We have replaced our old server (10 years old) with a new one. The operating system on both is Windows 2003 Small Business. We performed a DCPROMO and the AD information carried over to the new server just fine. We also set the new server as GC, but for some reason it still will not authenticate users. The old server has been taken offline (I should add it will not allow us to DEMOTE it), so it has just been unplugged.
Any AD tools (sites and services, users,etc) we click on result in a domain controller not found error. However, I can tell it to CONNECT TO A DOMAIN CONTROLLER and voila! All of my users,etc appear.
This server is for a small office and to be honest, I would not have gone with a domain setting in this environment but it's what has been in place and what we have to work with. All that the users need to be able to do is authenticate so they can access their mapped drives. That's it.
I am new to Windows 2003 so I am at a bit of a loss with this whole thing. I guess what I would like help with is how can I configure it so it will be seen as a domain controller that will allow users to authenticate and access their network shares?
Thank you in advance for the help.
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