Domain name change without creating new user profile?

thanks for all the input.

BR Dushan...currently, i am unable to view ee solutions.  this is pretty much the same answer i keep finding.

JAY_JAY70...this is pretty much the same answer i keep finding.

waqaswasib...i have not tried this, but i do not think it will achieve what i want.

i guess my question could have been a little more complete.  what i have found [as reiterated by you experts] is that this is not possible.  to overly simplify my 'is it possible to join a domain and have the newly created user account be copied from an existing local user account?'  i suppose that answer would be the File and Settings Transfer Wizard or manually transferring profiles under Documents and Settings folder.  those just seem like extra steps to task that could be faster and easier.  this does not seem to be unusual of an occurrence.  an executive leaving one company [domain] for another company [domain] usually wants to keep their computer working environment the same.

ponits to all!  i will close this question shortly.  thanks again experts.

oceanbeach

i can understand your frustration, but the quickest way is to use the profile copy, nothing i have ever seen does it quicker or easier :)

Dushans link basically jsut outlined what happens when you join the domain with profile creation - nothing else in there

Thanks Jay_Jay70,

copying the profile is what is usually do, but once I had a quickbooks corruption issue for a CFO, which is why is asked the question.

Thanks again to all!

ahhh i see i see

thanks mate