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Copy users from Win2k server to another

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by joshhansen 1 view

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I have many users on a win2k standalone server that I want to copy to another win2k standalone server (no domains). How can I easily copy the users to the other server (without loosing their passwords)? Thanks

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by fnugry

I don't think that is possible - by default, the password encryption is irreversible - applications can only write password, or verify it, but not read it in plain text. So, while you can copy the accounts easily with a simple script, the passwords will be lost.

by quintar51

In a workgroup, each machine has to have it's own accounts for users. That means that you can use a script probably as suggested in answer one, but passwords will have to be created manually.

by trippin

use norton ghost and image over to the other server if's everything is the same ..

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