Re: Changing the domain name

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From: Newman (nospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:52:56 -0400

Thanks for your quick response.

Is there no way to make the change without losing the user accounts and
computers? Would an in place upgrade work?

Newman
"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin@nospam.WFTX.US> wrote in message
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> In news:O8lsglZoEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
> Newman <nospam@yahoo.com> commented
> Then Kevin replied below:
>> My office has changed its name and so the domain name
>> must be changed. What is the best way to go about
>> changing the domain name for an office running windows
>> 2000 small business server?
>
> This is a problem for SBS2000, you cannot rename a Windows 2000 Active
> Directory domain. You can rename a Win2k3 AD domain from a member server.
> You would have to demote and repromote a Win2k domain, this means you
> would
> lose all users and computer accounts.
>
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