PROBLEM:
I have 2 PCs (Running Windows Vista) that used to be part of a windows 2003 Domain. The Domain is gone(the System it was on got formatted). I want to switch the PCs off of the domain, but I don't want to lose the user settings on the systems.
SOLUTION:
If u want to save user settings and files u can use two methods:
01. Using Windows Easy Transfer.
You can find the related information from the following link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928634
02. using USMT user state migration tool.
You can download USMT to use in VISTA from the following link
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=799ab28c-691b-4b36-b7ad-6c604be4c595&DisplayLang=en
After taking the user settings and files (logging into the local PC or this PC) into a flash drive, u can remove the PC from domain by removing the DNS suffix and changing the membership to a workgroup by selecting the workgroup option.
N.B.: You have to properly and carefully type the username and password that you have used to join domain.
