How to copy a windows 7 user profile when changing domains

Question

I need to connect my machine to a new domain soon. When I do so a new user profile will be created and I would like to copy all the settings/data from the old profile to the new one. This is a local profile only (no roaming). Running Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit.

I found this previous question on the same topic, it however only seems to address Windows XP and the solutions do not seem to apply to Win7.

Answer 1

JayaprakashReddy answer led me in the right direction.

The solution is to (running as an admin) launch the Windows Easy Transfer program. It is meant for migrating to a new computer, but you can choose to export only your profile.

Once you export it to a file on a local disk, launch it again, this time select "this is my new computer", click advanced and it will let you map from one profile to another and click transfer.

Worked like a charm (except no user specific registry data seems to have been copied).

Answer 2

I used the free version of User Profile Wizard. Seemed to work perfectly!

Answer 3

This might be helpful, have a look at it

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560801(WS.10).aspx

Answer 4

User State Migration Tool (USMT) for Windows 7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=e263796c-c7e4-44d6-96dd-32e821c88a25&displaylang=en#Instructions

Answer 5

Using "Windows Easy Transfer" on the same Windows 7 computer for transferring a domain profile to a local user profile works as far as documents files and settings go, but fails for say Outlook mail.