Copying user settings / profile from workgroup to domain

8 Dec 2006 7:36 PM

stjulian

Our company is finally moving from a workgroup to a domain.

I have followed the instructions posted in other posts about copying the
user profile using the "system" applet. However, when I log in to the user,
none of my settings seem to be there. Not even the desktop background. As a
matter of fact, the system defaulted to a customized theme (not the standard
windowsXP theme)

This migration is on the same machine. Whatever settings and environment is
working as a local user is to be converted to a domain user on the same
machine. The entire environment would be the same. Only the logon would be
different.

It would seem that the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard copies your
environment to a drive (or share), you then log in as the domain user, and
run the Wizard again to copy back the files.

Is there a way to directly convert/copy the current environment to a domain
user on the same machine?

Is there an easier way? A one-way conversion (I won't need local logon again
on this machine)? And, can it be used in 2000 Professional on my boss' PC?

Does anyone know of a third-party solution?

Julian

9 Dec 2006 9:22 AM

Ian

It's difficult to automate this process owing to the need to keep switching
accounts between user and admin. (If anyone can find a way to copy the
profile for the logged-on user, that would save a tremedous amount of work -
but I don't know of any.)

Or, stick with the existing local account/profile and just authenticate to
the domain for share access - which avoids an awful lot of migration
headaches.

http://mylogon.net

9 Dec 2006 9:57 AM

Richard G. Harper

I know of no way to "directly" convert - but you certainly can use the F&STW
to save the data to the same computer you're doing the copy to and from.

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"stjulian" <stjul***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Our company is finally moving from a workgroup to a domain.
>
> I have followed the instructions posted in other posts about copying the
> user profile using the "system" applet. However, when I log in to the
> user, none of my settings seem to be there. Not even the desktop
> background. As a matter of fact, the system defaulted to a customized
> theme (not the standard windowsXP theme)
>
> This migration is on the same machine. Whatever settings and environment
> is working as a local user is to be converted to a domain user on the same
> machine. The entire environment would be the same. Only the logon would be
> different.
>
> It would seem that the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard copies your
> environment to a drive (or share), you then log in as the domain user, and
> run the Wizard again to copy back the files.
>
> Is there a way to directly convert/copy the current environment to a
> domain user on the same machine?
>
> Is there an easier way? A one-way conversion (I won't need local logon
> again on this machine)? And, can it be used in 2000 Professional on my
> boss' PC?
>
> Does anyone know of a third-party solution?
>
> Julian
>