I have to upgrade an NT 4.0 Network to Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain,
It has been a long while since I worked with NT so I decided to setup a test
platform in the office before doing the actual upgrade onsite. I just have a
few questions and many of the NT resources do not appear to be available
online any longer. I am running a few test machines and would like to test a
few procedures.

I setup an NT server, new installation, as a stand alone server, now I would
like to join the local domain, then promote this server to the PDC, I cant
locate "DC Promo", where is this located?

If I setup a server NT as a stand alone server, can I then create a new
domain after the initial setup? I know during the setup you can specify to
create a new domain?


Thanks
Steve

Hi Stephen,

You cannot promote a standalone machine NT 4.0 machine to
primary or backup without reinstallation or the use of a third party
application. You cannot move an NT 4.0 DC to a new domain
without reinstallation or a third party application. You have to choose
PDC to create a new domain.

"Stephen E. Weber" <sw@webersystems.com> wrote in message news:
>
> I setup an NT server, new installation, as a stand alone server, now I
> would like to join the local domain, then promote this server to the PDC,
> I cant locate "DC Promo", where is this located?
>
> If I setup a server NT as a stand alone server, can I then create a new
> domain after the initial setup? I know during the setup you can specify to
> create a new domain?
>