[windows2000] Re: usrmgr - cannot find dc

  • From: Joe Shonk <JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:00:10 -0700

Yes and no... Check out this tool:
http://www.algintech.com/UTools/UPromote.asp

It allows you to change memberships of a NT 4.0 server from DC to Member and
vis versa.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Angelucci [mailto:daniel_angelucci@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 6:54 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: usrmgr - cannot find dc



That dog won't hunt (as they say in these parts).  You can't make a PDC a 
member server or change domain membership without reinstalling the OS in Win

NT.

Dan


>From: Daniel Ensor <densor@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: usrmgr - cannot find dc
>Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:42:54 +0100
>
>
>Maybe you could take the PDC off the domain and then rejoin, have a look in
>server manager if it's an NT4 network and see if you can get to it there
>other than that as Dan says get it out of the wins (Make sure you get rid 
>of
>the tombstone record in the database otherwise it might replicate).
>
>Cheers
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Angelucci [mailto:daniel_angelucci@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:19 PM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: usrmgr - cannot find dc
>
>
>
>Check WINS.  DC record may be screwed up.
>
>Dan
>
> >From: "slymax" <groups@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [windows2000] usrmgr - cannot find dc
> >Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:06:34 -0400
> >
> >Sorry, this is a NT4 question.
> >
> >When I open User Manager on our PDC to add a user, I get this message --
> >"could not find domain controller for this domain."  What in the world
> >would cause that on a PDC?  All the network settings seem find.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >___________________
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> >http://vette.slymax.com
> >
> >
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