[ale] Way OT: Windows DC question

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 20:57 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Ignore this question.
> 
> I decided to go ahead and try the Workstation install followed by
> conversion to DC.
> 
> It was surprisingly simple and was simple follow the leader stuff.  I
> guess I would have known that if I had ever installed Win2003 server
> before.

Ah, well. Another good virgin ruined by the dark side...
> 
> On 11/8/05, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Soory about the OT question, but I'm getting frustrated and I've
> > already spent an hour trying to research this very simple question.
> > ===
> >
> > I have a client that wants me to evaluate Microsoft CRM for them.
> >
> > It seems to require the server be a Microsoft 2003 Domain Controller.
> >
> > I have a test computer I can install Win 2003 on, but what are the
> > basic steps for installing it as a DC.  I do NOT have a windows domain
> > available to leverage off of.  This will be the main DC for a single
> > server LAN.  I'm doing a from scratch install, not an upgrade.
> >
> > Way back in the NT days it was required to declare a system a PDC
> > during the install.  I no longer see a way to do this.  Do I just
> > install as a workgroup member, then somehow convert the server to a
> > DC?
> >
> > Greg
> > --
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> >
> 
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