Script for Copying profile

Hello,

We created script to upgrade pc to winxp and automatically add it to new
domain, now we need to figure out how to copy old users profile to new one.
Any ideas ?

Thank you


Eimis

Shahir
Wed Oct 22 10:42:20 CDT 2003

There is a registry key which points a SID (User Account) to a profile
restored locally on the machine. All you should need to do is to point the
SID for the doamin account to the existing profile.

Shahir

"Eimis" <esvabas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23EXpm4JmDHA.2732@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> We created script to upgrade pc to winxp and automatically add it to new
> domain, now we need to figure out how to copy old users profile to new
one.
> Any ideas ?
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Eimis
>
>

Michael
Wed Oct 22 14:19:35 CDT 2003

Take a look at the USMT (User state migration tool) from Microsoft. It is
fully scriptable and can take a users profile, move it to a network location
and then bring it down to another PC. The downside is that they user needs
to be logged on. I had a solution scripted using HTA's that allowed the
script to be run at anytime by the user and then the helpdesk would run
another HTA that would populate a drop down of all user profiles that had
been backed. Unfortunately, the powers that be decided that the time this
took about 30 min round trip added too much time to the PC load process and
shelved this in favor of manually copying the profile and recreating
everything. Hmm. And I can't find the code at the moment but I will take a
look if you would like to see what was done.

Thanks

Mike

"Eimis" <esvabas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23EXpm4JmDHA.2732@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> We created script to upgrade pc to winxp and automatically add it to new
> domain, now we need to figure out how to copy old users profile to new
one.
> Any ideas ?
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Eimis
>
>

Eimis
Wed Oct 22 20:27:13 CDT 2003

Thanks,

Eimis


"Michael Bouchard" <mbouchard@REMOVECAPSci.charlotte.nc.us.CAPS> wrote in
message news:OW1L1ENmDHA.2616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Take a look at the USMT (User state migration tool) from Microsoft. It is
> fully scriptable and can take a users profile, move it to a network
location
> and then bring it down to another PC. The downside is that they user
needs
> to be logged on. I had a solution scripted using HTA's that allowed the
> script to be run at anytime by the user and then the helpdesk would run
> another HTA that would populate a drop down of all user profiles that had
> been backed. Unfortunately, the powers that be decided that the time this
> took about 30 min round trip added too much time to the PC load process
and
> shelved this in favor of manually copying the profile and recreating
> everything. Hmm. And I can't find the code at the moment but I will take
a
> look if you would like to see what was done.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
> "Eimis" <esvabas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23EXpm4JmDHA.2732@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hello,
> >
> > We created script to upgrade pc to winxp and automatically add it to new
> > domain, now we need to figure out how to copy old users profile to new
> one.
> > Any ideas ?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> > Eimis
> >
> >
>
>

TDM
Thu Oct 23 20:43:45 CDT 2003


I agree with Mike, the USMT is one helluva time saver. You can also use an
XP box to create a floppy that you use on the OLD system if it an antique
OS, then when you have upgraded to XP, you run the Files and Settings
wizard, point it to the network location where you stased the goods, it
inhales the works and in my opinion, is simply amazing.

Just my $.02 ..

TDM

Michael Bouchard wrote:

> Take a look at the USMT (User state migration tool) from Microsoft. It is
> fully scriptable and can take a users profile, move it to a network
> location
> and then bring it down to another PC. The downside is that they user
> needs
> to be logged on. I had a solution scripted using HTA's that allowed the
> script to be run at anytime by the user and then the helpdesk would run
> another HTA that would populate a drop down of all user profiles that had
> been backed. Unfortunately, the powers that be decided that the time this
> took about 30 min round trip added too much time to the PC load process
> and shelved this in favor of manually copying the profile and recreating
> everything. Hmm. And I can't find the code at the moment but I will take
> a look if you would like to see what was done.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>
> "Eimis" <esvabas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23EXpm4JmDHA.2732@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> We created script to upgrade pc to winxp and automatically add it to new
>> domain, now we need to figure out how to copy old users profile to new
> one.
>> Any ideas ?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>> Eimis
>>
>>