domain change - copy user profiles

If I remove an XP client from one active directory domain and then join the
same client to another one, is there a way to copy the profile so that the
programs and icons will stay the same? I know how to copy profiles in the
XP client, I'm just wondering if it works when you remove from a domain and
then join a completely different one.

Thanks,
TJ

Chris
Tue Jul 08 01:41:23 PDT 2008


Hi TJ,

It works well enough on the file level. Watch the permissions if the SIDs
for the account are different. They will be unless you used a migration tool
and took the current users SID into the SID History on the destination.

You're likely to run into a few problems with permissions in the Registry if
you copy over the Current User Hive (NTUser.dat). Those can be moderately
easily fixed, or you can start with a blank one and rebuild the settings.

Chris

"tjc" <tjc7546@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:5399933D-426C-4617-B759-472A3D34FAD6@microsoft.com...
> If I remove an XP client from one active directory domain and then join
> the same client to another one, is there a way to copy the profile so that
> the programs and icons will stay the same? I know how to copy profiles in
> the XP client, I'm just wondering if it works when you remove from a
> domain and then join a completely different one.
>
> Thanks,
> TJ