>>>B) if he does not.....start from the scratch...create all the users with same user names as they had before....
>>>either way there would not be any down time as the users should be able to login to the cached profiles. Pardon the interruption, but ...... I don't believe this is feasible for him. The new accounts will have no resemblance whatsoever with the evaporated accounts. Difference domains, different SIDs, etc. Cached logon will work for the old domain, but not for the new domain when the computers are joined to the new domain. There is also the question of resource access with regards to the ACEs. I see a lot of downtime in the picture here. I may be completely misinterpreting your recommendation. Sincerely, D�j� Ak�m�l�f�, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
