Mark,
With
all due respect, the Pre-Windows 2000 (or NetBIOS name) is the ONLY one that
cannot be changed - regardless of what ever level of mess you want to go
through.
You
can change the domain name (the FQDN) of a domain - provided it is still in
mixed, by using NT 4.0 DCs to back out Windows 2000 completely (see
Q292541). This is not a supported solution, but it can be done.
There are other ways, (VBS script was posted here a few weeks to a month
ago....) but this seems to be the most straight-forward and least complex
(IMHO, they all are messy, and generally suck).
As to
changing the NetBIOS name - that's another story all together. I've never
seen that done, and would be interested in seeing detail from someone who has
successfully done it.
Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT
Microsoft MVP - Active
Directory
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 9:49 AM
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Dear All,
I know
it can be done (because I have read it in the Microsoft documentation) but I can
find where to do it. Please could someone let me know how I can change the
pre-windows 2000 name for a computer !
Many
thanks,
Mark Abbiss
EADS Headquarters
81663 Muenchen
Deutschland
Phone : +49 (0)89 607-34776
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