single label domain name

[Guest]

Hi there,

I have posted a few messages over the last few weeks regarding my employers
IT setup so I was wondering if I could ask you guys just one more thing.

We have a single label domain name and have done from our 2k server days
through to our migration to 2003. I suppose the time to have addressed this
issue would have been during the migration but for reasons unknown this wasnt
accomplished. Our domain does seem to run absolutely fine as it is, but we
do occassionally have DNS problems and despite our clients configured to
automatically update DNS, Dynamic dns updates dont seem to work anymore,
could the single label domain name be a factor?

I have seen the odd article on changing an established domain name, but I've
also heard that its frought with danger, can someone advise whether or not to
go about this and what is the most simplest way?

Or maybe its like my mother used to say..."If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Regards,

 

[Herb Martin]

Hi there,

I have posted a few messages over the last few weeks regarding my employers
IT setup so I was wondering if I could ask you guys just one more thing.

We have a single label domain name and have done from our 2k server days
through to our migration to 2003. I suppose the time to have addressed this
issue would have been during the migration but for reasons unknown this wasnt
accomplished.

Before that even when the domain was created.

There is not way to change the Win2000 domain
name.

Our domain does seem to run absolutely fine as it is, but we
do occassionally have DNS problems and despite our clients configured to
automatically update DNS, Dynamic dns updates dont seem to work anymore,
could the single label domain name be a factor?

Yes, and that means it doens't "run fine."

Probable reason is that with later Service
Packs of Win2000 and with Win2003 it
becamse more critical.

I have seen the odd article on changing an established domain name, but I've
also heard that its frought with danger, can someone advise whether or not to
go about this and what is the most simplest way?

You must be in the most advanced functional level
of the forest (all Win2003 DCs and "Win2003 Forest
Functional Level.")

Or maybe its like my mother used to say..."If it ain't broke, don't fix

it!"

It's broke and may need fixing, or it may not
be absolutely critical.


Single Label domain zone names are a problem Google:
[ "SINGLE LABEL" domain names DNS 2000 | 2003 microsoft: ]

Find the articles, fix the problem as best you can or
look into renaming the domain.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

"Dynamic dns updates dont seem to work anymore,
could the single label domain name be a factor?"

Yes. You may be able to solve this by editing the registry - see:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300684

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP