Re: NT4 to Windows 2000

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From: Bjorn Landemoo (mvp2.REMOVE_at_landemoo.com)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:29:15 +0100

Rob

Either upgrade your PDC to Win2000, or install a new BDC, promote it to PDC
and then upgrade to Win2000. Also, see this MS Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296480

Best regards

Bjorn 

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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
"Rob T" <RTorcellini@DONTwalchemSPAM.com> wrote:
>I have an old NT 4 network that has 2 servers that are a PDC and BDC.  The
>domain also has a couple of 2000 servers on it.  I would like to upgrade the
>2000 server so that it is using Active Directory, with the same domain name.
>When I try to install the Active directory, I get the message "The Domain
>'myDomain' is not an Active Directory domain, or an Active Directory domain
>controller for the domain could not be contacted."
>
>Is there a way to convert the domain to an active directory?
>
>Thanks
>
>-Rob T.
>

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