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Rob · Guest

We are migtratiug users on WXP Pro from an NT domain to a AD domain. What
is the best and easiest way to use the same profile for the new user as the
old user?

from domain A to domain B.local
AD is running on a W2K Server with SP4.

Thanks in advance
Rob

Ada Pan [MSFT] · Guest

Hello Rob,

1. The user profile paths are saved in the following registry value and are
associated to the account's SID instead of the account name:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\<User_SID>\
Value Name: ProfileImagePath

The domain user account and the previous user account have different user
SID. Therefore, the system considers the domain user as a different user
and creates a new profile for him (<username>.<domainname>). This is an
expected behavior.

For more information, please refer to:

228445 User Profile Storage in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=228445

2. Generally, we have several solutions to migrate the local user profiles,
for example:

- Use the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) tool.

- Use a Windows Resource Kit tool "moveuser.exe".

Moveuser (domain\profilename) (domain\newusername)

- Copy the profiles directly.

255095 Duplicating User Profiles in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255095

3. Sometimes, we may encounter some problems if some applications handle
user information in special ways. (The applications may store hard-coded
references to user SIDs or network paths in their private data.) In these
cases, the functions of these applications will not work correctly after
the profile migration. This means that migration should be thoroughly
tested before implemented in a production environment.

References:
=============

Moveuser:
----------------
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9d46
7a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd

ADMT:
----------------
Active Directory Migration Tool Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/activedirectory/admt.
asp

Download details: Active Directory Migration Tool v3.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6f86937b-533a-466d-
a8e8-aff85ad3d212&displaylang=en

DomainMig.chm in the ADMT installation folder (this file contains very good
information).

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Ada Pan

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