Moving from NT 4.0 to AD, you either upgrade, by upgrading your existing PDC
to Win 2k and AD, or you migrate by setting up the NT 4.0 domain and the AD
domain side by side on the same wire and use something like ADMT to migrate
users from the old NT 4.0 domain to the new AD domain.
As you network sits now, is the NT 4.0 server the PDC or is it a member
server and the Win 2k server the DC. I suspect the NT 4.0 server is the PDC.
hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
"Brian" <bpaff RemoveThis @hypneumat.com> wrote in message
news:1158763482.171083.298520@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I have a Windows NT 4.0 server on a compaq proliant 1600 w/ 261,556 KB
> ram. This was our original server which housed our manufacturing /
> accounting software and was also the print server. We purchased a
> Windows 2000 server on a proliant ml350 w/ 2,227,740 KB ram a few years
> ago and installed new manf software on it. They recommended keeping the
> old server as a print and file server. I have since moved all printers
> and files to the new server and would like to shutdown the old one and
> retire it. I tried just shuting it down but got permission error
> messages and trouble with the workstations finding the network server.
> What do I need to do to make this work, step by step if possible,
> before the old system dies completly. What happens if old system dies
> before I get this done. Thanks for the help, Brian
> >> Stay informed about: Old server dying 
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