Can a 2000 server be used as a workstation in a 2003 environment?

[Dollie]

I've recently bought a monster of a 2003 server, and am decommissioning several older 2000 servers. I'd like to go ahead and utilize them as workstations. I'm currently working with an old web server with a plane jane install, no dns setup, no AD setup, just IIS. I can't, for the life of me, add domain users because the option just isn't available.

Am I looking at reformatting the whole machine and buying a new OS?

 

[porkchopexpress]

There should be no reason why you can't use it as a workstation.

What are you trying to add domain users to, a group?

 

[nsantin]

If the machine was an AD server then you need to remove that first using DCPROMO. You need to make the machine a member server to rejoin the W2K3 domain.

 

[Dollie]

It wasn't an AD server and didn't have the AD even active. The problem I am running into is that while it appears to join the domain, I can't see it from the server, and I cannot add a user to it to give that user specific permissions.

I'll try making the machine a member server and see if that lets me continue....

Thanks for the idea!!

 

[LWComputingMVP]

Check your DNS settings. Can you ping it? What kind of communication works and what kind doesn't?