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by dburako

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NT 4.0 upgrade to windows 2000
Hello,
Need some help from U. I am using NT4 (english) as my PDC and i want to updgrade it to windows 2000 (spanish) with this options:
a. Nt4 as PDC english.
b. Win 2000 Server is Spanish

If you can, please give me detailed information or send me the web site where i can find the instruction i would appreciate it.

Thanks 4 all in advance.
daniel

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by parvus1202

I don't think you can do that, there is no crossover upgrade to another language. Besides, keyboard will be totally different in Spanish. If you want to do this, just fresh install in Spanish, and get a Spanish keyboard. So you need a Win200 full version not just an upgrade. Hope this helps you.

by rabbit_runner

Hi, here is a recommendation, but it will be a bit of a hastle. But it should work okay for what you want. You will need another computer for this process.

1. Install NT4 Server (spanish) on the new system as a BDC.
2. Promote to PDC.
3. Install all services, files, etc that you will need. (migrate everything from the original NT4 server)
4. Wipe the original server clean. Then install NT4 Server (spanish) on it. and make it the PDC.
5. then remove the first (temp) server from the domain.
(All of this will maintain your user and group accounts and permissions.)
5. Then upgrade to Win2k server (spanish)

I know this may be a bit of a problem, but you will maintain all of your accounts and privledges.

Best of luck.

by acattr

Easy. Upgrade to windows 2000 English. Install the Spanish Language Pack. You can get it from Microsoft. MS offers many languages for windows 2000. So you don't have to reinstall.

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