This has been somewhat discussed before, but I can’t remember a good conclusion.
Having changed DNS/local domain names and gone to a new server, I now find that where someone logs on to an XP Pro PC at which they had logged on previously, then there are now two profile directories/folders in Documents and Settings:
username
and
username.newdomain
The second one of these has become the ‘current’ profile for that user, and the old one is effectively redundant.
However, this causes problems if the user starts to use a new PC at which they have never previously signed on, and the only profile directory on that PC for that user is called
username
Outlook 2003 objects to this when trying to find the OST file that lives on the previous computer’s C: drive, because the roaming profile’s path includes the username.newdomain directory name. (I don’t actually want any OST files, but that’s a different argument!)
Also for other maintenance reasons I would like to set up a consistent profile directory name for each user without which does not include the .newdomain suffix.
And now the question: does anyone know, or can point me to, an entirely foolproof method of changing directory names, the registry, and anything else to enable me to return to the suffix-less situation for each user?
Thanks!
BATcher
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