--- Alan Loughlin
what I meant, was that I couldn't move active directory over first because of the use of group policy. If I did, I would have to configure local policies on the xp clients and use logon scripts to enforce registry settings for the user accounts, unless I used mandatory profiles for the users, which I dont want to do.
I second this. Unless I'm much mistaken (after some research into the subject a few months back) the options you've outlined are indeed the ones open. Unless (and I hope) Paul's about to correct us on this... AD is a requirement for non-local group policies in XP... We've gone with mandatory profiles for exactly this reason. Please tell me there's another way... Ta -- Matt Johnson ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com