old domain to new domain
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Category: ForensiT Support
Forum Name: Domain Migration
Forum Description: User Profile Wizard questions, suggestions, comments and bug reports
URL: https://forum.ForensiT.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2578
Printed Date: 26 Mar 2026 at 9:19pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.03 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: old domain to new domain
Posted By: dz
Subject: old domain to new domain
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 2:06am
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Is there a Step-by-Step How-To? I have an old domain (domain.local) and a new domain (new.domain.com). How do you use the free version to migrate the old user account to the new domain user acct? - Do I leave the computer on the old domain? -Should I login to the computer as a local administrator, then run the wizard? -Do you disjoin the computer from the old domain first and/or join it to the new domain? -If joined to new domain do you login with the new domain user acct first and then use the wizard? Thanks
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Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 9:17am
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Hi, Have you seen the user guide for the free edition, it is available https://www.forensit.com/Downloads/User%20Profile%20Wizard%20Freeware%20Edition%20User%20Guide.pdf" rel="nofollow - here ? -Do I leave the computer on the old domain? Yes. -Should I login to the computer as a local administrator, then run the wizard? You will need to run the Wizard as an administrator. -Do you disjoin the computer from the old domain first and/or join it to the new domain? No, you do not need to unjoin the computer from the old domain first. The Wizard can join the computer to the new domain after migrating the profile. -If joined to new domain do you login with the new domain user acct first and then use the wizard? No, do not log on to the new account before you migrate the profile to it. Run the Wizard Select the source profile that you would like to migrate Specify the target (new) account and domain. The Wizard will migrate the profile, unjoin the computer from the old domain and join it to the new domain. Many thanks, Support. |
Posted By: dz
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 1:15pm
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Thank you for the reply. Yes, I've read the guide. -Do you disjoin the computer from the old domain first and/or join it to the new domain?
No,
you do not need to unjoin the computer from the old domain first. The
Wizard can join the computer to the new domain after migrating the
profile. How does it migrate the profile to the new user acct before it's joined to the new domain? How would it even know of the new user acct? So these steps then: 1. Leave computer on old domain. 2. Login to the computer as a local admin account 3. Run the Forensit wizard 3a. Choose the account you want to migrate ie domain/user 4. In the boxes below put in the domain name as the NetBIOS name?? or corp.example.com ? 5. Check "join domain" 6. Enter the NEW account name from new domain?? What if the username is exactly the same? |
Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2025 at 8:56am
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Hi, You specify the new account name when you are using the Wizard, the Wizard will query the new domain to obtain the new SID and migrate the profile to the new account and then join the computer to the new domain. Your steps are correct, you can specify either new domain as either the FQDN or NetBIOS name. You can migrate the profile to an account with the same name in the new domain. Many thanks, Support.
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