Join Domain Keep User Profile
Method 1 migrates your beloved local profile into the location of your virgin domain profile.
Join domain keep user profile. Under control panel system properties advanced settings tab click the settings button in the user profiles section. Join the computer to the domain. Restart the computer does not remove the old domain profile user needs to log in under their new domain account then log off.
Introduction migrating local user profile to domain user profile is an easy to follow process. If anyone can help me out with this i would greatly appreciate it. But what if the user has over 20 gb of data on his her profile.
Join to the new domain enter new domain administrator username and password or user account with domain join right. Just realized that i never joined the domain. I just updated the outlook with my exchange and it took forever.
It is not recommended to store. You simply copy the data from the local profile to the domain profile folder. I have been using a local user simon but also have a domain user simon so quite naturally i wanted to join them together in some way so that all the stuff and settings i had built up.
Log in via the local admin account or a new domain account. Select the local profile machinename account and click copy to enter the path c users newdomain account and use the permited to use change button to link it to the domain. I have got to believe that there is some way to have a user join a domain and keep the user s current profile in tact and active.