We currently have a single W2K3 server (fully patched) which is running
pretty much everything; AD (DC), DNS, and Terminal Services.  We're expanding
and will have additional servers and wish to move the DC and DNS roles to a
new server.

I have a question regarding root hints on Windows 2003 DNS, but a little
background first.  My PDC takes anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes to
reboot, because it has a hard time "finding" itself, even though it is
the PDC.  When conversing with the consultant who set the PDC up ages

I am running windows 2003 server.  I have a primary DC that is also hosting
two websites.  I have to other servers that are also domain controllers for
backup of the same zone--one local and one remote.
My problem is that (same as parent) A records get added automatically for

I've set an alias up and it pings OK from the client (aliasdomain pings to
maindomain with the correct IP address) but if I address aliasdomain in a
browser it says the site has no default page (maindomain works OK).
I've done the following:

Hope someone will assit on this. we have a domain controller 2003, we hosted
website with some company and they re-direct to one of our machine IP
address, which we running IIS and offcourse running our website. Now comapny
wants to host web server somewhere else in which we ...

Currently we have a public DNS server (W2k3) that has forwarding and
recursion enabled.  To tighten security we will be implementing a few
private DNS servers with recursion and turning recursion off on the
public server.

I need to copy all records from one zone to another in Windows 2003 DNS. Both
zones are running on the same server. Generally this is straight forward as
you can edit the .dns file in %SystemRoot%\system32\dns , but in this case
the target zone is Active Directory Integrated so ...

Can anyone point me to any detailed instructions on how to successfully
migrate DHCP and DNS from a Windows 2000 to a Windows 2003 server?  The last
time one of our DC's came off lease we were still on 2000 and I found some
info that allowed us to move DHCP intact but I'm getting ...

Hey all.  I'm new to this.  I have an internal dns zone set up (chm.lan) and
my internal IP's pointing to it, etc... Basically it works.  What I need to
do is add another domain (UC9000.com) on this same server.  I'll also have
subdomains under this (i.e. ucs.uc900.com, faxgw ...

I am after a bit of help and guidance.  I am trying to configure DNS on
one of our servers so that we can use it as our own nameserver.  We run
a website design company and the name servers of the company we use
keeps going AWOL.  In the first instance we need to get it setup as the

I'm just wondering can I query a DNS server with nslookup or something
and get a listing for every domain that the DNS is responsible for?
Thanks.

I adding a second site to a single domain. This site has 2 DCs both of which
are GCs and one of which I am planning on making a DNS server. This site will
be in China and the main operations is in the US. My forest and domain are at
the 2003 functional level. My question is what ...

We do not have any PTR Records being added Dynamically in DNS, the A records
are being added.  DHCP is running on a DC.  I have tried specifying user
credentials for Dynamic Updates but it did not work.

Hallo to all,
I have a problem integrating the DNS and AD on a new DC.
I receive error event ID 4514.
My problem is that my new DC server (the one where I receive the error) is

Here is my environment:
  There are 3 domains -- root.com, child.root.com, newtree.com - ea with 3
DCs
  Concerning DNS: