Re: turning off domain server

If it is Windows Server 2003 then you can rename if even if is a domain
controller. This is something you can't do on Windows 2000 server.

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"CarSalesman" <CarSalesman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The initial reason I wanted to turn off the service, is simply to change
the
machine name. The machine has been moved to an entirely different
location.
The PCs that were part of the domain are not there, so I won't be
"breaking"
anything.

Can you recommend a book that will tell me more about the "new to me"
things
in active directory, and Server 2003, vs my long ago experience with NT
server?

I think my original post said the machine is Server 2000, but its actually
2003, if that makes any difference.

don





"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:

That may be done, as was mentioned, with dcpromo.
Aside from impacts due to loss of the domain, to the extent that
domain-level access and grants are in use, I have to wonder why?
A W2k server as a stand-alone can seem very like an NT 4 server
as a stand-alone, yes. But that is choosing to not use any of the
advanced that AD brought for centralized management, which even
with just 20 client machines can be a great timesaver.
I would really suggest that you think twice, even three times, about
this before you attempt to turn back time, choosing to run things
"the old way". Why not give yourself some time to see whether
things actually are better first, then think a fourth time?

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server : Security)

"CarSalesman" <CarSalesman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have taken over a Win2000 Server system. I want to change the system
name
and workgroup. When I go to System in Control Panel, it says I can't
change
those items because the machine is a Domain Server.

I don't need or want a domain for this application. The machine is
simply
going to be used as a simple file server for 20 PCs. In our other
store,
I
have a WinNT Server, with workgroup, no domain, that does that job very
nicely.

I would like this machine to work the same. How do I turn off the
domain
server function, so that if functions with a workgroup, no domain?
Thank
you.





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