Re: NT4 server to join W2K Domain ?

Nope. Windows NT does not support demoting a domain controller, I'd suggest
that you migrate the data off it and onto a newer server.

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"Jim Matthews" <jmweb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O0YbSMCpFHA.3364@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Actually, all I want to do is copy all the data off of it to another
> server
> and retire it
>
> It is the only server in the domain, so it must be a DC
>
> Isn't there a means of demoting it ?
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message
> news:OQXxpMBpFHA.572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> In news:OFIQwRApFHA.1044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Jim Matthews <jmweb@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>> > We have just purchased another company and I would simply like to
>> > take their NT4 Server and have it join our domain (W2K with AD)
>> >
>> > Is this as easy as it sounds ?
>> >
>> > Can someone tell me what steps I need to take ?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > JM
>>
>> What role does this NT server have now? If it's currently a standalone or
>> member server, you can join it to the domain. If it's a DC, you have to
>> rebuild it.
>>
>> You do know that NT is no longer supported, right? I'd just migrate the
> data
>> off it and build it as a W200* server if the hardware is new/good enough
> to
>> justify it.
>>
>>
>
>


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