Reader Challenge

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Tim, a reader, has a 200-seat Windows NT 4.0 system with a PDC, three BDCs, and several member servers for file and print services. When another company acquired Tim's company, he easily set up the WAN to join the larger group. "Now the parent company wants me to make changes to my internal setup, but I'm unsure about the procedures," he wrote to me. This month's challenge is a series of questions about the tasks that Tim needed to perform. See how well you would do if you faced the same dilemma. (Answers appear on page 26.)

1. Which of the following procedures do you perform to rename a domain?



1. Reinstall the OS over the original installation on the PDC, and change the do-main name during setup.
2. Install NT 4.0 on a different new server, and tell the setup program that this server is a domain controller (DC).
3. Neither A nor B.
4. Either A or B.



2. Which of the following procedures do you perform to rename a PDC?



1. Reinstall the OS over the original installation, and change the name during setup.
2. Reinstall the OS in a new directory, and use the new name during setup.
3. Open the Control Panel Network applet, and change the name on the Identification tab.
4. Open Server Manager on any BDC, and remotely change the name of the PDC.



3. After you rename a PDC, which of the following tasks must you perform on the workstations?



1. From the Control Panel Network applet, open Computer Browser Service Properties and change the target PDC's name.
2. Do nothing because the workstations will find the PDC.
3. Remove and reinstall each workstation from Server Manager on the PDC to send a signal to the workstations.
4. Any of the above tasks.



4. After you rename a PDC, if both the old and new names appear in Server Manager, which of the following tasks must you perform?



1. Do nothing, and wait for the next replication to resolve the problem automatically.
2. Use Server Manager to delete the computer with the old name from the system.
3. Use Server Manager to demote the server with the old name to a BDC, then delete it from the system.
4. Open a Command Prompt window on any BDC, and enter the command

net accounts /sync

to synchronize the domain database.