What is a seamless way to migrate a user profile in vista?

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Published on 2009-11-12T21:38:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/25 2:04 UTC
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What is the best way to migrate a user profile in Vista? I just tried the Vista Easy Transfer and found that it did not do everything I wanted it to do. I am trying to leave a leave a domain and join a workgroup.

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