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Vishal Vijayan said:
Hi to all,
I have installed Windows200 Server on a Pentium PII pc
with 256 MB Ram.
After installation , i tried configuring the Server using
the configure Scree. When i tried installing Active
Directory Service i received a error message "the network
location cannot be found."
Please guide me what is this error statment and how to
solve this poroblem. I want to install ADS so that i can
install Exchange Server 2000.
Please HELP!!!
Thanking you,
Regards
Vishal Vijayan
There can be mutliple reasons this is occuring. Location not found message
somewhat tells me you are trying to create an additional server in an
existing domain that doesn;'t exist? We'll need to know specifics of what
you provided the wizard so we can interpret that message for you.
In the meantime, with all due respect, I think a little reading up on AD and
it's requirements may help in understanding what it needs and why. Here are
some links on it below. I would also suggest not to use the Configure Server
wizard and perform it manually since you will hve more control over the
install procedure.
I would also suggest to only point DNS to your server only. If this is the
same server, then change the IP properties to point to itself. DCPROMOM will
isntall DNS for you if not already installed since AD NEEDS DNS. If you use
your ISP's DNS server in your IP properties, all kinds of things will go
wrong, which I will put my paycheck on. So all your AD mmembers (DC and
clients) should only use the internal DNS that AD is using. For Internet
resolution, use a forwarder for efficeient Internet resolution.
Q260371 - Troubleshooting Common Active Directory Setup Issues in Windows
2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q260371&
310996 - Active Directory Services and Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003
Domains (Part 1):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310996
310997 - Active Directory Services and Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003
Domains (Part 2):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310997
Active Directory Technical Summary:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/ad/windows2000/plan/adtech.asp
Overview of and Planning for Active Directory Operations:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/ad/windows2000/maintain/opsguide/part1/adogd01.asp
291382 - Frequently Asked Questions About Windows 2000 DNS and Windows
Server 2003 DNS:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291382
DNS Requirements for Deploying Active Directory:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...ol/ad/windows2000/deploy/prodspecs/dnsreq.asp
DNS requirements for installing Active Directory: .
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...tacenter/sag_dns_und_dcpromo_requirements.asp
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Regards,
Ace
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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
