ADUC shows the NETBIOS domain name

[BM]

Hi,

I just stubled upon a Windows 2000 domain which has the netbios name in ADUC
and alot of other placed where the DNS domain name should be.

It seems like the upgrade from Windows NT 4.0 Domain to Windows 2000 AD
somehow only got 85% upgraded. I can create users/computers/ou's etc. but
the domain is firm and not firm.com.

I have tried adding a Windows 2003 domain controller (in a desperate hope of
being able to change the domain name that way) but the replication doesnt
work because the domain name is incorrect.

Anyone has ANY ideas how I can solve this ? What I need is a method of
forcing the domain name in AD to change from NetBIOS to DNS.

Thanks in advance.
Bjorn Mikkelsen

 

[BM]

Follow up :

It may have something to do with the Simple-Label DNS instead of an error in
the upgrade/AD, I have tried this KB without luck : 300684

 

[Jimmy Harper [MSFT]]

I think we need to first determine if this is a single label domain name
(domain name is "domain", instead of "domain.com"), or if the domain
controller has a disjoint namespace (server name is "server", instead of
"server.domain.com"). You can run "net config workstation" to get the full
computer name, DNS domain name, and NetBIOS domain name.

If this is a single label domain name, the only method to rename it is
described in the following article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;292541

This process involves reverting the domain back to NT4, then re-upgrading it
to Win2k with a new name. If the domain is in Native Mode, this cannot be
done.

If the domain controller just has a disjoint namespace, I have a script that
can fix this.
--
Jimmy Harper [MSFT]
Directory Services
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