Hello,



I have a Windows 2000 sever, that is a NT 4 Domain member. I have to change
the computer name by using the minimum amount of administrative effort and
trying to maintain the group/user id's information.



I was told that renaming a NT domain member requires you to create a new
computer account and also to leave the domain, restart, rejoin the domain and
restart again. I'm concerned that any domain id's/groups that were in local
groups may be lost, even though we're adding the server back into the same
domain. I'm also thinking about file/web permissions from the domain.



Is there a way to retain the SID information ? Do we really need to remove
the server from the domain before changing the name? As long as the new
computer account has already been created, wouldn't this work ok?



Thanks.



Pablo.

Hello Pablo A. Pablo A.,

As far as i know, you can just rename it. It is 2000 you said and 2000 machines
you can rename without any problem. The reinstall was necessary to demote
a nt4 domain controller or make a nt4 member server domain controller.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello,
>
> I have a Windows 2000 sever, that is a NT 4 Domain member. I have to
> change the computer name by using the minimum amount of administrative
> effort and trying to maintain the group/user id's information.
>
> I was told that renaming a NT domain member requires you to create a
> new computer account and also to leave the domain, restart, rejoin the
> domain and restart again. I'm concerned that any domain id's/groups
> that were in local groups may be lost, even though we're adding the
> server back into the same domain. I'm also thinking about file/web
> permissions from the domain.
>
> Is there a way to retain the SID information ? Do we really need to
> remove the server from the domain before changing the name? As long as
> the new computer account has already been created, wouldn't this work
> ok?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pablo.
>