Alfredo said:
Okay, I see. I set this up under NT, when it was possible to set up
your server as a PDC, and migrated to 2K.
"Migrated" how? If you upgraded the PDC to Win2000 then that
automatically UPGRADED (not migrated) your NT domain to AD.
If you "Migrated" your domain users accounts and computers accounts to a new
Win2000 DC then that would have required a domain.
If you just installed a Server without making it a DC then there was no
"NT migration" of the user and computer accounts of the NT domain.
The reason I (used to?) think I have a windows domain is that, right
now, today, in the 2K server, when I click on Explorer > My network
places > Entire network > Microsoft Windows Network >
MyInternetDomain.COM > MyWin2kMachine is shown.
You can have DNS domains and zones completely distinct from AD domains.
Most of the world of the Internet running on Unix/Linux/Mac etc has DNS
without having AD which is (largely) a Microsoft only concept.
AD on the other hand REQUIRES DNS, and DYNAMIC DNS at that.
Sure. This machine serves as both an internet web server (I own my
internet domain name and run the server here at home, that's the 2K
machine) and have a personal machine (the XP machine) with which I would
like to join that domain as domain administrator, be able to share files
and printers, etc.
Well if you wish to "join a domain" that means DCPromo to DC and thus
creating an AD Domain.
If you just want the machine to use a particular DNS name (in no way will
this "join" anything) that is also possible but won't accomplish much.
So we are back to what PRECISELY do you wish to accomplish -- by
"joining" a Win2000 domain?
(Saying that you want to do what the subject line says is logically
impossible
and doesn't say what advantages you would hope to achieve even were it
possible -- what are you actual goals with this?)
What would work then that doesn't work for you now? What features or
functions are you hoping to see or use?
Don't try to describe (initially at least) how you think that might be
accomplished but rather focus on what services and features will be
available afterwards....