Profile Problem - After connecting to the domain

I installed a new machine with windows 2003 standard
edition and made it as the first domain controller in the
LAN. All the systems in the LAN where getting
authenticated through an NT Domain before. When i made the
new installation, i kept the NT domain shut down and gave
the same domain name to the new domain controller.
My problem is that when my clients connect to the new
domain controller they couldnt get their old desktop and
their office suite. What i noticed what that a new profie
for the domain user was created when it logged for the
first time to the new domain controller - even though the
name of the domain is same, only difference is that the
new domain controller is a new machine and new OS.
Appreciate, if some body could help in fixing this profile
problem. I tried copying the old profile to the new
profile, but outlook doesnt open at all and office asks
for the name of the user every time it opens a new
document or excel sheet.

The domain is different, even though it has the same name. Therefore, users
will get new profiles.

Profiles have permissions not just on the files and folders, but on the
ntuser.dat registry hive that gets loaded as HKEY_CURRENT_USER. That's why
you're having problems when you copy the files over.

Log in as each new user and then reboot. Log in as a local administrator
and use the "copy to" function on the profiles dialogue (right-click My
Computer) to copy the profile from the NT domain over the top of the new
profile.

Regards

Oli



"santhosh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I installed a new machine with windows 2003 standard
> edition and made it as the first domain controller in the
> LAN. All the systems in the LAN where getting
> authenticated through an NT Domain before. When i made the
> new installation, i kept the NT domain shut down and gave
> the same domain name to the new domain controller.
> My problem is that when my clients connect to the new
> domain controller they couldnt get their old desktop and
> their office suite. What i noticed what that a new profie
> for the domain user was created when it logged for the
> first time to the new domain controller - even though the
> name of the domain is same, only difference is that the
> new domain controller is a new machine and new OS.
> Appreciate, if some body could help in fixing this profile
> problem. I tried copying the old profile to the new
> profile, but outlook doesnt open at all and office asks
> for the name of the user every time it opens a new
> document or excel sheet.