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<a href="http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Domain-Rename.html" rel="ugc">http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Domain-Rename.html</a>
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life_j,<br />
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those are instructions on how to rename the whole domain, not rename the hostname of a domain controller, which is what totalimpact asked for.
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I know there is a utility to change the domain name on a 2003 Active Directory, but can the host name of the PDC also be changed without starting from scratch?<br />

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I know there is a utility to change the domain name on a 2003 Active Directory, but can the host name of the PDC also be changed without starting from scratch?


http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Domain-Rename.html

life_j,

those are instructions on how to rename the whole domain, not rename the hostname of a domain controller, which is what totalimpact asked for.

Can I change the name of a 2003 PDC as well as the domain name?

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).