User account domain problems

[Kevin Muir]

I am running XP Pro with Windows Small Business Server
2003.

On the client machine I recently removed the computer
from the domain by joining a WORKGROUP.

Then I went to re-join the domain.

The problem I have is the user account that previously
worked and was stored locally on the machine refuses to
be used.

My user account is kevin and the domain is XYZ. After
having the computer join the domain and then logging in
as kevin with the domain set to XYZ, a new user profile
is created.

I checked the Documents and Settings folders. Kevin.XYZ
is there, but the computer keeps making kevin.001 or
kevin.002.

How do I convince the client XP machine to use the
profile on the computer called kevin.XYZ?

Thanks
Kevin Muir

[Rajiv Sharma]

Hi Kevin:

Once you disjoin the domain and join it back, you can not use the same
profile as you had before. XP creates another profile with .001 or .002.
As Windows issues new SIDs (Security IDs) for each new account.
So what you have to do, login on the local machine as administrator account
and copy your old settings (documents, outlook, favourite etc) to your new
profile.
there is no way you can use the same profile.

Rajiv
MCP

"Kevin Muir" > wrote in message
...
> I am running XP Pro with Windows Small Business Server
> 2003.
>
> On the client machine I recently removed the computer
> from the domain by joining a WORKGROUP.
>
> Then I went to re-join the domain.
>
> The problem I have is the user account that previously
> worked and was stored locally on the machine refuses to
> be used.
>
> My user account is kevin and the domain is XYZ. After
> having the computer join the domain and then logging in
> as kevin with the domain set to XYZ, a new user profile
> is created.
>
> I checked the Documents and Settings folders. Kevin.XYZ
> is there, but the computer keeps making kevin.001 or
> kevin.002.
>
> How do I convince the client XP machine to use the
> profile on the computer called kevin.XYZ?
>
> Thanks
> Kevin Muir
>

[Rajiv Sharma]

Hi Kevin:

Once you disjoin the domain and join it back, you can not use the same
profile as you had before. XP creates another profile with .001 or .002.
As Windows issues new SIDs (Security IDs) for each new account.
So what you have to do, login on the local machine as administrator account
and copy your old settings (documents, outlook, favourite etc) to your new
profile.
there is no way you can use the same profile.

Rajiv
MCP

"Kevin Muir" > wrote in message
...
> I am running XP Pro with Windows Small Business Server
> 2003.
>
> On the client machine I recently removed the computer
> from the domain by joining a WORKGROUP.
>
> Then I went to re-join the domain.
>
> The problem I have is the user account that previously
> worked and was stored locally on the machine refuses to
> be used.
>
> My user account is kevin and the domain is XYZ. After
> having the computer join the domain and then logging in
> as kevin with the domain set to XYZ, a new user profile
> is created.
>
> I checked the Documents and Settings folders. Kevin.XYZ
> is there, but the computer keeps making kevin.001 or
> kevin.002.
>
> How do I convince the client XP machine to use the
> profile on the computer called kevin.XYZ?
>
> Thanks
> Kevin Muir
>

Thanks for the info.
Kev


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Kevin:
>
>Once you disjoin the domain and join it back, you can
not use the same
>profile as you had before. XP creates another profile
with .001 or .002.
>As Windows issues new SIDs (Security IDs) for each new
account.
>So what you have to do, login on the local machine as
administrator account
>and copy your old settings (documents, outlook,
favourite etc) to your new
>profile.
>there is no way you can use the same profile.
>
>Rajiv
>MCP
>
>"Kevin Muir" > wrote in message
...
>> I am running XP Pro with Windows Small Business Server
>> 2003.
>>
>> On the client machine I recently removed the computer
>> from the domain by joining a WORKGROUP.
>>
>> Then I went to re-join the domain.
>>
>> The problem I have is the user account that previously
>> worked and was stored locally on the machine refuses to
>> be used.
>>
>> My user account is kevin and the domain is XYZ. After
>> having the computer join the domain and then logging in
>> as kevin with the domain set to XYZ, a new user profile
>> is created.
>>
>> I checked the Documents and Settings folders.
Kevin.XYZ
>> is there, but the computer keeps making kevin.001 or
>> kevin.002.
>>
>> How do I convince the client XP machine to use the
>> profile on the computer called kevin.XYZ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Kevin Muir
>>
>
>
>.
>