I got a new server and I installed it as a stand alone so i could get it configured and eveything. But now i want to switch it ovet to a pdc and I was wondering how to promote it. thanks

Go to the Server manger (start menu/administrative tools/ serverger manager) There select the name of the stand-alone server, and then go to the Computer menu, and Click "Promote to Perimary Domain Controller" NOTE: That option only works where there is no other PDC in the domain.

You installed this system as an NT4 (stand-alone) Server? Stand-alone server cannot be promoted to PDC... BDC can be promoted. Re-install sever as a BDC; synchronise its data-base to PDC; and then you can promote it. More on this... http://www.inf.unitn.it/Intranet/Didattica/ManualiOnLine/ntfaq/ntfaq_25feb1998.html#network17 http://www.paperbits.com/support.asp?mid=3563 http://twig.lssu.edu/courses/spring00/cs221/windows-nt-install.ppt http://www.microsoft.com/education/DOWNLOADS/Tutorials/IOC/WinNT/NetworkOrg.doc

There is a piece of software called UPROMOTE that will take a member server and turn it into a BDC. It is the only software utility that can promote your NT server to an NT domain controller without re-installing the operating system.