Re: NT4 Domain to Win2k

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From: Danny Sanders (Danny.Sanders_at_NO-SPAMcpcmed.org)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:14:36 -0700

 I want to add a BDS that will be a Win2K machine
> and then promote it to PDS. I DO NOT want to do the Active Directory, I
> just
> want to upgrade the OS and leave everything as it is.

The term is BDC and PDC.

A Win 2k can not be a BDC there is no such thing. All DCs are equal except
for the five FSMO roles.
AD is what changes a Win 2k member server into a DC. Without AD you can not
have a Win 2k DC.

> I don;t have the time to go learn about AD and what it can do. The NT4
> domain works just fine and if it ain't broke I don't need to fix it. I
> just
> want a PDS that has some of the Win2K features like Update and USB

Install the Win 2k server as a member server. That is the ONLY way you can
have a Win 2k server on a NT 4.0 network without using AD.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"GeorgeM" <GeorgeM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B014B5D2-0763-40A0-84E2-CEDBAD73FA4C@microsoft.com...
>I have a working NT4 Domain. I want to add a BDS that will be a Win2K
>machine
> and then promote it to PDS. I DO NOT want to do the Active Directory, I
> just
> want to upgrade the OS and leave everything as it is.
>
> Can Win2K act as a PDS in a NT4 Domain, with a BDS as NT4, and not have to
> go the AD route? I use WINS in the domain also.
>
> I don;t have the time to go learn about AD and what it can do. The NT4
> domain works just fine and if it ain't broke I don't need to fix it. I
> just
> want a PDS that has some of the Win2K features like Update and USB.