will this be all I need?
Is there an easier way?
Also, under system properties>user profiles that Unknown profile shows
to be 42.9 GB, but the folder I am copying is only 19.7 GB.
Why such a huge difference?

 

[Peter Foldes]

Mike

Did you try and ask in the SBS newsgroup about this issue with joining a XP laptop
to a sbs environment?
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

 

[Mike]

The XP laptops & desktops weren't a problem.

Mike

Did you try and ask in the SBS newsgroup about this issue with joining a XP laptop
to a sbs environment?
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

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Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

 

[Michael]

That has nothing to do with your question. If that's going to be your
attitude, reload XP and slither out of here.

 

[Mike]

If you read my original post, my problem was with a vista laptop.
All my XP clients made the transition without a problem.
This is a vista NG, right?

 

[Michael]

Peter replied to you with "Did you try and ask in the SBS newsgroup about
this issue with joining a
XP laptop to a sbs environment?
and you replied " The XP laptops & desktops weren't a problem."

That's having an attitude problem! Did you post your question to the SBS
ng, as was suggested?

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"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

 

[Mike]

There was no issue with any XP clients joining the sbs environment.
If you read & comprehend english, you might see that the issue was
with a VISTA laptop.
And no, I did not post this to the sbs newsgroup, as it appeared to be
an issue on the VISTA LAPTOP.

 

[Michael]

Then I guess you'll never get an answer. Just so you know, it works fine on
my Vista setup. Good luck with yours.