It's a long story but I have user who has had their
computer for a very long time and always logged on locally
as a local member of Administrators. For a bunch of
reasons I need to join them to the domain. Is there a
simple way to join the user's PC to the domain (active
directory DC) and not have a totally new profile created?
If the user right now logs on as "UserName1" on
LocalMachine I want import/merge or whatever the current
users EVERYTHING (files, settings, etc) into
UserName1.Domain1. Does anyone know if this is possible?
If this is a very easy question sorry about that.

Thanks,

Rex Winn

Join the machine to the domain and Login and out of the workstation as the
Domain User account. Login as an Admin not User 1. Go to control panel
system and user profile select User 1 and then Copy to. In the destination
select the folder under documents and settings that the domain user is
using. Change the permitted to use to the domain user. After this the domain
user will have the same info.

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