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If I understand correctly, you have workstations that you removed from one domain, then added to a new domain. You moved the roaming profiles to a new server, and would like them to not append the domain name on the local workstations. Is that correct?

If so, the easiest way to do this is to simply delete all the profiles from the workstations. It can be done via a script with Delprof. Then when users login their profiles will not append the new domain.

The reason this happens in the first place is because the user accounts on the new domain have different SIDS (security identifiers) than the old domain. Windows does not recognized the old profiles as being valid and creates a new one, appending the domain name, to keep a unique profile.

I find WMP to be clunky at best, especially when it comes to managing a music/audio collection. I’m also a “best of breed” kind of person, that is I prefer dedicated device to the “all in one, master of none” concept. VLC for DVD, Media Monkey for audio.

Outlook has an outstanding Address Book. But it’s bloatware for the average home user. Most of features are designed to be an MS Exchange client. In that it shines. But for home use I use Thunderbird. I only wish it had an address book half as good as Outlook.

I’m guessing you have SQLExpress installed? Check to see if the SQLExpress service is set to disabled. If so, set it to Manual and start it. Then try the update again. You may also want to verify if you actually need SQL on your machine. If not, you might consider uninstalling it.

… such as the very effective VLC, whose v1.0.3 has very recently been released.

I second the recommendation of VLC.

We’re looking to deploy 7 next year. Provided everything we have is compatible, but so far it seems rock solid. Unless you have a real compatibility issue, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to stay with XP if you are deploying new machines.