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You probably shouldn't. &nbsp;NTUSER.DAT is most of the HKCU registry key - which has specific domain information throughout it. <br />
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Your best bet is USMT (User State Migration Tool) - this should correctly reconfigure the new profiles.<br />
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You probably shouldn't.  NTUSER.DAT is most of the HKCU registry key - which has specific domain information throughout it.

Your best bet is USMT (User State Migration Tool) - this should correctly reconfigure the new profiles.



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You can also look at the File and Settings Transfer Wizard on Xp machines.. &nbsp;Start --&gt; All Programs --&gt; Accessories --&gt; System Tools --&gt; File and Settings Transfer Wizard. 
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You can also look at the File and Settings Transfer Wizard on Xp machines..  Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> File and Settings Transfer Wizard.

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Try the MoveUser utiltiy: &nbsp;<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en</a><br />
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&nbsp;a utility called Moveuser. This convenient—if incomplete—solution performs one useful task: It can move or copy an account profile to either another local account profile or a domain profile. <br />
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<a href="http://www.ss64.com/nt/moveuser.html" rel="ugc">http://www.ss64.com/nt/moveuser.html</a>
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Try the MoveUser utiltiy:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en]

 a utility called Moveuser. This convenient—if incomplete—solution performs one useful task: It can move or copy an account profile to either another local account profile or a domain profile.

http://www.ss64.com/nt/moveuser.html [http://www.ss64.com/nt/moveuser.html]

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We currently have two forests. We have trusts setup on the forests. One forest will be decommed after the new forest is configured. how do you migrate windows XP user domain profiles from one windows 2003 domain to another windows 2003 domain?
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We currently have two forests. We have trusts setup on the forests. One forest will be decommed after the new forest is configured. how do you migrate windows XP user domain profiles from one windows 2003 domain to another windows 2003 domain?

Migrating domain user profiles

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).