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some help :)

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Hi all,<br />
I have a single server domain - new Server, new domain. I upgraded the server, and as the AD was not in a good way in the old domain, setup a new domain, with a different server name to the old one. Now the problem is, they had some proprietry software running on the old server, that has the old server name hard coded. Am I able to simply change the name of the new server (2003) or do I need to &quot;prepare&quot; it first by various means.<br />
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Appreciate your help
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Hi all,
I have a single server domain - new Server, new domain. I upgraded the server, and as the AD was not in a good way in the old domain, setup a new domain, with a different server name to the old one. Now the problem is, they had some proprietry software running on the old server, that has the old server name hard coded. Am I able to simply change the name of the new server (2003) or do I need to "prepare" it first by various means.

Appreciate your help

Change Servername on Standalone 2003 DC

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).