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Thanks for your help Jay Jay70. &nbsp;
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I have two W2K DC's in a child domain, one is primary - containing DHCP, DNS, GC and the other is GC / Active dir only. &nbsp;The primary DC is aging and I want to purchase a new server. &nbsp;Is it best to purchase a new server, name it something else, promote to DC with DNS and DHCP then demote the old primary server, or is it better to send the server roles (DNS, DHCP) to the current secondary machine, demote the current primary and then purchase the new server and promote it? &nbsp;I don't think I can call it the same computer name but that should be ok. &nbsp; Would Schema still work properly?<br />
I would also like the new server to be Windows 2003 if possible. &nbsp;Thanks for any suggestions
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I have two W2K DC's in a child domain, one is primary - containing DHCP, DNS, GC and the other is GC / Active dir only.  The primary DC is aging and I want to purchase a new server.  Is it best to purchase a new server, name it something else, promote to DC with DNS and DHCP then demote the old primary server, or is it better to send the server roles (DNS, DHCP) to the current secondary machine, demote the current primary and then purchase the new server and promote it?  I don't think I can call it the same computer name but that should be ok.   Would Schema still work properly?
I would also like the new server to be Windows 2003 if possible.  Thanks for any suggestions

Moving primary W2K DC to a new machine

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.