How to keep personal settings on XP when joining a domain

For the past 18 months, our company has used 25 XP Pro workstations joined to
a local workgroup. We've just added our first server running Server 03
Standard Edition and set it up as a domain controller. When the workstations
join the new domain, all the users personal settings and documents are gone
(well, locked away in an unaccessable folder on the hard drive).
Is there a way to have these users join the new domain and still keep all
their settings and personalizations?
Thanks, Greg


gsaladin

After they log in with their new domain account, they need to log back out
and have you log in as the administrator then.....

1. Properties of My Computer
2. Then Advanced Tab, then User Profiles
3. Use the GUI to copy the local workgroup Profile for that user over to
the
domain profile for that same user.
4. Log out, let them log back in.

If it complains about files being "in use",...then reboot the machine before
you log in as the Admin.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html

Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp

Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp

Deployment Guidelines for ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...isaserver.mspx
-----------------------------------------------------



"gsaladin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2C696592-9061-4152-A98C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> For the past 18 months, our company has used 25 XP Pro workstations joined
to
> a local workgroup. We've just added our first server running Server 03
> Standard Edition and set it up as a domain controller. When the
workstations
> join the new domain, all the users personal settings and documents are
gone
> (well, locked away in an unaccessable folder on the hard drive).
> Is there a way to have these users join the new domain and still keep all
> their settings and personalizations?
> Thanks, Greg

Thank you very much!!!

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> After they log in with their new domain account, they need to log back out
> and have you log in as the administrator then.....
>
> 1. Properties of My Computer
> 2. Then Advanced Tab, then User Profiles
> 3. Use the GUI to copy the local workgroup Profile for that user over to
> the
> domain profile for that same user.
> 4. Log out, let them log back in.
>
> If it complains about files being "in use",...then reboot the machine before
> you log in as the Admin.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
> http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html
>
> Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp
>
> Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
> http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp
>
> Deployment Guidelines for ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...isaserver.mspx
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> "gsaladin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2C696592-9061-4152-A98C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > For the past 18 months, our company has used 25 XP Pro workstations joined
> to
> > a local workgroup. We've just added our first server running Server 03
> > Standard Edition and set it up as a domain controller. When the
> workstations
> > join the new domain, all the users personal settings and documents are
> gone
> > (well, locked away in an unaccessable folder on the hard drive).
> > Is there a way to have these users join the new domain and still keep all
> > their settings and personalizations?
> > Thanks, Greg
>
>
>

Thanks for this info - would have been handy if i had asked some time ago!!

Are you logging onto the computer as domain admin or local admin to do
this ?

Thanks,

Leon

gsaladin wrote:
> Thank you very much!!!
>
> "Phillip Windell" wrote:
>
>
>>After they log in with their new domain account, they need to log back out
>>and have you log in as the administrator then.....
>>
>> 1. Properties of My Computer
>> 2. Then Advanced Tab, then User Profiles
>> 3. Use the GUI to copy the local workgroup Profile for that user over to
>>the
>> domain profile for that same user.
>> 4. Log out, let them log back in.
>>
>>If it complains about files being "in use",...then reboot the machine before
>>you log in as the Admin.
>>
>>--
>>Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
>>www.wandtv.com
>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>Understanding the ISA 2004 Access Rule Processing
>>http://www.isaserver.org/articles/IS...cessRules.html
>>
>>Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Guidance
>>http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2004.asp
>>http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/t...dance/2000.asp
>>
>>Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server: Partners
>>http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/partners/default.asp
>>
>>Deployment Guidelines for ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
>>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...isaserver.mspx
>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>"gsaladin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:2C696592-9061-4152-A98C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>For the past 18 months, our company has used 25 XP Pro workstations joined
>>
>>to
>>
>>>a local workgroup. We've just added our first server running Server 03
>>>Standard Edition and set it up as a domain controller. When the
>>
>>workstations
>>
>>>join the new domain, all the users personal settings and documents are
>>
>>gone
>>
>>>(well, locked away in an unaccessable folder on the hard drive).
>>>Is there a way to have these users join the new domain and still keep all
>>>their settings and personalizations?
>>>Thanks, Greg
>>
>>
>>

"Leon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:43fb3fc1$0$82673$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for this info - would have been handy if i had asked some time
ago!!
>
> Are you logging onto the computer as domain admin or local admin to do
> this ?

I think either will work.

XP also has a utility packaged with it that can do this,....but I haven't
used it much and am not sure if I like it or not. It is the "File and
Settings Transfer Wizard" found on the Start Menu under System Tools.

NT4 and Win2000 never had that and you would use the method I described
earlier.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com