Hello to all: Through countless Domain Controller tests, building up DCs, tearing them down, reformatting, rebuilding, etc, all from new MSDN media, 99% of the time when Server becomes DC the IP address changes from the registered IP, to, upon reboot into AD, a 10.x.y.x number which causes the OS to hang waiting with "Preparing network connections..." just before the login prompt. How do I avoid this? Thanks. Scott ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm