Win 2k Server without AD OK as member of NT 4 domain? 2

[Scarpa]

Another thread asks about using Win2k Server with AD in an NT 4 domain.

I don't need AD yet and just want to use an existing Win2k Server as a file server in an NT environment. (I want to avoid having to blank the machine and install NT4.) AD is not running (machine currently in default WORKGROUP), so I plan to add the computer as I would any client - giving the domain name and an admin user/pwd to authorise. Anything wrong with that approach?

 

[peterve]

if you are not going to install it as a domain controller (so if you are not going to set up AD) then it will work (because that server will be a regular member server

If you want to have a mixed environment (PDC's, BDC's and Windows 2000 DC), then you will have to upgrade your PDC first to Win2K
(take a BDC offline in case something goes wrong, you can promote that machine to PDC if your real PDC doesn't function anymore) I have not failed, I just found 10000 ways that don't work

Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

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[butchrecon]

You will be fine. Just dont enable to Active Directory. James Collins
Systems Support Engineer
A+, MCP

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[Scarpa]

Thanks to both of you above - I'll be trying it soon...

...but in the mean time can't speak to my PDC (see new thread!).

David Hills
R H Partnership Architects

 

[Maruis]

You will be ok just remember to deactivate the dynamic DNS on your W2K server.
If not your NT 4 machine will not see your W2K server in network neigberhood

Hope this help

 

[Scarpa]

Hi Marius,

Can you say how to deactivate dynamic DNS on Win2k? Earlier I tried to stop DNS, but it insisted on at least pointing to itself (127.0.0.1) as DNS server.

Thanks --------------------------
David Hills
R H Partnership Architects
Cambridge UK
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[Maruis]

Go to your TCP/IP properties and disable register to DNS.

Hope this helps you