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I upgraded 2003 server to server 2008. I had issues that I could not
resolve so I tried to downgrade the server back to 2003. Even though I had
the Server 2003 setup program delete the old windows installation I can't
install server 2003 to install properly or can I install the service pack.
I get problems with files that can't be copied during setup (I used many
different disk). I believe the problem is the "c:\users" directory. There
is some kind of filer redirection that causes server 2003 to use the
"c:\users" directory instead of "c:\documents and settings". Does anyone
know how I can kill the c:\users redirection so I can install Server 2003
without formatting the disk so I can create a functional install?
Thanks
John
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Hello John,
How did you downgrade it? With reformatting the disk or without?
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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[Quoted Text] > I upgraded 2003 server to server 2008. I had issues that I could not
> resolve so I tried to downgrade the server back to 2003. Even though
> I had the Server 2003 setup program delete the old windows
> installation I can't install server 2003 to install properly or can I
> install the service pack. I get problems with files that can't be
> copied during setup (I used many different disk). I believe the
> problem is the "c:\users" directory. There is some kind of filer
> redirection that causes server 2003 to use the "c:\users" directory
> instead of "c:\documents and settings". Does anyone know how I can
> kill the c:\users redirection so I can install Server 2003 without
> formatting the disk so I can create a functional install?
>
> Thanks
> John
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"John" <jcggraf[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] >I upgraded 2003 server to server 2008. I had issues that I could not
>resolve so I tried to downgrade the server back to 2003. Even though I had
>the Server 2003 setup program delete the old windows installation I can't
>install server 2003 to install properly or can I install the service pack.
>I get problems with files that can't be copied during setup (I used many
>different disk). I believe the problem is the "c:\users" directory. There
>is some kind of filer redirection that causes server 2003 to use the
>"c:\users" directory instead of "c:\documents and settings". Does anyone
>know how I can kill the c:\users redirection so I can install Server 2003
>without formatting the disk so I can create a functional install?
Speculating I admit,...but I think the Drive structure has changed from 2003
to 2008 just like it changed from XP to Vista (hence why duel booting is so
problematic). I don't think there is any "going back" without wiping out
the partitioning and starting over.
Install 2008 back on the machine,...copy the valuables to a safe place (like
USB Stick, USB HD, whatever works). Then wipe the partition and start over.
Install 2003. Login with the correct accounts to create fresh profiles.
Then copy the material back to the Documents and Settings/%profile% where it
is supposed to be.
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Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com
The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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Hello,
I am guessing this is the junction point for c:\Documents and Settings that
points back to C:\users folder
You would need to delete the junction point.
Something like fsutil.exe
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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| >Hello John,
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| >How did you downgrade it? With reformatting the disk or without?
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| >Best regards
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| >Meinolf Weber
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| >> I upgraded 2003 server to server 2008. I had issues that I could not
| >> resolve so I tried to downgrade the server back to 2003. Even though
| >> I had the Server 2003 setup program delete the old windows
| >> installation I can't install server 2003 to install properly or can I
| >> install the service pack. I get problems with files that can't be
| >> copied during setup (I used many different disk). I believe the
| >> problem is the "c:\users" directory. There is some kind of filer
| >> redirection that causes server 2003 to use the "c:\users" directory
| >> instead of "c:\documents and settings". Does anyone know how I can
| >> kill the c:\users redirection so I can install Server 2003 without
| >> formatting the disk so I can create a functional install?
| >>
| >> Thanks
| >> John
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Why do you even need to keep the contents of C:\Users? This is a server not
a workstation. There isn't supposed to be anything important kept within a
user profile on a server, it should be kept anyplace else but that. There
also isn't supposed to be a bunch of user profiles on a server.
Copy the contents to some other safe place (like an external USB
harddrive),...then delete the partition,...create a new
partition,...format,...load.
Copy the contents from the external drive into the correct profiles in
"c:\documents and settings" after everything is done.
--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com
The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"John" <jcggraf[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:36EAB817-BCD3-4BFC-BE38-9C4B90C7E042[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] >I upgraded 2003 server to server 2008. I had issues that I could not
>resolve so I tried to downgrade the server back to 2003. Even though I had
>the Server 2003 setup program delete the old windows installation I can't
>install server 2003 to install properly or can I install the service pack.
>I get problems with files that can't be copied during setup (I used many
>different disk). I believe the problem is the "c:\users" directory. There
>is some kind of filer redirection that causes server 2003 to use the
>"c:\users" directory instead of "c:\documents and settings". Does anyone
>know how I can kill the c:\users redirection so I can install Server 2003
>without formatting the disk so I can create a functional install?
>
> Thanks
> John
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