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i got stuck where active directory is not showing/opening up properly, because of SP2 installation issues. Once that is resolved, I should be able to do this.
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i got stuck where active directory is not showing/opening up properly, because of SP2 installation issues. Once that is resolved, I should be able to do this.

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we replaced a computer on our Windows Server 2003 network, and had to keep both computers connected to the network for a while. so we were not able to keep the same name for the new PC, for the network to refer to the same computer resource.<br />
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Now we are ready to have only the new computer. Can I rename the new PC to the old name, without any 'side-effects'. The new computer is being used to login through RWW. So I want to make sure there is not something I am not thinking of,before making the name change on the computer, and updating that name on the server.<br />
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Thanks
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we replaced a computer on our Windows Server 2003 network, and had to keep both computers connected to the network for a while. so we were not able to keep the same name for the new PC, for the network to refer to the same computer resource.

Now we are ready to have only the new computer. Can I rename the new PC to the old name, without any 'side-effects'. The new computer is being used to login through RWW. So I want to make sure there is not something I am not thinking of,before making the name change on the computer, and updating that name on the server.

Thanks

what impact will changing a computer name have on Win Server 2003?

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).

Windows Server 2003

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.