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Post Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:56 am   Post subject: Active Directory Migration Reply with quote Back to top  

So, I've got all my user accounts setup on my server....finally.

I'll be setting up all the PC's to login there as I have time. Is there anyway to migrate my users current local profile over to the new AD profile?

Only folder I'm redirecting is My Doc's, so that's as simple as logging in, and copying the files from the users old (non-AD) profile to their new My Doc's folder.

Will using the Copy Profile thinger work in this case?

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Post Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:35 pm   Post subject: Re: Active Directory Migration Reply with quote Back to top  

twiztid wrote:
So, I've got all my user accounts setup on my server....finally.

I'll be setting up all the PC's to login there as I have time. Is there anyway to migrate my users current local profile over to the new AD profile?

Only folder I'm redirecting is My Doc's, so that's as simple as logging in, and copying the files from the users old (non-AD) profile to their new My Doc's folder.

Will using the Copy Profile thinger work in this case?


If you only have a few users, then yes the Copy Profile function should work. Otherwise I would look into an alternative such as the USMT tool provided by MS.

Here are some instructions "borrowed" from here: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=94668

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Method 4: Copy the user profile (method 4 is for 2k or above client machine)
=========================
If manually copying profile is acceptable, you can use the Copy to function
to copy the local profile to domain user profile. Please use the following
steps:

1. Log the user onto the new domain once to create the his/her user
profile and to add the path to it in the ProfilesList registry key
2. Log off as the user and log in as an administrator
3. Copy the user's profile
4. Right click on My Computer and go to Profiles
5. Once in Profiles, use "Copy To," to copy the original profile to the
new profile's path. Also, use "Permitted to Use," to give the new user
account permission to use the copied profile.
6. Log off as the administrator and logon as the user

Note: You may find the copy to button is grayed out. If so, please refer to
the following article:

291555 The "Copy To" Button in the System Properties Dialog Box Is
Unavailable
<<http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291555>>


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Method 3: USMT (method 3 is available on XP machine)
================
Use USMT - the user state migration tool. Note that this is for Windows
XP, so it won't help with NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. But it does point at the
direction of the future.
<<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/deployment/userstate/default.asp>>

For more information on USMT,
<http://search.microsoft.com/default.asp?qu=usmt> and click "go" to search.

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