Unable to promote Win 2003 Server to DC in Win 2000 Domain

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Chai

Hi there,

My server crash today and I have reformat the server and
reinstall back windows 2003 server, which previous is DC
in win 2000 domain.

After I reinstall and try to join to the domain, I got
error message - cannot find the DC in active directory,
DNS name cannot be contact!!

I can ping the main DC and with DNS name also no problems!

Any ideas?

I have patch the win 2003 server before promote and
previous I did not patch the server when I promote the
server - it is the cause? I patch Q822925, Q823559, and
Q823980!

Thanks

Chai
 
Make sure your server uses the DNS Server (prefered DNS)
(eg configure the DNS Client)

Also check the zone file for srv records

Johan Arwidmark
 
Do you have your schema updated to version 30?
If not, use adprep /forestprep, and most likely read some articles about
upgrading to 2003.
 
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