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RENAME A WHOLE DOMAIN

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by schwartz 1 view

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My original domain name contains an underscore (_) in the name and I want to rename the whole domain to remove it. Is there an easy way to do this without building a new PDC and moving machines into the new domain? Is there a white paper that describes the process? Has anyone successfully done this?

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by jtbitanga

Right click Network Neighborhood icon and choose properties. From the General tab or folder, click CHANGE button. You may now change your domain by simply typing your desired Domain Name.

by schwartz

Nope, that changes the domain name in an NT server but not the PDC or BDC....that's the real problem!

by ntoz

The "Domain" name is just a Netbios name in NT 4.0 you can change the name of the domain but watch out for these other issues.

1. All workstations must be chaged to reflect the new NetBios name

2. All LMHOSTS files and HOSTS files need to be updated if any

3. WINS may need to be reinitilized, as it may cause issues

I hope this was of help

Pete

by ustutz

I have changed NT 4.0 domain names before. You have to start with the PDC. Change it's domain name in the network properties. Next promote the next BDC in line to PDC, and then change its name. Keep going through all BDCs like that, then follow up with member servers and workstations.

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