Can XP PRO join 2K domain w/o installing AD?

[Alfredo]

You said it was a (Win2000) DC -- that is precisely equivalent to saying it
has Active Directory on it.

I see. I intimated it, but did not explicitly claim it. I used to
think they were independent things. I stand corrected.

It looks like I'm learning, with everyone's help, that my 2K machine is
not a *windows* DC at all, even though it is indeed a standard internet
server.

 

[Gregg Hill]

That is true. He didn't do this however.


He has said pretty definitely that he didn't upgrade an NT4 PDC
but installed a new DC.

Wow. I missed that comment of his.



Several of his comments led me to believe that he upgraded his NT4 PDC to
Windows 2000 Server.

"Thank you, the server is indeed a PDC and has been for years. This is not
a workgroup I'm trying to join, it is a domain."


"I set this up under NT, when it was possible to set up your server as a
PDC, and migrated to 2K."


">You said it was a (Win2000) DC -- that is precisely equivalent to saying
it has Active Directory on it.

I see. I intimated it, but did not explicitly claim it. I used to think
they were independent things. I stand corrected."



"No, have never done that, thought that my machine was a PDC."

"I need the server to be (what used to be called) a PDC."



I guess we'll never know!

Gregg Hill

 

[Kerry Brown]

I guess we'll never know!

It's pretty clear the OP had a chip on his shoulder about Microsoft for some
reason. He lacked the common sense to know that he may not know everything
and that if you ask a question and get an unexpected answer you should then
question your original assumptions. When he received answers he didn't like
and questions that he didn't know how to answer he disappeared instead of
seeking knowledge. Obviously we are all just Microsoft lackeys pushing the
Microsoft way as the only way. I think everyone goes through this phase at
some point in an IT career. Those that get over it may become good techs.
Those that don't become managers

 

[Gregg Hill]

"I think everyone goes through this phase at some point in an IT career.
Those that get over it may become good techs. Those that don't become
managers "

Now, that was funny!

It goes along with the difference between ignorance and stupidity. Not
knowing something is ignorance, which is fine...refusing help to understand
it is stupidity.

Gregg Hill

 

[Frankster]

Microsoft way as the only way. I think everyone goes through this phase at

some point in an IT career. Those that get over it may become good techs.
Those that don't become managers

Funny you say that For my last 6 years in IT corporate America I was an
IT manager of 85 systems engineers. Guess what.... these were a MIXTURE of
about 50/50 Unix/MS. It was hell getting these two groups merged to begin
with, but after about 3 years they started working together and it was
great! Turned out to be a very accomplished team, willing to consider
*solutions* from all all angles, not just MS or Unix. I really enjoyed it.
Personally, I grew up through both Unix and MS support.

-Frank

 

[Kerry Brown]

Funny you say that For my last 6 years in IT corporate America I was
an IT manager of 85 systems engineers. Guess what.... these were a MIXTURE
of about 50/50 Unix/MS. It was hell getting these two groups merged to
begin with, but after about 3 years they started working together and it
was great! Turned out to be a very accomplished team, willing to consider
*solutions* from all all angles, not just MS or Unix. I really enjoyed it.
Personally, I grew up through both Unix and MS support.

-Frank

There was an element of truth to my joke but it was a joke

I couldn't agree with you more. It's just different ways of flipping the
same bits. Knowing how it's done by different systems often gives you more
insight into troubleshooting any system. I was poking a bit of fun at the
OP's obvious dislike of the MS way. Even if you prefer the way a different
system works it's always useful to know how the system you have works.