I just rolled out a new domain controller. I want to join all the PCS to this new domein (the PCs were never on a domain just a regular workgroup). When I join a PC to the new domain it creates a new profile. How can I migrate (or whats an easy way) the local profile to this new domain profile?
Can I keep all settings, desktop layout, outlook 2003 settings etc while doing this?
Best Answer
\Documents and Settings\
(XP), or\Users\
(Vista/7) to something else (keep a note of what it was though, you'll need it in a minute)Another alternative way is to do steps 1->4, but use a
mklink
to link the Domain and the Local profile folders to eachother so that if you ever remove the machine from the domain the local profile is still up to date.If you're using roaming profiles, your milage may vary.