Oh now that is completely silly.

Especially for an OS that is traditionally case insensitive.



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA
aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 12:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Domain case

No, it's lowercase preWin2k Active directory naming.

You cannot install Windows Server Update Services 2.0 on a computer that is
running an original equipment manufacturer version of Windows Small Business
Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;906798

WSUS does not like a lowercase prewin2k naming.




[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think you're referring to computer names and not domain names(?)
>
> The OP related to domain names.
>
>
> neil
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan 
> Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
> Sent: 08 December 2005 15:32
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Domain case
>
> Well... sometimes not exactly.
>
> The Dell OEM image was built and it flips the preWin2k AD name to 
> lower case from the normal upper case.
>
> WSUS doesn't like that during their install.
>
> Sometimes case does matter.
>
> Harding, Devon wrote:
>
>   
>> Mainly asthetics.  I really would like all domains to look uniform.  
>> Can this be modified in AD? Admod or adsiedit?
>>
>>  
>>
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>> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of 
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:24 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* RE: [ActiveDir] Domain case
>>
>>  
>>
>> I suspect a domain rename is your only option and I would doubt that 
>> the benefit outweighs the pain in this scenario.
>>
>>  
>>
>> What is the (perceived) issue with the case?
>>
>>  
>>
>> neil
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>> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Harding, 
>> Devon
>> *Sent:* 08 December 2005 14:08
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* [ActiveDir] Domain case
>>
>> Is there any way to change the case of a child domain in AD from all 
>> upper-case to all lower-case?  Example, when I look in Active 
>> Directory Domains & Trust, I have this:
>>
>>  
>>
>> - domain.com
>>
>>        + child1.domain.com
>>
>>        + child2.domain.com
>>
>>        + CHILD3.DOMAIN.COM
>>
>>        + child4.domain.com
>>
>>  
>>
>> I want to change CHILD3.DOMAIN.COM to child3.domain.com.  This also 
>> exist when I try to browse the domain tree in ADUC.
>>
>>  
>>
>> _Devon__ Harding_
>>
>> //Windows Systems Engineer//
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