Re: Change workgroup to domain

From: Bill Grant (bill_grant)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:57:09 +1100

  Is this the only server in the network? For a domain setup at least one
server must be a domain controller. If this is your only server, you would
need to promote it to a DC. Do you have a real reason to run as a domain
rather than as a workgroup? It is a non-trivial change to make!

"Wes Johnson, PMP" <wes_johnson@msn.com> wrote in message
news:e3J#JKKrDHA.3320@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have a laptop networked into a windows2003 server. When I look into
> Network Places, it showa up in a workgroup rather than the domain and
login
> never asks for the domain. How can I change this?
>
>

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