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More info?)
Okay but I have seen somewhere that if you change the
target path in the GPO that AD will move the data and
folders to the new location. Is this correct or do I need
to use a file copy utility like Robocopy? Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
> > We now have a new server and I wish to change the
location of the
>My
> > Documents from the old server to the other. How do I
do this?
>
>I just did this.
>
>If you can transfer all your files at once (out of hours
when users
>are not using them) this is the procedure. It also
depends on whether
>you are running 2000 or 2003 server.
>
>1> On the Server, create a new folder for the Users.
Remember with
>Windows 2003 the Permissions are inherited in users
folders (unlike
>2K). Therefore on this upper folder you should untick
inherit and set
>the permissions as Administrator=Full Control and,
>Users=Advanced=Read=THIS FOLDER ONLY.
>2> Map a drive to the old servers users share.
>3> Use XCopy with the users folders/files with the
Ownership/security
>switch as well as any others you want.
>4> If you use a Mapped Drive in the Account Properties of
each user,
>you will need to change that for each user to the new
drive. Luckily
>with Windows 2003 you can do a large amount at once. For
Windows 2000
>you may have to do them manually because scripting
doesn't work with
>the %username% for folders.
>5> Change you group policy folder redirection to the new
folders.
>6> TEST to see if it is working.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Lara
>
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