Hey Folks,
When installing WIN2k server as a PDC at some point it asks for the hosting
name or domain name... can't remember how it asked it... and it suggestes
using the fully qualified name like something.com. Well I went ahead and
put in ?.com where ? is the name of the company. Let's call it xyz.com. It
also asks if I need to keep it compatible with (I think pre2000) operating
systems. I say yes because we have Windows 98 and some Windows 95 units. I
have to call it something different so I call it xyzfirm . I gave the
computer the name xyz.
So now when I look at the computer name it is xyz.xyz.com
Everything appears to be working ok. The Windows 98 computer will use the
domain xyzfirm since it needs the compatible version.
Questions:
1) When installing a domain server could I have said the domain was xyz
(without the .com) or did I have to use xyz.com (with the .com) portion?
The main reason for this question is I realized the xyz.com we used is
actually a valid internet domain out there. With DNS setup on the Domain
server I can overrided that in my zone file, but I would have preferred to
not have matched with real domain names.
2) Could I rename it so the domain does not have the .com?? or would this
be a majore problem after the fact.
2) There are several Windows 2000 Professional computers that use to log
into a Novell server. The profile for those users are stored as local
profiles. So when I make these 2000 Professional computers part of the
domain will it go and create a new profile for these users?? And if it does
how do I prevent them from losing all of their settings that have been
previously saved in the local profiles.
Thanks in advance.
Greg Saunders - IT Analyst
The Branch Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 40004, Roanoke, VA 24022
Phone: 540-982-1678 (x406) Fax: 540-982-4217
Carpe diem - Seize the day; Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants!
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