how do i move my computers and users to the domain and keep thier settings

Domain Conversion Process for PCÆs in a Peer-to-Peer

1. Logon as Administrator

2. Right click on My Network Places and click Properties
a. Double click Local Area Connection, click on Properties
b. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
c. Click the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button and click OK

3. Join the domain
a. Right click on My Computer, click Properties click the Network Identification tab
b. Click on Properties
c. Enter the name of the domain in the Domain Box and click ok
d. When the user window opens, enter administrator and the password
e. After the ôWelcome to the domainname domainö window appears, reboot the PC

4. Choose domainname in the Domain box and login as the user

5. Set Windows to show hidden files and folders (Needed to copy user settings)
a. Open Windows Explorer û Right click Start and click Explore
b. Click on Tools then Folder Options then the View tab
c. Click the Show hidden files and folders button
d. Uncheck Hide file extensions for know file types
e. Click Like Current Folder and click OK

>>>Skip step 6 if you donÆt use folder redirection for My Documents

6. Check the My Documents folder in Explorer it should say ôthis folder is Onlineö and there should not be a My Documents folder in the domain profile û Sometimes you have to reboot and login again to get the folder redirection to work

7. Setup Outlook
a. Double Click on the Outook icon to start outlook.
b. Name the new profile and call it username
c. Add the services needed û do not add any usernames or passwords.

8. Reboot the machine and login as administrator

>>>Not Using Redirection? Sub Section: copying profiles in place of steps 9 - 15. For this part, you could use the profiles in mycomputer/properties to copy the entire profile of the user if you donÆt use redirection NOTE: you may need to login locally as an administrator for this to work.

1. Right click on My Computer, click Properties
2. Click the User Profiles tab
3. Choose the profile you want to copy and click Copy To
4. browse to the directory of the domain profile (username.domainname) set the permision to the domain user and click OK.
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9. Go to Document and Settings

10. Open the folder for the local user profile û there will be 2 user profiles, the local one: username and the domain profile: username.domainname

11. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

12. Copy the current PST file to the same directory in username.domainname

13. Switch the names of the PST files

14. Copy the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Favorites folder to C:\Documents and Settings\ username.domainname
15. Check the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop folder, if there are any icons copy them to C:\Documents and Settings\ username.domainname \Desktop

>>>This step is very important

16. Create a directory called tempdata in C:
17. Copy contents of C:\Data, C:\Docs and C:\my documents (or any other user files) to c:\tempdata

18. Reboot and login as the user with domainname in the Domain field

19. Open windows Explorer

20. Move all files/folders in C:\tempdata to My Documents on the desktop

21. Check Outlook to make sure the PST file is correct.

22. Attach network printers
a. Click Start, click settings, and click Printers. Add a network printer
b. Use æFind printer in directoryÆ and click Next then click Find Now
c. Double click the printer to install, get the drivers from \\corpdc\install\printers if needed
23. Repeat step 5 but uncheck Show hidden files and folders