Moving a machine onto a Windows domain, is a simple task, I’ve done this for a lot of clients. The main complaint (post migration,) is that something is missing. This is because your-account-name on your PC or laptop, and your-account-name in the domain are TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS, (even if they have the same name).
Microsoft have produced some tools help you, but I challenge you to start reading the USMT documentation for more than 15 minutes without losing the will to live.
Below is a list of things people have complained to me about losing post migration;
Desktop wallpaper.
Files & Folders from the desktop.
My Documents.
Internet Favorites.
My Pictures.
Outlook Signatures.
Outlook Mail Accounts.
Word Custom Dictionaries.
Work Autocomplete Settings.
MS Access Macro settings.
So I setup a test Windows 10 machine, with all of the above setup, and used two tools to migrate my local profile into my domain profile.
Solution
Test 1 ForensIT User Profile Wizard
Software is free (there are paid for versions) but I plumbed for the free one, you don’t have to install anything as it runs from an executable, (which is a bonus if you have a lot to do). Its VERY fast, and simple to use.
I’ve joined my target machine to the new domain and logged on once as the domain user and created a blank profile, then logged back on as the domain admin to carry out the following.
Launch the software > Next > Select the profile you want to copy from.
Select your domain name > Enter the logon name for the ‘DOMAIN USER’ you want to copy the profile to > Next > Next.
Verdict: Of the two, this ones quicker, more intuitive and free.
Test 2 USMT GUI 10
This is a graphical wrapper that sits on-top of the Microsoft USMT tools, I donated $10.00 for the cheapest version, and repeated the tests above.
First you have to take a backup of the local profile(s).
I’m just choosing one (Pete) > RUN > My profile was 177Mb and it took about 5 minutes.
Now resort the profile back to your domain profile, as you can see that’s a little more complicated, but not that difficult > RUN.
At this point it ran thought and gave me an error, even though it did migrate the profile successfully.
Verdict: Well it does the job, it’s probably a lot more versatile than the first tool, but nowhere near as intuitive, and it costs $10. I know that’s cheap, and the dev deserves to be paid for their hard work, but I prefer the free one.
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I upgraded my iPhone 4S to IOS 7 last week. Since then the lock screen wallpaper has displayed as the wrong size.
Solution
This is caused by the IOS new feature called Parallax. If you didn’t already know, this moves the wallpaper slightly as you tilt your phone. You will notice the icons stay where they are, but the background wallpaper moves as you tilt the phone to give you a 3D effect.
To Disable Apple Parallax
1. Settings.
2. General.
3. Accessibility.
4. Reduce Motion.
5. Turn it on.
6. Now things display like they did before.
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