I created a bunch of local accounts on machines at work before we had AD set up. Now I'd like to consolidate all the local accounts into domain accounts. For instance, I've got user "Fred Jones" on 2 computers. I can create an AD user Fred Jones and log into the machines with the AD account, but is there a way I can log into the computers using the AD account but see all the settings, files, and such that were set up locally?
Bonus if I could change the username from Fred Jones to FJones.
Thanks!
Some of the machines are running Windows Server 2008 R2 and some are Win7. The AD is on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box.
Best Answer
I'd try using Windows Easy Transfer on the local account, and then the domain account.
The username should be easy to change within active directory users and computers for AD and within local user management for the Local account.
Don't forget you can always login to the local account using localhostname\username and network using domain\username (or username@domain)