Active Directory Migration

I have a server on our network that me and a few others have Admin rights on for specific reasons I won'rt go into. Our company is migrating all accounts into Active Directory (AD) this weekend and we are concerned we will lose those rights on this machine since we are not Administrators on the network in any way.

Will the AD rights over-write the local server Admin rights we have on this server?

After successfully logging in as your new user, immediately log out and log back in as the local machine administrator.
Go to Documents and Settings and you'll see two profile folders with similar names. One will probably have .DOMAIN appended to the end. This is the new profile.
Drag that new profile folder outta there and dump it somewhere else (I moved mine to a different drive for backup). Remember what it's called.
Go Start > Run and type regedit followed by OK.
Go Edit > Find and type the name of the folder you just KO'd. It'll be somewhere like: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion > ProfileList > weird numbers and the key is called ProfileImagePath.
Change the value of this key to the address of your original profile folder.
Reboot and log in as your normal user.

With a bit of luck, this should restore your settings – at least it did for me. The usual disclaimers apply – I don't guarantee it'll work, and messing with the registry can bugger up your computer. I don't think this is a particularly risky maneuver, but if your try it you're on your own.

Piyush

Lepide.com

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Piyush Agrawal15y ago
After successfully logging in as your new user, immediately log out and log back in as the local machine administrator.
Go to Documents and Settings and you'll see two profile folders with similar names. One will probably have .DOMAIN appended to the end. This is the new profile.
Drag that new profile folder outta there and dump it somewhere else (I moved mine to a different drive for backup). Remember what it's called.
Go Start > Run and type regedit followed by OK.
Go Edit > Find and type the name of the folder you just KO'd. It'll be somewhere like: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion > ProfileList > weird numbers and the key is called ProfileImagePath.
Change the value of this key to the address of your original profile folder.
Reboot and log in as your normal user.
With a bit of luck, this should restore your settings – at least it did for me. The usual disclaimers apply – I don't guarantee it'll work, and messing with the registry can bugger up your computer. I don't think this is a particularly risky maneuver, but if your try it you're on your own.

Piyush
Lepide.com
Suthish Nair15y ago
Yes, i think so. Depends upon how the domain policy is made.