Microsoft KB Archive/824206

= Internet Explorer AutoComplete Data Is Not Copied When You Use the Copy To Feature to Copy a User Profile =

PSS ID Number: 824206

Article Last Modified on 8/29/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you use the Copy To feature in the User Profiles tab of System Properties to copy a user profile, data for Microsoft Internet Explorer's AutoComplete feature is not copied with the user profile.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the Copy To feature does not copy user-specific data.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, create the new user account and then manually copy the user profile to the new user account. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
 * 2) Right-click Users, point to New, and then click User.
 * 3) Enter information for the new user account, and then click Next.
 * 4) Enter the password for the new user account, and then click Next.
 * 5) Click Finish to create the new user account.
 * 6) On the desktop, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
 * 7) Click the User Profiles tab.
 * 8) Click the user profile you want to copy, and then click the Copy To... button.
 * 9) Complete the wizard to copy the user profile.
 * 10) On the desktop, double-click My Computer and locate the  :\Documents and Settings folder, where   is the drive where Windows 2000 is installed.
 * 11) In the Documents and Settings folder, open the folder for the user account whose user profile you want to copy.
 * 12) On the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 13) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 14) Click the folder for the user account you want to copy the user profile to.
 * 15) On the Edit menu, click Paste to copy the user profile.



MORE INFORMATION
The following information is not copied when you use the Copy To feature:
 * Folders that are in a user profile's exclusion list
 * Account credentials
 * Registry keys that the current user has not been assigned permissions to
 * Data contained in Protected Storage

For more information about Protected Storage, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/deploy/cookbook/cookchp5.asp

For additional information about how to copy a user profile, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

255095 Duplicating User Profiles in Windows 2000

For additional information about the AutoComplete feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

237553 Disabling or Enabling the AutoComplete or Inline AutoComplete Feature



STATUS
This behavior is expected in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbwinservds kbUser kbusage kbprb kbnofix KB824206

Technology: kbwin2000Pro kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch

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