Re: Renaming a single label domain name in Windows Server 2003

From: Marc Reynolds [MSFT] (marcrey_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:18:56 -0600

better read 822590 Exchange System Attendant Does Not Start After You Rename
a Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822590 

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Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support
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"Michael Au" <Michael.AuNOSPAM@NOSPAMhksales.com.hk> wrote in message
news:u9mKqXzBEHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> I have just upgraded my single tree, 4 domains forest to a Windows 2003
> native mode AD, with the root domain being a Single-Label domain name
(pri).
> I had already use the registry tweak to make all DCs to join this root
> domain, but I am considering to change the root domain to something like
> .pri.net. What precautions do I need to take when I am going to do this
job?
> Any traps I may fall in during this rename exercise? As we are preparing
to
> upgrade to Exchange 2003, we alreday ran the ADPrep from Exchange 2003 in
> our domain, will it affect the domain rename process for the root domain?
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
>

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