Couldn't you use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard to accomplish
this? It says you can save files and settings to a folder on any drive,
so I would think you could move them from one folder to another on the
same drive. You would have to log on as 'Administrator' and take
ownership of the old user account folders.
wantobe wrote:
> I've seen answers to problems that are similar to mine, but nothing
> quite the same. I have a client with 3 users that currently log into a
> Domain, but all 3 use the admin username and password (this was setup
> long before I got to the scene.) I am now going to setup their domain
> properly, with each of them having a real username and password all of
> their own. This is going to cause problems because their computers
> currently have their profiles stored in the administrator folder under
> Documents and Settings, and their new login information will have them
> under a different folder. How can I transfer all of their profile
> settings properly (I know simply copying and pasting from the admin
> folder to their new folder won't work)? Not just documents, but
> desktop settings, folder preferences, favorites, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rob Miles
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