Upgrading NT 4 domain to Win 2000

[Lev]

Hello,

I am trying to upgrade our NT 4 network to Win 2000. I ran
into a situation with our domain name. Our domain name has
a dot in the middle. Something like XXX.ORG. When I go to
upgrade to Active Directory, it wants to assign a prefix
to it. How can I get away from it and leave my domain as
is.

Thank you
Lev
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Richard McCall [MSFT]]

In NT4 everything was Netbios and you could have Kingston.org as a netbios
domain name and name resolution is based in WINS. However in w2k and w2k3 it
has moved to DNS for name resolution and DCs have to register a DNS name.
This is why when you upgrade a NT4 Domain that it asks for a DNS name.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much.

Is there any way I can rename NetBios name before
upgrading to Win2K? The users won't be connected to it
anyway.

Thanx,
Lev
(e-mail address removed)

-----Original Message-----
In NT4 everything was Netbios and you could have Kingston.org as a netbios
domain name and name resolution is based in WINS. However in w2k and w2k3 it
has moved to DNS for name resolution and DCs have to register a DNS name.
This is why when you upgrade a NT4 Domain that it asks for a DNS name.

--
Richard McCall [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

Hello,

I am trying to upgrade our NT 4 network to Win 2000. I ran
into a situation with our domain name. Our domain name has
a dot in the middle. Something like XXX.ORG. When I go to
upgrade to Active Directory, it wants to assign a prefix
to it. How can I get away from it and leave my domain as
is.

Thank you
Lev
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)

.

 

[Richard McCall [MSFT]]

178009 Renaming a Domain: Process and Side Effects
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=178009

--
Richard McCall [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

Thank you very much.

Is there any way I can rename NetBios name before
upgrading to Win2K? The users won't be connected to it
anyway.

Thanx,
Lev
(e-mail address removed)

-----Original Message-----
In NT4 everything was Netbios and you could have Kingston.org as a netbios
domain name and name resolution is based in WINS. However in w2k and w2k3 it
has moved to DNS for name resolution and DCs have to register a DNS name.
This is why when you upgrade a NT4 Domain that it asks for a DNS name.

--
Richard McCall [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

Hello,

I am trying to upgrade our NT 4 network to Win 2000. I ran
into a situation with our domain name. Our domain name has
a dot in the middle. Something like XXX.ORG. When I go to
upgrade to Active Directory, it wants to assign a prefix
to it. How can I get away from it and leave my domain as
is.

Thank you
Lev
e-mail: (e-mail address removed)

.