ok well I already have a dc the dns name of my domain is "the.darkside" the computer name of this machine is "sith.the.darkside" . I'm trying to make my other machine which runs win2k server a dc also...its name is "kamino" so I made kamino join the domain no problem. I pointed the dns in tcp/ip to the pdc ... however I go through to install ad and then I get the error " failed finding a suitable domain controller for the domain the.darkside, the specific domain does not exist or could not be contacted... any help would be great Im kinda lost at this point. thanks