step by step guide to installation:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/planning/server/serversteps.asp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Truter, Garth
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:37 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Installing AD on a new win2000 server
>
>
> Mark,
>
> Click on the start menu, select the run option, type in "dcpromo"
> without quotes and follow the prompts. After a while and a few
> mouse clicks, a
> dialog box will appear informing you that it can not contact or
> find a DNS server. Once you click OK it gives you two options,
> one is to manually
> install DNS at a later stage and the other is too automatically
> install DNS for you, select this option.
>
> Garth.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abbiss, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 05 April 2001 04:19
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [ActiveDir] Installing AD on a new win2000 server
>
>
> Dear List,
>
> Please can someone point me in the direction to get CLEAR and UNAMBIGUOUS
> instructions on how to install AD on a new (not upgraded) version
> of windows
> 2000 server.
>
> The installation of the server itself was very straightforward
> but using the
> "Configure Your Server" wizard to upgrade the server to a DC and
> install AD
> refuses to work. It keeps falling down at the DNS stage. I have seen a
> mention in the FAQ that you do not need to install DNS to have AD
> but I have
> no idea how ?!
>
> The basic installation of 2000 Server does not put the machine into a
> domain. My test machine will be the first and only machine in the
> domain and
> therefore I need to move it from the workgroup it currently is
> sitting in to
> a domain...but how can I do that without having DNS installed.
>
> I plead with you all....is there anywhere that I can get an
> idiots guide to
> setting up my new machine with windows 2000 server and AD....I never had
> this much trouble with NT 4.0 !!
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
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