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I have desktop user on my laptop. My company migrates to domain and I want to migrate this desktop user to domain user with all settings(desktop, start menu, programs).

Is that possible?

ad:can I have same user profile for domain and for desktop when I work on laptop out of the domain?(different names but same settings)

Thanks

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Why not ask your company IT dept to do it? Unless of course you are your company IT, in which case you should ask this on Server Fault. – ChrisF Nov 30 '09 at 12:43
i am software developer and our IT is... so it`s better idea to find solution by myselft – Cicik Nov 30 '09 at 13:09
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Easiest way to transfer your profile to the domain is :

Go to system properties by Control Panel > System, or the easiest way is to press Windows Flag+Pause/Break.

Go to the advanced tab (XP and before), or click on "Advanced system settings" (Vista and 7).

(You may have to start by changing type to "Roaming Profile")

Click settings under "User Profiles", then find your user and choose the copy to option. Simply choose \servername and wherever your profiles are kept.

With Active Directory users and computers, make this the profile path and next time you login, it should pull this profile from the server.

As for if you can have this profile outside of the domain - Ask your administrator to enable remote working / cached credentials and the other mobility options. This will allow you to log on and work without actually being physically on the network.

If I have mis-understood anything, please leave comments and I will edit accordingly.

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finally i used this solution

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic55713.html

but in registry i maped both(domain and local) users to same 'Profileimagepath' to same settings folder(Documents Adn Settings\xxx) so both users shares their settings(desktop, program). I like this solution.

Can be some potential problems there?

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This is just too cool for school! I was all prepared to mess around with symlinks and junction points and a single registry change hit it right out of the park!! (BTW: Running Windows 7 Enterprise). – BillP3rd Sep 21 '10 at 4:54
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