Friday, August 22, 2008

Windows Profile - things to move or copy

Make a ghost image of the machine

Connect the computers through a switch

Make a new profile with their login name.

Set the password for the administrator account to admin4(companyname)
Turn on remote desktop

Make a shared folder on the new machine in their profile.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456988.aspx - domain
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301281 - work groups

Use file and transfer wizard and copy the info to a shared folder on the new machine. It might take a minute for the shared folder to show up.

What is the ip address? Dynamic or static?

Outlook:
c:\documents and settings\[user name]\Application Data\microsoft\outlook\outlook.nk2
or the kn2 file might be their profile name

ex:C:\Documents and Settings\smarks\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.nk2

PST and Archive file location:
C:\Documents and Settings\smarks\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst (or user profile name .pst)

Shared drives and mapped drives.

Install new programs.

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