Windows - Migrating to a New Profile and Keeping the
Old Profile’s Settings
Overview: When a PC is joined to a new domain, a new
profile is created on that PC. This causes the user to lose all desktop
settings, mail preferences, etc. from the previous profile. The following
shows how to retain the lost settings in the NEW profile that is created
when joining the new domain.
1. After joining the PC to the new domain, there should be a new profile
(C:\Documents and Settings\newprofile) and the old
profile (C:\Documents and Settings\oldprofile).
2. After joining the new domain which has created the new profile, log
out and log back in with an admin account that uses neither the old
nor the new profile (use probably a domain admin account or local admin
account).
3. Once logged in with an admin account, edit the registry: Click START
| RUN.
4. Type regedit.
5. Go to the key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
6. Expand ProfileList.
7. Under the key ProfileList, you should see several
SIDs (Security IDs).
8. Highlight the first SID and view the value for ProfileImagePath
in the right pane.
9. Find the value %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\newprofile.
10. Change the value to %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\oldprofile.
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