Re: w2k3 sbs - dcpromo down-promote to workgroup problem



I noticed in another thread that XP Home machines won't be able to connect to
the W2k3 SBS (but macs will?!?!) ...
If that's the case then SBS may be the wrong option for me... I do not want
to have that limitation...

"Eriq Neale" wrote:

> Nope, SBS *must* run AD and *must* be the AD root server in the domain.
> From what you describe below, i does seem (at least on the surface)
> that SBS should be a good product for you.
>
> At this point, I'd suggest wiping the server and reinstalling SBS and
> let it go through the setup as it expects to. Then join the
> workstations to the domain using http://server/connectcomputer. Then
> follow the information at
> http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/archives/mac/index.shtml to
> configure the serve and the Macs to talk to each other (the biggest
> step here is giving your internal domain a name that does NOT end in
> ".local" but .lan or .office or something of the sort). Adn, of course,
> post here if you have questions along the way...
>
> HTH...
>
> -Eriq
>

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