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to: John Beckett
from: John Cuccia
date: 2003-04-01 11:00:04
subject: Re: NT4.0 too flawed to fix

From: John Cuccia 

On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 10:56:47 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote:

>John Cuccia  wrote in message
>news::
>> Can't an NT4 xDC be upgraded to W2K without installing Active
>> Directory, and won't the W2K box server as an NT4-style domain
>> controller in that case?
>
>If you run W2k Server Setup on an NT4 PDC, the result will be a W2k domain
>controller (DC) holding a new W2k domain. By definition, that is Active
>Directory. The W2k DC will act as an NT4 PDC for downlevel clients (e.g.
>if an NT4 member computer wants to change a user's password, it will look
>for the NT4 PDC - the first W2k DC will emulate that function).

Yep, just found that out.  Thanks.

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