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Subject: Re: NT domain renaming
From: Ben Comfort (BComfortYOTTAYOTTA.COM)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 18:01:52 CDT

Renaming the Domain is possible and fairly painless
but can be time consuming.

To Rename your domain:
Go on to your PDC.
Network Properties->Identification.
Change the Domain name.
That's it.

BUT...(Here comes the time consuming part)
You will have to remove all machines
from the old domain and add them to the new one.
Any trust relationships will have to be re-established
and you'll have to move your exchange server from
the old domain to the new one.

Are there any plans in your company to move to a Win2000
network?
If so, try to convince management to "put off" the
renaming of the domain until then.
Just set up the new Win2K DC(s) with the new name.
IMHO it's better to kill two birds with one stone.

Ben Comfort
System Administrator
YottaYotta Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Young, Paul [mailto:PaulYMATRIX.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:01 AM
> To: FOCUS-MSSECURITYFOCUS.COM
> Subject: NT domain renaming
>
>
> My company has been bought out by another and there is a desire within
> management to remove all references to the old name, which
> just so happens
> to be the NT domain name. Does anyone know of a
> not-too-painful way to
> change an NT domain name? I have a small network with a PDC
> and Exchange
> server and about 50-60 NT clients. I can handle the Exchange
> org. change
> (using the moveserver wizard - works very well, BTW). I just
> don't know of
> a way to change the NT domain name without a complete reinstall.
> ------------------------
> Paul Young
> MCSE, A+, Network+
> IS Manager
> Matrix Corporation
>