Setting up windows computer to use new Samba PDC on same domain
1) Log on to machine as local admin.
2) Leave the domain - restart.
3) Rejoin the domain (you can use either root/administrator as the domain admin with admin password).
4) After rejoining, do not restart yet, go to Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Computer Mgmt -> Local Users and Groups. Under groups, for administrators, select 'domain_name' from the drop down list (again use either root/administrator as the domain admin with admin password) and add 'root' and 'user' to list of administrators for the machine. Click Apply, Click OK, Close all those windows. Now restart.
5) Login as user.
6) Right Click on My Computer, Properties, User Profiles, Select the 'domain_name/user' from the list of profiles, Click on the Change Type button, Change it from Roaming to Local. Click Apply, Click OK.****
7) Now log off user, log back on as local admin. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\ .
8) Delete 'user.domain_name'. Rename 'user' as 'user.domain_name'.
9) Log off local admin, log back on as user. You should see the user's normal profile being restored. The shortcuts, desktop, start menu, etc will be restored as before.
10) If the user uses Outlook one more thing needs to be done. Start Outlook, it will complain about not being able to find the .pst file (Outlook's file pointers are absolute, not relative). A file browser window will open up. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\user.domain_name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ and select the .pst file from there. Outlook should then open up as normal. If this fails - Outlook's account configuration has to be setup again from scratch - but you can still specify the pst file during re-configuration. It might prompt for CD.
That SHOULD be it. However I am learning new gotchas every time.
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**** If the new domain is set to not use roaming profiles, you may not need to do anything beyond step 6 and you may not need to even change the profile type from roaming to local.
1) Log on to machine as local admin.
2) Leave the domain - restart.
3) Rejoin the domain (you can use either root/administrator as the domain admin with admin password).
4) After rejoining, do not restart yet, go to Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Computer Mgmt -> Local Users and Groups. Under groups, for administrators, select 'domain_name' from the drop down list (again use either root/administrator as the domain admin with admin password) and add 'root' and 'user' to list of administrators for the machine. Click Apply, Click OK, Close all those windows. Now restart.
5) Login as user.
6) Right Click on My Computer, Properties, User Profiles, Select the 'domain_name/user' from the list of profiles, Click on the Change Type button, Change it from Roaming to Local. Click Apply, Click OK.****
7) Now log off user, log back on as local admin. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\ .
8) Delete 'user.domain_name'. Rename 'user' as 'user.domain_name'.
9) Log off local admin, log back on as user. You should see the user's normal profile being restored. The shortcuts, desktop, start menu, etc will be restored as before.
10) If the user uses Outlook one more thing needs to be done. Start Outlook, it will complain about not being able to find the .pst file (Outlook's file pointers are absolute, not relative). A file browser window will open up. Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\user.domain_name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\ and select the .pst file from there. Outlook should then open up as normal. If this fails - Outlook's account configuration has to be setup again from scratch - but you can still specify the pst file during re-configuration. It might prompt for CD.
That SHOULD be it. However I am learning new gotchas every time.
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**** If the new domain is set to not use roaming profiles, you may not need to do anything beyond step 6 and you may not need to even change the profile type from roaming to local.
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