Document Error: Replacing a Primary Domain Controller
Article ID: 167261
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q167261
SUMMARY
The "Replacing a Primary Domain Controller," paragraph on page 4,
Chapter 1 of the Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Guide is incorrect.
It states that, if the primary domain controller (PDC) is not available,
you
can install a new PDC and the PDC will create a new security identifier
(SID) for the existing domain. This is partially correct. The new PDC will
be created as a new domain, but the existing backup domain controllers
(BDC) will not be able to synchronize with the new PDC.
Promoting an existing BDC is the only working and supported procedure for
replacing a PDC.
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