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Do I have to know how DNS is setup for us with the ISP's DNS servers before I configure our local DNS Server? I mean does it matter if they are different in any way?

But our DNS servers are hosted by our ISP so how does that work with Server 2k w/AD?

How does installing a DNS server on our network work when our network already points to DNS servers outside of our network?

You cannot demote a BDC or PDC to a member server. In order to move a BDC to another domain you MUST reinstall Server because of the SID being only for that domain. Only a stand-alone/member server can be moved.

Go to User Manager for Domains. Highlight all the users whose folder paths you want to change. (you can hold the shift key down to select a block of users, or the ctrl key down to select random users when clicking) Then go to User>Properties Click on the Profile button Fill in all the...

Thanks for the article Bobhughes! In my case, I'm not replacing the PDC altogether, I simply want the new 2000 server to be the PDC with AD. I plan to bring the old PDC back online, as a NT4 BDC for the time being. Do I have to move the WINS server to this new PDC as well? Any other things I...

So you are saying that I should set up DNS server on my NEW PDC, the one I will be upgrading to 2000 w/AD?

Why do I have to do this before I promote the BDC to a PDC? Thanks.

OK, so here's my idea for upgrading our network: I will simply create a new BDC in our domain and synch it with the PDC. Then I'll the promote this BDC to a PDC. Next I'll take the original PDC (now demoted) offline. Then I'll upgrade the new PDC to Windows 2000 Server with Active Directory...