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use that<br />
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<a href="http://tacklebox.cns.ohiou.edu/Moveuser/" rel="ugc">http://tacklebox.cns.ohiou.edu/Moveuser/</a><br />
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or that<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560801(v=ws.10).aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560801(v=ws.10).aspx</a><br />
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(no need to pay)
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janpakula,<br />
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Can you be more precise as in which context would I use the tools you suggest ? I already, as stated in my question, migrated the user profile.<br />
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Now I need a way to even the profile folder names for all the users. From C:\Users\John Doe (old workgroup name) to C:\Users\jdoe (new domain login name)<br />
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Thanks !
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that <a href="http://tacklebox.cns.ohiou.edu/Moveuser/" rel="ugc">http://tacklebox.cns.ohiou.edu/Moveuser/</a>&nbsp;tool would do it for you - but because you have migrated all of them its too late for that<br />
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easiest fix would be to wipe profiles and start from new fresh profiles - and use folder redirection for my documents and desktop (+other important folders)<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732275.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732275.aspx</a><br />
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or follow that<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215</a><br />
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(solution 1) and change profile paths to server (roaming paths)
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How about migrating everything (I mean everything, not only the MS-centric stuff) from the user profile as it is on the workstation so I could rebuild a new profile from it.<br />
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Does USMT does that ?
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Yup it should do it - test it first
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As how would I test that before... ? Don't I need to wipe the old profile first ?
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I suppose I could backup the entire PC before hand and then use USMT to migrate everything from the given profiles ? I am Microsoft certified for Windows 7 but using USMT does not appeal much to me, highly time consuming to learn isn't it ?
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Yes, it is true that Profwiz do not create new profile folder<br />
If you set roaming profile folder same as original user local profile folder in active directory user properties, do you get any error ?<br />
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I assumed that you have migrated profile with Profwiz and now domain username is different from actual profile folder. <br />
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You can try below, I think it should work 1st test it please<br />
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Reboot the Machine 1st<br />
Then Login with a different admin user account.<br />
Rename the affected profile folder to match domain username, note the new path.<br />
Open regedit. Navigate to<br />
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR<wbr />E\Microsof<wbr />t\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileL<wbr />ist<br />
Find SID (respective domain user) in the keys listed there. It should point to old profile path.<br />
Change the Profileimagepath entry to the new path noted above<br />
Reboot<br />
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Now you should be get same profile folder name upon user domain logon as user name and then just set roaming profile such \\server\profile$\%usernam<wbr />e%<br />
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This should work hopefully<br />
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Mahesh
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Maesh,<br />
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«If you set roaming profile folder same as original user local profile folder in active directory user properties, do you get any error ?»
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Your first suggested solution look appealing as I recently had to change a user name on the server part following a typo error and it went quite smoothly. Maybe by changing the user name profile path (\\Server\Profile$\<b>jdoe</b>) according to the original local profile (C:\users\<b>john-doe</b>) would do the trick ?<br />
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I believe I tried (on a test machine) your other suggested solution but it failed. That solution seems to work fine in a workgroup. But I may overlooked the SID...
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Thanks everyone ! I wish I could grade the solution to Excellent but EE is stressing me to close this question. I dit not have time to test the solution and I indeed intend to do so. I wil sure let you all know. Special thanks to Mahesh for your very detailed step by step explanation !
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I promised I would come back on the issue, so I am ! Maesh I tried your solution in a lab (changing profile name on the local computer and in the registry), and it seemed to have work out indeed !<br />
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The only thing on the side note is the all proper process to set up roaming profiles. Any suggestions/link on a good practices document on the subject ? There is plenty HowTos on the subject but is there a more reliable one ?<br />
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Thanks again all !
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Its better to stay in touch with TechNet article<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj649079.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj649079.aspx</a><br />
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Also below one is nice<br />
<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/06/30/automatic-creation-of-user-folders-for-home-roaming-profile-and-redirected-folders.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/06/30/automatic-creation-of-user-folders-for-home-roaming-profile-and-redirected-folders.aspx</a><br />
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You will get lots of material on internet\YouTube\Blogs, even on EE but the above two can be used as backbone for all in my opinion wrt Roaming profiles<br />
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Mahesh.
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Technet, I figured. Always a good start indeed. Thanks again !
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I migrated a workgroup network to a domain (Windows 2008 R2) and implemented roaming profiles. I decided to migrate user local profile to the domain using the ForensiT migration tool (<a href="http://www.forensit.com/downloads.html" rel="ugc">http://www.forensit.com/downloads.html</a>) But here's the tricky part that I overlooked : the local username profile was different from the standardized chosen form (John Doe vs jdoe on the domain) On the local computer, no problem but when roaming everything is falling apart. ForensiT does not change or recreate the user profile folder so the old username stays and therefore a lot of the profile cannot roam. My question which I have been a while puzzled with is : How can I fix that without having to mess around with the actual profile. This is a lawyer's office and they have a lot going on so messing around with the profile is quite slippy.
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I migrated a workgroup network to a domain (Windows 2008 R2) and implemented roaming profiles. I decided to migrate user local profile to the domain using the ForensiT migration tool (http://www.forensit.com/downloads.html) But here's the tricky part that I overlooked : the local username profile was different from the standardized chosen form (John Doe vs jdoe on the domain) On the local computer, no problem but when roaming everything is falling apart. ForensiT does not change or recreate the user profile folder so the old username stays and therefore a lot of the profile cannot roam. My question which I have been a while puzzled with is : How can I fix that without having to mess around with the actual profile. This is a lawyer's office and they have a lot going on so messing around with the profile is quite slippy.

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