Moving user

[Neal Kaufman]

I have started using my system incorrectly using the "administrator"
account. I know now that it was a bad choice and want to correct the
situation. I have created another standard user called "Neal". I would
like to now get all of the files, favorites, outlook configuration (I am
using Outlook and the pst file is in My Documents under "Administrator",
Microsoft Shortcut bar, and any other items that need to be moved,
re-installed, adjusted, etc. Is there some clean way to do everything and
make sure it is done correctly?

Like, can one rename c:\documents and settings\admistrator to c:\documents
and settings\neal and then re-create the administrator directory and proper
contents?

Thanks for any input.
Neal

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

You should have two admin accounts anyway, so create another account
named, for example, "sys" or "sysadmin" and make it a Computer
Administrator. From that new account, open the System control panel and
find the User Profiles setting tool on the Advanced tab. Use this tool
to copy the Administrator profile over the neal profile. The profile is
C:\Documents and Settings\profilename, where profilename is either
Administrator or neal or sysadmin.

Now use sysadmin for your everyday system administrator, save
Administrator for emergencies when sysadmin is hosed, and use neal for
web browsing and email.

You cannot rename userprofiles on active accounts. Note that the name
you enter when you create the account is what is used in the profile
path. If you want the Welcome Screen to read "Neal Kaufman" then change
the name in the User Accounts tool. The profile will remain \neal.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Neal Kaufman" > wrote in message
...
> I have started using my system incorrectly using the "administrator"
> account. I know now that it was a bad choice and want to correct the
> situation. I have created another standard user called "Neal". I
would
> like to now get all of the files, favorites, outlook configuration (I
am
> using Outlook and the pst file is in My Documents under
"Administrator",
> Microsoft Shortcut bar, and any other items that need to be moved,
> re-installed, adjusted, etc. Is there some clean way to do everything
and
> make sure it is done correctly?
>
> Like, can one rename c:\documents and settings\admistrator to
c:\documents
> and settings\neal and then re-create the administrator directory and
proper
> contents?

[Neal Kaufman]

Thanks for your input. I did not give you the entire story and from your
response I think that I need to. What triggered all of this is that I am
trying to learn about servers and have put together another computer with a
copy of Windows 2003 Server on it. I have installed it as a domain
controller and also have installed Active Directory. So when I created a
new user I did it through the Active Directory. It is a user on the Domain
which I have called 4kCHome. Now when I have created a user I see that
there is a user file created in c:\MyDocuments and Settings on the
workstation called "Neal" which is what I assume you are referring to as the
profile. I has in it folders for My Documents, etc. So my question to you
is: Does your response to my earlier question still stand or should I be
doing something else all considering.

Thanks,
Neal Kaufman

"Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> You should have two admin accounts anyway, so create another account
> named, for example, "sys" or "sysadmin" and make it a Computer
> Administrator. From that new account, open the System control panel and
> find the User Profiles setting tool on the Advanced tab. Use this tool
> to copy the Administrator profile over the neal profile. The profile is
> C:\Documents and Settings\profilename, where profilename is either
> Administrator or neal or sysadmin.
>
> Now use sysadmin for your everyday system administrator, save
> Administrator for emergencies when sysadmin is hosed, and use neal for
> web browsing and email.
>
> You cannot rename userprofiles on active accounts. Note that the name
> you enter when you create the account is what is used in the profile
> path. If you want the Welcome Screen to read "Neal Kaufman" then change
> the name in the User Accounts tool. The profile will remain \neal.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
> "Neal Kaufman" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have started using my system incorrectly using the "administrator"
> > account. I know now that it was a bad choice and want to correct the
> > situation. I have created another standard user called "Neal". I
> would
> > like to now get all of the files, favorites, outlook configuration (I
> am
> > using Outlook and the pst file is in My Documents under
> "Administrator",
> > Microsoft Shortcut bar, and any other items that need to be moved,
> > re-installed, adjusted, etc. Is there some clean way to do everything
> and
> > make sure it is done correctly?
> >
> > Like, can one rename c:\documents and settings\admistrator to
> c:\documents
> > and settings\neal and then re-create the administrator directory and
> proper
> > contents?
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

You are asking about domain accounts and I was talking about local
accounts. They are completely different and separate things. I would
recommend you go to microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Neal Kaufman" > wrote in
message ...

> Thanks for your input. I did not give you the entire story and from
your
> response I think that I need to. What triggered all of this is that I
am
> trying to learn about servers and have put together another computer
with a
> copy of Windows 2003 Server on it. I have installed it as a domain
> controller and also have installed Active Directory. So when I
created a
> new user I did it through the Active Directory. It is a user on the
Domain
> which I have called 4kCHome. Now when I have created a user I see
that
> there is a user file created in c:\MyDocuments and Settings on the
> workstation called "Neal" which is what I assume you are referring to
as the
> profile. I has in it folders for My Documents, etc. So my question
to you
> is: Does your response to my earlier question still stand or should I
be
> doing something else all considering.
>
> Thanks,
> Neal Kaufman
>
> "Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You should have two admin accounts anyway, so create another account
> > named, for example, "sys" or "sysadmin" and make it a Computer
> > Administrator. From that new account, open the System control panel
and
> > find the User Profiles setting tool on the Advanced tab. Use this
tool
> > to copy the Administrator profile over the neal profile. The profile
is
> > C:\Documents and Settings\profilename, where profilename is either
> > Administrator or neal or sysadmin.
> >
> > Now use sysadmin for your everyday system administrator, save
> > Administrator for emergencies when sysadmin is hosed, and use neal
for
> > web browsing and email.
> >
> > You cannot rename userprofiles on active accounts. Note that the
name
> > you enter when you create the account is what is used in the profile
> > path. If you want the Welcome Screen to read "Neal Kaufman" then
change
> > the name in the User Accounts tool. The profile will remain \neal.
> >
> > --
> > Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
> >
> >
> >
> > "Neal Kaufman" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have started using my system incorrectly using the
"administrator"
> > > account. I know now that it was a bad choice and want to correct
the
> > > situation. I have created another standard user called "Neal". I
> > would
> > > like to now get all of the files, favorites, outlook configuration
(I
> > am
> > > using Outlook and the pst file is in My Documents under
> > "Administrator",
> > > Microsoft Shortcut bar, and any other items that need to be moved,
> > > re-installed, adjusted, etc. Is there some clean way to do
everything
> > and
> > > make sure it is done correctly?
> > >
> > > Like, can one rename c:\documents and settings\admistrator to
> > c:\documents
> > > and settings\neal and then re-create the administrator directory
and
> > proper
> > > contents?
> >
>
>