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Guest · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: Transfer local user accounts

Hi,

I plan on moving about 90 local user accounts from a Win 2000 Server to
a Win 2003. Can anyone tell me how this can be done without having to
recreate them all on the new machine?

Thanks

Ada Pan [MSFT] · Guest

Hello,

There are several methods to retain and use the original local user profile:

Method 1: ADMT
================
If you have not migrated the user accounts to win2k3, I suggest you use
ADMT to achieve this goal. ADMT - the Active Directory Migration tool, has
the ability to "translate" account security information. The following link
has addressed the details:

Remigrating User Accounts and Workstations in Batches
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deploy
guide/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/de
ployguide/en-us/dssbi_reer_zgwe.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKi
t/bddd8c2a-189c-4904-a089-14483e48b0ce.mspx

Method 2: Moveuser.exe
=========================

The Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit has a tool "moveuser.exe" that will
re-associate a profile with another user account. It's specifically for
this scenario where you need to move a profile from local -> domain. One
thing to note is that this can't be done while the user is logged on. It
can however be done remotely so it could be scripted.

More details can be found in the following link:

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-
96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

Moveuser.exe: Move User
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/techre
f/en-us/Default.asp?url=/Resources/Documentation/windowsserv/2003/all/techre
f/en-us/moveuser.asp

Method 3: USMT
================
Use USMT - the user state migration tool. Note that this is for Windows
XP, so it won't help with NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. But it does point at the
direction of the future.
<<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/deployment/userstate/defau
lt.asp>>

For more information on USMT,
<http://search.microsoft.com/default.asp?qu=usmt> and click "go" to search.

User State Migration in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/usermigr.mspx#E
DAA

Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 2.6
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4AF2D2C9-F16C-4C52
-A203-8DAF944DD555&displaylang=en>

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Ada Pan

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pick · Guest

Thanks for your detailed replay, I have tried using ADMT but none of
the servers has a domain, they are part of the same WORKGROUP so I am
stuck at "Source domain" and "Target Domain". The third (USMT) choice
as far as I can see is not transferring user accounts together with
their associated password.

What I need is a way of transferring user accounts and their respective
passwords. Every user can ftp to their home folder and update a
personal website. So far I am still stuck with transferring all those
accounts and I was hoping that there is an easy way of solving this
issue.

Ada Pan [MSFT] · Guest

Hello,

I understand that you want to migrate the user accounts from a 2000 Server
to Server 2003 which are in a workgroup network environment.
Unfortunately, there is no built-in tool to achieve this goal.

We use the third-party tool called Member Server Migrator to migrate the
user accounts to Server 2003.

Member Server Migrator (MSVR-Migrator)
http://www.winzero.ca/MSVR-Migrator.htm

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Ada Pan

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pick · Guest

Thank you Ada, I guess this is the solution, expensive, but solves my
problem and much more, thanks again.

dg

Ada Pan [MSFT] · Guest

Hi Dg,

Glad to hear it helps. Please feel free to post here if you encounter any
server migration issues. We are glad to be of assistance.

Regards,

Ada Pan

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