> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bruce Clingaman > Sent: 08 January 2004 14:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Changing domain name/joining a > forest or parent d omain > > > I doubt this would work in my senario (step 1) since I am > running 2003 in native-mode.
Yup. > Also, I am in doubt about your statement in the third > paragraph "demote ALL of your current Windows 2000 DCs to > member servers. This procedure will retain all current > users, groups, and computers." I was thinking that the > demoting process removes all the domain accounts. That's why the lack of native mode is the key. You'd be able to have NT 4 BDCs in the domain if you were running mixed mode, and they would hold the domain data. List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
