Re: Presence of Server 2003 DC?

From: Simon Geary (simon_geary_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:09:21 +0100

Go into your Default Domain Controllers OU and check the properties of your
DC's. There is an Operating System tab.

If someone had installed a 2003 DC in your 2000 domain that means you now
have a 2003 domain. You can't install a 2003 domain without running adprep
and forestprep so you can also check for the existence of any changes made
by these.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309628

"JB Fields" <jbfields@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23Q82tXnaEHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> How might one determine if a Windows 2003 domain controller has been
> installed on a Windows 2000 network?
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insisted
> we invent houses and discover fire." -- Khiem Tran
>
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> microsoft.public.windows.server.networking,
> microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting,
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