Generally when adding a PC to a SBS2003 domain you will want to base user profiles on existing profiles on the PC. The wizard makes this easy to using the Current User Settings drop-downs on the form entitled 'Assign users to this computer and migrate their settings'. However all too often when you click to continue you get error message 'The following settings are private', even when there is no obvious cause for this.
At this point what I do is to open Windows Explorer and navigate to the user profile in question in Documents and Settings. Right click, select Sharing and Security, check 'Make this folder private' and click OK. Now repeat this only this time unchecking the setting. Now you will find that the wizard will work correctly.
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