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How to keep user profile on new domain

We have a client that there server crashed. The domain was abc.com. So all user PC's are still working and under the abc.com of the old server.

We purchased a new server and we will create the domain abc.com again. Is it possible to have the current profiles point to the new server rather than unjoin from domain and re add to the domain since its the same domain name?

The reason why im asking is because we want to minimize downtime and not re-config outlook add all the other software on the user PC's

The old server OS is SBS 2008
The new server OS is WinServer 2012 Essentials

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Jeffrey Kane - TechSoEasy

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By the way -- I don't recommend following what saige stated above -- doing so will leave the permissions incorrect on the registry keys and some keys will not be able to be written to, causing problems for users. Use the Profile Migration Wizard which will do exactly what he is stating, but moreso, it will fix all permissions issues.

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How do I run the profile migration wizard every user has Windows 7 professional is the sun from the PC or the server if so can you guide me please

IT_Fanatic

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I meant software not sun..

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Thank you all for your help. The registry hack did not work for me. I know it has worked for others but i ended up just rejoining them to the domain.