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DNS With Active Directory Problem

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by ahsan_h

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I have installed Win2000 Server and promoted it to Domain controller.While installing I also installed DNS. I would like to remove DNS now but on doing so, domain controller stops authenticating the users and stops sync with other DCs. At the same time if I try to add a new DC it will never become a DC untill I install DNS on it. Does any one know how to remove DNS form the DC and still work smoothly??

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by rob

You have to have at least one DNS server on the network. When you promote your second DC put the IP for your DNS server as the Perfered DNS server under TCP/IP properties. Then you can run DCPROMO without adding another DNS server on the new box.

by saihib

If your using Active Directory then you absolutely must be running DNS. AD depends on it.

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