changing the name of win2k server
Hello,
i have a small network running win2k. i have active directory installed and only one server machine. i get the ip addresses for all the machines from the isp. i have named my server as SERVER, so now when i start up the server i get the message a duplicate name exists on the network. now how can i rename the server to solve the problem. please help soon.
Thanks in advance.
Joseph
Re: changing the name of win2k server
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Originally posted by josephjohnt
Hello,
i have a small network running win2k. i have active directory installed and only one server machine. i get the ip addresses for all the machines from the isp. i have named my server as SERVER, so now when i start up the server i get the message a duplicate name exists on the network. now how can i rename the server to solve the problem. please help soon.
Thanks in advance.
Joseph
You shode be Remove Active Directory , Then you can Rename server name .
By file windows\system32\DCPROMO.EXE you can remove it and then reinstall it again.