Re: Joining a Domain

In news:3A22131A-F065-4B42-8955-971A4502D51F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
RDJehn <RDJehn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Too cool. Well done - I didn't know this feature at all. Having
said so, FAST worked really well except for his Outlook file.

For Outlook/Office stuff, you'd want to have used the "Save My Settings"
wizard..should be in the start menu\ ....microsoft office tools\folder. You
can log back in to his local account now & try it if you wish.

I've
lost his toolbar address book -

I don't know what that means, sorry.

it's all down in the Contacts tab now
and the autofill e-mail address feature isn't working correctly. Any
thoughts on that?

Find his .nk2 file from the old profile folder, and copy it to the same
location in his new one. This is a per-profile thing. The name of the .nk2
file needs to match the name of his outlook profile.


Is using GPO (group policy object?) the way you describe the same as
using home folder local path in the domain user's profile tab (Active
Directory Users and Computers admin console tool)?

No - that's just setting the home directory. Folder redirection is done via
group policy, and you can redirect My Documents to the home directory (or
any location you wish).


Thank you for the help.

Richard J.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

Join the domain
Log in as his domain account once
Log out
Log in as any administrator
Go to control panel | system | advanced
Find the settings button under User Profiles
Find his *local* account and select it, and click Copy To
Copy it to c:\documents and settings\<his_domain_username>\

Log back in as his domain account & see whether everything looks OK.
You may need to play with a couple of shortcuts.

Also - if he's been using his workstation's local login, check first
to see where his My Documents points and consider copying the
contents to the server first - you don't want to lose his files.

I like to use folder redirection for that, to the users' home
directories, set via GPO.



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