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you could use the files and settings transfer wizard to backup the logged on user account. Then restore to a local user account.
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you could use the files and settings transfer wizard to backup the logged on user account. Then restore to a local user account.

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Thanks authen-tech.<br />
Cheers !<br />
--Rob
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I know how to do this manually...but I have a friend who is helping out a business by getting rid of thier old/broken server and going back to file sharing with just a workgroup. &nbsp;There are several users that have been on the domain for a few years. &nbsp;He wants to move them to a workgroup on their computers without losing all their documents, etc. &nbsp;The user profiles are not stored on their server...only on the local computers. &nbsp;I told him to go into documents and settings and into the user profile named folder and backup all the data. &nbsp;Then to move it to the local computer users profile and he should be good. &nbsp;Is that correct? &nbsp;Is there a wizard or better way to do it?
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I know how to do this manually...but I have a friend who is helping out a business by getting rid of thier old/broken server and going back to file sharing with just a workgroup.  There are several users that have been on the domain for a few years.  He wants to move them to a workgroup on their computers without losing all their documents, etc.  The user profiles are not stored on their server...only on the local computers.  I told him to go into documents and settings and into the user profile named folder and backup all the data.  Then to move it to the local computer users profile and he should be good.  Is that correct?  Is there a wizard or better way to do it?

Best way to remove a computer from a domain and return to a workgroup without data loss

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