How do I join a domain without losing profile?

You can copy the users’ LOCAL profile over to their DOMAIN profile, allowing them to sign into their new DOMAIN profile, and retain all the settings and customizations from their local profile. It’ll even add the new DOMAIN profile to the LOCAL Administrators group for you!

Where are domain User Profiles stored?

User-profile files are stored in the Profiles directory, on a folder per-user basis. The user-profile folder is a container for applications and other system components to populate with sub-folders, and per-user data such as documents and configuration files.

How do you rejoin a computer without losing it’s Sid?

There are a couple of ways do this: In AD right click the computer and select Reset Account. Then re-join without un-joining the computer to the domain. Reboot required.

How do I transfer my user profile to another domain?

How to: Migrate user domain profile from one domain to another domain

  1. Login to local admin account.
  2. Join new domain providing credentials to it, reboot computer.
  3. Login again as local administrator making sure the computer is joined to the new domain – computer properties.

How do I rejoin a domain without rebooting?

You cannot fix it without rebooting. It will be a requirement for either changing the name or removing it from the domain and then again when re-adding it to the domain. So if you only want to do one reboot just change the name.

What is the difference between users and domain users?

A domain user is one whose username and password are stored on a domain controller rather than the computer the user is logging into. When you log in as a domain user, the computer asks the domain controller what privileges are assigned to you.

How do I transfer my user profile to another computer?

Start Transwiz and select “I want to transfer data to another computer” and click Next. Then choose the profile you want to switch and click Next. Choose your external drive as the location to save; click next. Then enter a password if you want one.

How do I copy a user profile in Active Directory?

1) To copy an Active Directory domain user account, open the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in, right click the user object and select “Copy” from the context menu. 2) Fill First Name, Initials, Last Name and Logon Name inside Copy Object – User dialog box. Click “Next” to continue.