Can you upgrade workgroups to PDC in W2k

[Ross Kaplan]

I have a server running Win NT 4 Sp6a and would like to upgrade to Win
2000 Server soon. My current server is running workgroups and I need to
convert it to a Primary Domain Controller in Win NT 4.0 or Win NT 2000.
Can I do it and how, or do I need to start with a new install.

[kris]

You Can not install NT4 to a pdc.
You can upgrade it to Win2000.
By default all new Win 2000 servers are installed like member servers
in NT4.
After the installation you define if it will be a domain controller or
not.
You do not have pdc's or bdc's in W2K

kris

[Trussell]

Windows for WorkGroups cannot be upgraded to Win2K. You must at least get to
Windows 9x.
KRR

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[Thomas B. Slinkard]

That wasn't the question. The question was can the workgroup environment be
converted to a Domain when the system is upgraded to W2K or does it have to
be converted before upgrade.

Thomas B. Slinkard

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[Thomas B. Slinkard]

In any case, whether when you install W2K or in NT 4, you will have to
perform a "new" install to make the system a Domain controller.

Thomas B. Slinkard

[Joseph Dadzie]

Thomas,
Your information is incorrect for Windows 2000. The user does not need to
reinstall.
You install Windows 2000 Server. Later on when you want to make it a domain
controller, you run the Active Directory Installation wizard to convert it
to a domain controller. If later on you don't like the AD installation, you
can run the AD wizard again and it will demote the domain controller. No
reinstalls.

Joe
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[Thomas B. Slinkard]

I misworded. I meant that Windows 2000 would be a new install (rather than
upgrade) and that the only way to change the NT system to a Domain
Controller in NT 4.0 was a new install.
Am I still wrong? If performing an upgrade installation to Windows 2000
server, you can promote to a DC by running DCPROMO, then?

Thanks for the correction (if I understood)

Thomas B. Slinkard

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[Joseph Dadzie]

You are correct about NT4.
Cheers.

Joe
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[Thomas B. Slinkard]

Thank you. That was clumsy of me.

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