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  1. April 16th, 2003, 05:26 AM #1
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    Networking Windows NT4 machines on a 2000 server network

    Is it possible to network Windows NT4 terminals onto a Windows 2000 server network?? The 2000 polices overwrite the policies on the NT4 terminals. Upgrading the terminals to 2000 is an option but a very expensive one.


    If anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.

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  2. April 16th, 2003, 07:02 AM #2
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    I have had absolutely no problems with NT terminals on a Windows 2000-based network. There are some steps you need to take, however, including downloading the Active Directory add-on for NT, which allows you to utilize the your Active Directory structure for your NT boxes. There's tons of information in the Microsoft Knowledgebase about using NT machines on a 2000 network. Do some searching there and you should find everything you need.

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  3. April 16th, 2003, 02:18 PM #3
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    RE: Reply

    Thanks heaps for your reply and I will look into the Knowledge base for more information.
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  4. April 16th, 2003, 04:04 PM #4
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    i have seen several nt boxes added onto a 2k network. adven is correct about using ADS, but (this i just the way i saw it done) it's best to use the domain's security options instead of NT 4's. ... ie have each user log into the network instead of the machine.
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  6. April 16th, 2003, 04:05 PM #5
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    I agree with Adven, the only times I've seen problems with NT 4.0 on a win2k network is name resolution. As long as Wins and DNS are configured properly all seems to work well in that environment. I wonder if the active directory add on would allow the removal of netbios on that network and allow the NT 4.0 pc's to use DDNS... hmm
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  7. April 16th, 2003, 04:12 PM #6
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    The other option on this is on the domain controller side. setit up in mixed mode so it emulates a NT 4 PDC. This will allow for NT4 clients without haveing to messaround with AD for NT4
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