Re: Can't add computers to domain

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From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:08:33 -0400

Brian,

Please note that if you do need to go this route that there is a very good
possibility that you do not have to be SOL as far as all of your user and
group accounts. There are a couple of ways that you can 'cheat'.

Take a look at ldifde as one possibility. I have included in a couple of
posts the big picture with some of the little points on how to do this. I
am sure that there are other ways but ldifde is a good start. In fact, take
a look at the response to the post entitled 'Advanced ldifde' from TTS.

Your security settings ( NTFS permission on shares ) may be lost but
hopefully you can quickly rebuild that. Another possibility is to look at
ADMT. Just thinking out loud on that. This may or may not be a possibility
as this would require that you had additional hardware ( as you would keep
the existing hardware as the 'source' while needing new hardware to create
the 'target' ).

HTH,

Cary

"Brian" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A513DFEB-154B-414D-B762-2782DCBBD333@microsoft.com...
> Ok, I was afraid I might have to do this, but I think I'm up to the task.
First thing I'm going to lose, of course, are all my domain accounts I
guess. I can live with that.
>
> So I use dcpromo to remove ad from the server. I then use dcpromo again
and follow the instructions again hoping that all the DNS stuff is set up
correctly for AD? This time I need to make sure to use something like
".lan" after the domain name I choose.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ----- Leythos wrote: -----
>
> In article <F8ACF7E6-E0F0-43B5-AD90-EDE00F265438@microsoft.com>,
> anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> > Yes, I can ping the dns server from the workstation with the fully
qualified domain name (server.domain). I'm noticing though, after reading
through a lot of other posts, that everyone seems to be setting up domains
like "domain.com" or "domain .net". I only set up one level so all I have
is "domain".
> >> Also, when I type nslookup at the command prompt on the
workstation, it returns the fqdn of the server along with its correct IP
address.
>
> If you set it up as a single name domain you should rebuild it with a
> domain.lan format. The .lan isn't on the net and it allows DNS to
work
> properly in your office.
>
>
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