dcpromo still not fixing netlogon errors

In news:FEEC7D5A-84E1-4585-B59A-77C10A368770@microsoft.com,
Steve-O <SteveO@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Are there any particular rules of thumb? (i was reading about some
> caveats with Exchange 2003 when changing to a different domain.)
>
> Would i just demote all but the FSMO to member. Move the FSMO to the
> new domain. Move all the others accordingly.
>
> I guess the exchange server is the big quesion.

IIRC, you had a single label name domain.

The rule of thumb that many will agree with is to start fresh. For Exchange,
Exmerge all your mailboxes to PSTs. User CSVDE to export your user list to a
CSV file. Demote and disjoin everything.Then pick a server and promote it
into a new domain with the correct name. Get that up and running. Install
Exchange fresh on your member server. Then run the CSVDE tool to import the
CSV. If you didn't export them, manually create your user accounts. Make
sure they are the same alias names as the PST files to associate the PSTs to
the user accounts. Then run the Exmerge to import the PSTs in.

Ace

Would it be possible to contract out this work. I dont feel comfortable
doign this. I saw you were in Willow Grove...i am pretty close. let me know.

honeyendo at hotmail.com

thanks

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:FEEC7D5A-84E1-4585-B59A-77C10A368770@microsoft.com,
> Steve-O <SteveO@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Are there any particular rules of thumb? (i was reading about some
> > caveats with Exchange 2003 when changing to a different domain.)
> >
> > Would i just demote all but the FSMO to member. Move the FSMO to the
> > new domain. Move all the others accordingly.
> >
> > I guess the exchange server is the big quesion.
>
> IIRC, you had a single label name domain.
>
> The rule of thumb that many will agree with is to start fresh. For Exchange,
> Exmerge all your mailboxes to PSTs. User CSVDE to export your user list to a
> CSV file. Demote and disjoin everything.Then pick a server and promote it
> into a new domain with the correct name. Get that up and running. Install
> Exchange fresh on your member server. Then run the CSVDE tool to import the
> CSV. If you didn't export them, manually create your user accounts. Make
> sure they are the same alias names as the PST files to associate the PSTs to
> the user accounts. Then run the Exmerge to import the PSTs in.
>
> Ace
>
>
>