Yeah. I was surprised too. My customer had already run Adprep /forestprep and adprep /domainprep from first CD. They also
Had raised the domain and forest level to Windows 2003. Still had to run adprep /forestprep on 2nd CD to add R2 domain controller. Mike _____ From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: adprep I just did this yesterday and it caught me off guard. According to the KB article I saw, they recommended using the most current ADPREP, which is on the R2 CD. I was kinda surprised when I went to promote an R2 box and it said I couldn't and needed to run ADPREP. _____ From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: adprep I think the R2 portion off the second disk has been installed by my technician.... On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not unless you are going to install some of the things off the second CD. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: adprep I've got a functional Win2K3 domain/forest. I want to add another DC, but this server is running R2. Do I need to run adprep off the cd? Thanks Steve ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
