Another question of win2000 DC to win2003

Hi,
I was looking for these questions in newsgroup and google but without
success:
I had run DCDiag and NetDiag in my win2000 DC, without errors.
I am ready to make the update. These are my questions:

- Can I run adprep /forestprep /domainprep commands only for error
testing in a production network? These commands modify something in
the Windows 2000 DC that will produce problems?

- If I get errors with these commands, and decide to give up with the
update, can I go on with my win2000 DC without any problems?

- Can I update my win2000 DC to win2003, without interfere with my
production environment?
Let me explain better: Do I have to make the update at night or I can
do it at working hours? Will the users note anything? I am talking
about all steps (run Adprep, make win2003 member, dcpromo win2003, DNS
install/replication, Transfer 5 FSMO, dcpromo win2000).

Thanks in advance.



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