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@clonyxlro, thanks for reminding me.
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Explain your situation in more detail please. &nbsp;It will use the first DC that it finds using DNS<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247811?wa=wsignin1.0" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247811?wa=wsignin1.0</a>
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Explain your situation in more detail please.  It will use the first DC that it finds using DNS

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247811?wa=wsignin1.0 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247811?wa=wsignin1.0]

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No problem. Happy New Year !!!
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I'm trying to force all the workstations to connect to a different DC. &nbsp;Rather than shutting down the DC, is there a service I can stop on the old DC that will stop workstations from authenticating to it?
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I'm trying to force all the workstations to connect to a different DC.  Rather than shutting down the DC, is there a service I can stop on the old DC that will stop workstations from authenticating to it?

How do you force workstations for log on to new DC?

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