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    Hi folks.  I'm trying to find an easy way that is documented on how to migrate a local profile to a domain profile with Vista.  I have found information on USMT but I can't find anything on exactly how to do this.  Someone else out there has to have had to do this somehow.  Thanks.
    Saturday, June 20, 2009 5:35 PM

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    Hello,

     

    To meet your requirement, please refer to the following KB article to configure a roaming user profiles

     

    Configuring Roaming User Profiles

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738596.aspx

     

    Hope the information helpful!

    Andy

    Monday, June 22, 2009 10:50 AM
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    THanks for the response Andy.  Unfortunately I do not want roaming profiles implemented.  I'm not a fan.  I'm trying to find a way to use USMT to automate migrating local profiles to domain profiles through the use of batch scripts.  Thanks.
    Monday, June 22, 2009 12:56 PM
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    Check if this can help you.

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistamigration/thread/609765a2-3c9d-4a95-a937-ecc7e4ffe990
    Regards, Ankur Mishra Sr. Engineer – Systems, Datacenter & Client Deployment Engineering
    Monday, June 22, 2009 1:39 PM
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    that's not very helpful.  I need specifics at this point.  I'm ready to do everything manual at this point because this is so frustrating.  Here are my specifics.  Any help would be appreciated.  thanks.

    I have a computer called "gateway" with a user called smith that has a
    local
    profile.  I joined the computer to a domain called "home".  The users'
    domain
    name is smith as well.  All I want to do is migrate his local "smith"
    account
    to his domain account "home\smith".  That's it.  I don’t' know why
    this is so
    difficult.  Moveuser was much easier to use.  Help would be greatly
    appreciated.  I'm trying to do this in some automated fashion as well
    so
    other computers can be done without all this trouble.  Thanks.


    Monday, June 22, 2009 2:13 PM
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    You can use these commands for using USMT for user file and application setting migration.

    Install USMT

    Run Scanstate Command:-

    scanstate /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml \\fileserver\migration\mystore /ue:*\* /ui:SMITH

    Join the computer to domain HOME

    Run Loadstate Command:-

    loadstate /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml \\fileserver\migration\mystore /progress:prog.log /l:load.log /mu:SMITH:home\SMITH
    for more info please check this:-

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766226(WS.10).aspx

    and

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749015(WS.10).aspx

    Regards, Ankur Mishra Sr. Engineer – Systems, Datacenter & Client Deployment Engineering
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    Monday, June 22, 2009 4:17 PM
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    This is fantastic.  I will try this and get back.  Very much appreciated.
    Monday, June 22, 2009 4:44 PM
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    Let me ask one more thing.  Does this computer have to NOT be joined to teh domain before moving the local profile?  My understanding is that it woudn't matter.  THanks.
    Monday, June 22, 2009 4:45 PM
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    You are right

    it wont matter.....as per my knowledge

    Regards, Ankur Mishra Sr. Engineer – Systems, Datacenter & Client Deployment Engineering
    Monday, June 22, 2009 4:49 PM
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    Great.  Thanks.  I will give it a go.
    Monday, June 22, 2009 5:05 PM
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    It actually worked.  I can't thank you enough. This is close to what I ran but I think I may have been working from a corrupt local profile before.  I was getting messages about the profile not loading correctly before. I tried with a different one and this worked.  Thanks a lot.  Much appreciated.  ANother question.  Let's say I wanted to capture all of the local profile but then only bring back one or two of them using loadstate to the domain.  Would I just leave off the /ue:*\* /ui:SMITH part of the scanstate operation and then specify which users with multiple instances of the /mu:SMITH:home\SMITH information during loadstate?  Thanks again.
    Monday, June 22, 2009 9:45 PM
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    ALso, can this be run from the local profile that I am trying to migrate or does it have to be from someone else?
    Monday, June 22, 2009 9:47 PM
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    Scanstate:-Include only local (non-domain) users.

    /ue:*\* /ui:*


    Example: - scanstate /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml \\fileserver\migration\mystore /ue:*\* /ui:*

    loadstate /i:migapp.xml /i:miguser.xml \\fileserver\migration\mystore /progress:prog.log /l:load.log /mu:SMITH:home\SMITH;SMITH1:home\SMITH1

    Admin can do it for users (if migrating to domin Admin must have read accsess on Domain)

    Also one can use /q option but this Allows LoadState to run without administrative credentials. This option will only migrate the settings and account for the user who is currently logged on. Errors will occur if you try to apply settings to a location for which the user does not have sufficient credentials. For example, you will receive an error if a file needs to be written to "C:\Program Files" and the user you are running LoadState under does not have sufficient credentials to that folder.


    Regards, Ankur Mishra Sr. Engineer – Systems, Datacenter & Client Deployment Engineering
    Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:01 AM
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    OKay I think I got it so far.  I'm going to try to automate this somehow.  THanks very much for all the time you have spent on this.  I really appreciate it.  Take care.
    Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:48 PM
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    My Pleasure

    Regards, Ankur Mishra Sr. Engineer – Systems, Datacenter & Client Deployment Engineering
    Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:16 PM