I am swapping out a pc and Im having trouble connecting to my win 2003 server ( I did not setup the server) . I was trying to change the pc name and add the same dns info as the old pc but I get an error stating the domain controller could not be found. I can ping the server and the server can ping the pc. Any thoughts would be appreciated

I was trying to change the pc name and add the same dns info as the old pc but I get an error stating the domain controller could not be found. It sounds like you're trying to make the new PC into the old one.............is this correct? If yes, why? I don't understand why you would do that when it would be so much simpler to just add the new PC, as a new PC, to AD.