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XP Pro Machine to Windows 2000 Domain

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by ninamorena

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I have a few employees in my agency who have laptops with xp pro on them and they have already established a profile and they have emails & files saved under their profile. If I add them to the domain within the network, it creates a new profile on the XP Pro machine. I then have to copy emails, addresses, favorites, etc. to the new profile. Is there a way I can get around this?

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by ntguru

Without knowing more about the setup that you ar running I can't clearly answer, but it seems like the quick thing to do would be to have the both profiles point to the same location when on and off the network.

Let me know if this doesn't work.

by ninamorena

Here is a quick setup...the user would normally sign in under the default windows sign in. I set them to sign in under the Microsoft Network Sign in. Under computer management I add the system administrator as an administrator and their network profile as an administrator. I also add them to the domain in the system properties option within the control panel. I add the pc to the domain. When I reboot, the Windows Login appears (alt + ctrl + delete) and I sign them in using their network profile. This creates a new profile on the user machine and I have to copy emails, address book, files, etc. from the original existing profile. I am trying to prevent the copying of the profile step itself. (Hope that explains it all)

by afram

When you join the xp computer to the domain it creates a new profile. So here is what you do:

Add the domain user on the computer and log in once (this creates the new profile). Then log out and log back in as the domain administrator.

Then right click My Computer and go into PROPERTIES. Click the ADVANCED TAB. Under "User Profiles" click SETTINGS. Highlight the old user profile with all of the data and click the COPY TO Button. Then you can copy it over the new domain profile.

Now the user logs into the domain and all the settings are intact (favorites, outlook email, desktop icons - even the desktop background)

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