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===How to change PDC form Windows 2003  to    SME Server. ===

===How to change PDC from Windows 2003  to    SME Server. ===

From http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=40228.new;topicseen

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Q: Is there any way in which i can do this without having to backup all the XP PC's and readding the PC's to the new Domain and then restoring all the files ?

Q: Is there any way in which '''i can do this without having to backup all the XP PC's''' and readding the PC's to the new Domain and then restoring all the files ?

A: The Microsoft "Active Directory Migration Tool" is supposed to do all of this automatically -- but always looks like it will take 30 - 40 hours of effort to setup, debug, and test prior to hitting the "go" button...

A: The Microsoft "Active Directory Migration Tool" is supposed to do all of this automatically -- but always looks like it will take 30 - 40 hours of effort to setup, debug, and test prior to hitting the "go" button...

- Login to the new domain NOT as the user who uses this computer (but with local administrative rights on the workstation).  <br>

- Login to the new domain NOT as the user who uses this computer (but with local administrative rights on the workstation).  <br>

It is important to NOT login as the intended user until after the following step, or you will create a new profile directory named for the new domain, and you'll have to use the "variation" listed below.   

It is important to NOT login as the intended user until after the following step, or you will create a new profile directory named for the new domain, and you'll have to use the "variation" listed below.   

Sometimes (if the old profile included auto-start programs that don't close on logout), you may need to reboot the computer, making sure that the *first* login after reboot is to a user account that is NOT the intended user for the computer in order to be able to rename the intended user's profile.<br>

Sometimes (if the old profile included auto-start programs that don't close on logout), you may need to reboot the computer, making sure that the first login after reboot is to a user account that is NOT the intended user for the computer in order to be able to rename the intended user's profile.<br>

- Rename the user's profile c:\documents and settings\username ==> c:\documents and settings\username.old<br>

- Rename the user's profile c:\documents and settings\username ==> c:\documents and settings\username.old<br>

- logout<br>

- logout<br>