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Easy? &nbsp;No. &nbsp;The best way is to just login with their domain account and then copy over their favorites, documents and desktop folders from the old profile manually with Windows Explorer into the new one. &nbsp;I've used a different product called Transwiz from Forensit and for basic profiles it worked great. &nbsp;For anything a little more complex: it fails miserably, especially when mapping folder locations between XP and Windows 7.<br />
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I've been doing these profile migrations for about 12 years without any special tools and never had a problem.
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Easy?  No.  The best way is to just login with their domain account and then copy over their favorites, documents and desktop folders from the old profile manually with Windows Explorer into the new one.  I've used a different product called Transwiz from Forensit and for basic profiles it worked great.  For anything a little more complex: it fails miserably, especially when mapping folder locations between XP and Windows 7.

I've been doing these profile migrations for about 12 years without any special tools and never had a problem.

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We currently have one server (in a workgroup) and approximately 50 users/workstations. &nbsp;We have ordered a new Windows Server 2012R2 server and want to make it a domain controller and then attach all of the workstations. &nbsp;All of the workstations are Pro versions so that should not be an issue. &nbsp;Does anybody have a utility or easy process / procedure for migrating/moving the user's local profiles on the workstations to their new domain profiles that will be created once they are attached to the domain? &nbsp;Obviously we would like all desktop shortcuts, application settings, printers, etc to be migrated.
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We currently have one server (in a workgroup) and approximately 50 users/workstations.  We have ordered a new Windows Server 2012R2 server and want to make it a domain controller and then attach all of the workstations.  All of the workstations are Pro versions so that should not be an issue.  Does anybody have a utility or easy process / procedure for migrating/moving the user's local profiles on the workstations to their new domain profiles that will be created once they are attached to the domain?  Obviously we would like all desktop shortcuts, application settings, printers, etc to be migrated.

Attaching MS Windows XP and 7 Pro Workstation to domain and migrating user profiles

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