[edeichinger]

I put the thing On my HD it isntalled in a diff folder Windows1[I called it]
now it boots I see two OS- I choose 2003svr then it goes to desk top
I can ping the other computer with the "dos" thingy but the workgroup
isnt working even though I have logins and shared users and all that stuff
regardless---I tried this once before and put AD dcpromo on a "fake" DNS
[something I made up] but it killed my internet connection for awhile then I got it
to work after trowing a bunch of netsh commands on the run line but I never could
figure out wither I had a legitamate domain
-DIRTY INSTALL server2003&AD-joined a [fake]domain, want to try again

I have two questions - can I join a domain on a comcast[or something else] account or do I absolutely have to use the SYBEX.com one thats provided in the books I got with this thing. (I hesitant to do it and I dont want to register my copy of server2003 YETcause I'm poor and I only get 180 days to learn it so I need to read and study more before I activate it.-I think)
second question- since I reinstalled server after I installed AD once already
are the netbios and the registry keys still valid--that would mean that I'm gonna have
trouble joining a "real" domain[first question]
I saw this once on a black screen but I dont know what it means


Kingdom321.learningsrv2003 <or maybe this> learningsrv2003.Kingdom321

Kindom321 was my AD setup creation of the domain
and Learningsrv2003 is the name of my PC
Sorry! havent got a clue?
though may be someone here would know~!