Re: Single XP Account for local and domain user

From: Pete Wright (pete_at_codemonkey.demon.co.uk)
Date: 07/06/03 

Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 22:15:08 +0100

Cool - I'll try that - thanks so much for the help.

Pete 

-- 
Peter Wright
Author of ADO.NET Novice To Pro, from Apress Inc.
"Matjaz Ladava" <matjaz@_nospam_ladava.com> wrote in message
news:O7JQz%23%23QDHA.3880@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Pete,
>
> The best thing you can do is, to logon on your Windows XP box into domain.
> This will give you a new user profile. Next logout, login as administrator
> and go to Control Panel/System/Advanced tab and select user profiles.
There
> click Copy To option and copy your profile to the location of the domain
> user. In the permitted to use elect your domain account. This will copy
all
> your user settings to the new profile.
>
> -- 
> Regards
>
> Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000)
> matjaz@ladava.com
> http://ladava.com
>
> "Pete Wright" <pete@codemonkey.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:be91df$672$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm fairly new to the server scene (well, actually, I'm completely
> > clueless), so bear with me here.
> > On my home network I have an XP Pro machine that has always been part of
> my
> > home network's workgroup. I log on to the client machine with my user
name
> > and password and I have all my settings right where I left them.
> >
> > I'm now installing a Windows Server 2003 server on the network which
> ideally
> > I'd like to control all aspects of security. Now, even in my state of
> > complete stupidity I know that to utlise the active directory based
> security
> > features of Win2K3, I have to log into the domain from my XP machine. I
> have
> > a feeling though (seen it at work) that when I do this, I'm going to get
> > another user account on my XP machine with completely different settings
> etc
> > from my old one.
> >
> > Is there any way to configure either the XP client or the server so that
> my
> > new Domain account picks up all my old local client account stuff?
> >
> > Sorry if this has been asked a thousand times (I have looked, and can't
> find
> > anything that precisely matches what I want to do), and thanks in
advance
> > for the help.
> >
> > -- 
> > Peter Wright
> > Author of ADO.NET Novice To Pro, from Apress Inc.
> >
> >
>
>

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