Thanks Chris, The information I have found supports your comment. I am glad to hear it verified.
So, I imagine it goes something like this: 1. Bring up a W2K DC. Sync. 2. Bring offline. This will act as W2K AD (call this w2kdc). 3. Bring up another Server (call this w2kmail). 4. Restore the system state from the Exchange 5.5 production server to w2kmail. 5. Install exchange binaries with setup/r...etc (follow part 1 / 2 process from here....etc) Does this sound correct? NT would have been easier...because all I needed to do was to bring up BDC, go offline, promote, rename, install, and restore. I don't think I can apply this to a W2K environment? Thanks, Leonard Lee _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

