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by singh_surjit

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I HAD WINDOW NT 4.0 SERVER IN A LAB
WITH 24 WINDOW NT WORKSTATIONS AS A PART
OF A DOMAIN IS IT POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE WINDOWS NT WORKSTAION TO WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL AND SERVER STILL
BE OF WINDOW NT 4.0 , BECAUSE AS I TRY TO
MAKE IT A PART OF DOMAIN IT GIVES MESSAGE
DOMAIN NAME NOT VALID. IF THE ANSWER IS NO
YOU GET 5 POINTS IF ANSWER IS YES AND WITH THE CORRECT SOLUTION U GET 150 POINTS

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by solson

Yes, I did it on my home network, upgraded my Windows NT workstation to Win 2000. I would though on the server delete the Workstation first, then when your upgrading enter the domain and name of your computer. If it still doesn't work, set it up as a workgroup. After you have Win 2000 up right click your network icon, properties, click Network ID (look on the left side, small print), in system properties, select Network ID, go to properties and make your changes there.

by singhjunk

Yes, you can have a windows Nt Server 4.0 with win 2000 Clients. Yes, you are right when you try to join the domain, You can't Join Windows 2000 Client to a Windows NT Domain.You have this problem sometimes.

Reason:- If your only protocol is TCP/IP and you disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP, that is probably your problem. This can also be caused by some 3rd party DNS servers, that do not support SRV records.

Solution:-
To enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP:
1. Start / Settings / Network and Dial-up Connections.
2. Right-click Local Area Connection and press Properties.
3. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press Properties / Adsvanced / Wins.
4. Click Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
5. Press OK until you are out. You can ignore the 'empty primary WINS address' message.
If you don't want to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, you could install NetBEUI on the clients and the server.

Thanks,
Jasjeet Singh

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