Create NEW user profile without logging in first

[bilebalar]

Hi,

I have been searching for a solution but I can't find it anywhere, please help!

I need to switch a user to another machine (let's call it machine b) (also win xp pro) while waiting for a new hard drive for the old one.

The user had never logged onto machine b before so there's no profile and I don't have his password to log on and create one. How can I copy all his setting to machine b without having the profile created first (or can I create it without logging on as him?)? I have both local & domain admin right.

I tried creating a folder in the doc and settings dir with the username, but a username.DOMAINNAME folder is created and used instead.

Is this a way to do this?

THANKS.

 

[DestinysDream]

Start -> Run //computername/c$ and locate his profile. Since you have domain rights you can copy it over to the new computer

If anyone calls and says "I know a little something about computers" just tell them to reformat it.

 

[bilebalar]

Hi, I have tried that but it didn't work.

When the user logs in, another profile named username.DOMAINNAME is created.

 

[NADIAZIPPER]

Log in first as user, log off and then copy old profile over

 

[NADIAZIPPER]

If HD is broken do you even have access to his old profile? and if you are on a domain can't youreset his password? Just curious. When we move users onto new machines we always have to log in first, if not we get the same thing created user.domain

 

[bilebalar]

Nadiazipper,

that's the problem, I don't have the user's password to log in first.

I want to know if there's a way around it.

 

[bilebalar]

The HD isn't not dead yet. I can still get to the Profile and backed it up.

While I am working on the new HD, the user will be using VPN to work from home so I can't simply reset the password.