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by husamahmad68

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How can I import user list with accounts, home directory, and rights from Windows NT4.0 BDC server to a windows 2000 standard server through active directory? Is there any way or utility to help me solve this problem because my Windows NT 4.0 PDC iscrashed and I have already finished the installation of windows 2000 server as domain controller?

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by husamahmad68

This solution I have done and the users are working fine, but what I need is to import the Windows NT 4.0 domain users to windows 2000 server(Active Dirctory).

by umbral-echo

The utility you are looking for is Active Directory Migration Tool and it works extremely well. First you will need to promote your NT 4 BDC to the PDC of that domain. You can download ADMT from Microsoft.com at the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS2000/downloads/deployment/admt/default.asp

The help menus in this utility are quite good and will be able to talk even the most confused beginner through the process of setting this us. Make sure you locate the "Before Performingan Interforest Migration" section of the help menu and do all the things listed there so the utility can do its job. Once you have completed those steps the rest is basically wizards that will guide you through it.

You might need to do some damage repair on your user profiles once you are finished, but this is simply a matter of using the "Copy To" button on the "User profiles" tab of "My Computer" Properties.

I've performed perhaps a dozen of these migrations and they have worked beautifully each time.

by umbral-echo

If you need more instructions on how to fix the user profiles (if necessary) let me know and I'll give you some more instructions.

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