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Moving XP local user settings/preferences to domain account & restricting local signon.

Zones: Windows 2000 Server, Windows Network Security Questions, Active Directory

Tags: domain, local, xp, user, move

Hi - 2 part question here. My first post, so excuse me if its not the right format -

We are currently moving from a workgroup to a domain. About 30 PC's are running XP Pro sp2. Controller is running Server 2000.

I am looking for an easy way to move the users local profile to the domain profile so it is transparent to the user when they login to the domain. (i.e. no visible change in any settings to them)

Mainly it is the Outlook profile, I dont want to have to recreate each account (exchange - hosted, not internal) from scratch when I log on to the domain account. But also, desktop shortcuts, start menu, explorer favorites, wallpaper etc need to come over.

The domain usernames are different then the names used to login to the pc locally, and we dont want to change the names on the domain controler to match the local names, as they are accustomed to using them when they log in remotely via the terminal server.

I tried logging in as a local admin and copying the folder from the local to domain profile folder and got the desktop icons over but still Outlook wont copy, nor will favorites or wallpaper. Outlook opens on the domain account like it was just installed for the first time. So does Word/Excel.

Once its all moved over, then i want to lock out the PC's from being able to log in to anything but the domain, unless its a local admin account only.

Im not worried about files on the local pc's, they are all stored on a file server that I can just redirect the home folders to.

Any ideas?

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Zone: OS

Question Asked By: josephfreer

Solution Provided By: anupnellip

Participating Experts: 2

Solution Grade: C

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