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Is there a utility or a way to join a pc (workgroup) to active directory and keeping the user profile.
Hello Experts,
I have a workgroup network and it has 25 PCs, in couple of days I will install a new server wich will have Win2008, this server will have AC.
so those 25 PCs will join the domain, but all of them has Email account and data and if I transfer ecach user profile it will take me long time, so is there a way or a utility that I can join the doman but have the new profile pointing to the old profile, having in mind the the naming of the users will change.
Also if you have a link for roaming the profile on the server inluding the emails.
thank you in advance.
I have a workgroup network and it has 25 PCs, in couple of days I will install a new server wich will have Win2008, this server will have AC.
so those 25 PCs will join the domain, but all of them has Email account and data and if I transfer ecach user profile it will take me long time, so is there a way or a utility that I can join the doman but have the new profile pointing to the old profile, having in mind the the naming of the users will change.
Also if you have a link for roaming the profile on the server inluding the emails.
thank you in advance.
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Just to add: You can use WET with XP and Vista, but use the one for Windows 7, it's a newer client and works better.
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Hello,
This might look stupid, but I can’t get the scanstate to work, am getting error messages all the time.
Final command I used was:
scanstate \\FileSrv\Migrations /i .\migapp.inf /i .\migsys.inf /I .\miguser.inf /i .\sysfiles.inf /i .\files.inf
and I got this in the log file
Error File specification
%CSIDL_APPDATA%\Microsoft\ Network\Co nnections\ Pbk\RasPho ne.PBK
is not valid
Error Line:
%CSIDL_APPDATA%\Microsoft\ Network\Co nnections\ Pbk\RasPho ne.PBK
Error Line: CopyFilesEx = RasCopyNT5
Fatal Error Failing because of processing error in [System Settings]
[ERROR=1223 (4C7h)]
Error Failed in SCRIPT during computation of the processing queue
[ERROR=1223 (4C7h)]
Am still testing I didn’t start working on the actual Pcs yet, ok if I want to backup everything concerning the current user that am logged in as, what would be the command structure?
scanstate \\Filesrv\Migrations...... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .........
Thank you in advance
This might look stupid, but I can’t get the scanstate to work, am getting error messages all the time.
Final command I used was:
scanstate \\FileSrv\Migrations /i .\migapp.inf /i .\migsys.inf /I .\miguser.inf /i .\sysfiles.inf /i .\files.inf
and I got this in the log file
Error File specification
%CSIDL_APPDATA%\Microsoft\
is not valid
Error Line:
%CSIDL_APPDATA%\Microsoft\
Error Line: CopyFilesEx = RasCopyNT5
Fatal Error Failing because of processing error in [System Settings]
[ERROR=1223 (4C7h)]
Error Failed in SCRIPT during computation of the processing queue
[ERROR=1223 (4C7h)]
Am still testing I didn’t start working on the actual Pcs yet, ok if I want to backup everything concerning the current user that am logged in as, what would be the command structure?
scanstate \\Filesrv\Migrations......
Thank you in advance