I have a AD that has a PDC that is MS2003 64 bit standard and a BDC of a NT
4.0 server.  The NT server can see all the other servers, however; the MS2003
servers can not connect to the NT 4.0 server.   I get the following error
when trying to connect:

Ok, both of my domain controllers died. (don't ask...I'm trying to
keep from harming others.) Restoring the systems is not an option. And
the old domain was Windows 2000.
I am trying to build a Windows 2003 DC from scratch but it tells me

Please assist...
We have approx 30 DC's (all GC as well ) on 2003 R2 SP2 running and approx
15 Windows 2000 SP4 Domain Controllers (all GC's as well).
The problem we are having is our 2003 DC's SRV records keep disapearing.

I found this tool and it seems to be very useful when building topology stuff.
But my domain has hundreds of sites and when it draws the figure in Visio it
all gets hard to figure out.
Does someone have any tip about how to deal with the drawing?

I have a small number of computers on my network that are getting the wrong
IP address for the router.  All other DHCP info the client is showing is
correct.
I’ve gone to both DHCP servers and confirmed that the scope and server

I am preparing the 70290 exam. I don't have to much windows 2003
administration experience, so I am getting a little complicated with
groups strategy. I would like to know if someone can help me on it
with a dummy explanation, and a few examples, just to give me a ride

Our company has just started and all of our computers are in the WORKGROUP
network. We dont have a domain. Do we need to install Active directory to
have a domain ? What are the reasons for why we need active directory ? Also
if we purchase a Windows server license, do we have to ...

My primary domain is a standard Windows 2003 Server, my problem is that
usually when I install an application so that the services depend on a user
domain, when I reboot the server (Any) these services do not start
automatically, this until I re-type the user password in the ...

We are planning a AD installation for our Company. I need to clear few
things regarding the BDC.
There are around 80 users at our Head Office. There will be different sites
at our city and some sites will be in different countries. Users at different

Can anyone give me a short step by step on how to create certificates for my
domain controllers? I have 3 DC's on a totally isolated network and want to
run the PDC with certificate authority services (I known this is not
recommended but I do not have a spare pc to make the ...

I have created a new AD domain and edited the GPO - Add workstation to domain
(Computer Config\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\ User
Rights) to allow one user to add workstations to the domain.
I have pre-added the computer and user account to an OU.

We have been using Microsoft Identity Management for Unix, to sync
passwords between our Linux NIS servers and our Windows 2003 R2 AD
servers.
However, something has obviously changed within the last week because I

I'm trying to debug from many days a problem without success. Simply
I've a DC running Windows 2003 Std R2 SP2 acting as kdc and I've to
authentication from a Linux client.
On Domain controller I've created a user  (username blathapp ), flagged

how can I find out whether or not there is an application directory
partition in our AD?
Thanks,

I am trying to create an Admin role to add/delete/move computer objects
within our domain.  I have created an AD security group called
AD_ComputerAdminRole.  I have used delegation wizard on an OU to configure
add/delete computer objects.  I have tested this with assigned users.  ...