DCPROMO.exe:

 

When you type DCPROMO.exe in a RUN panel, a wizard will start that will guide you through the process of installing Active Directory and DNS – a joint application in W2KS.  There are a dozen or so panels that will prompt you for options.  Each option is mentioned below – take the option that is stated.

 

Select “Domain Controller for a New Domain”

 

New domain tree

 

New forest

 

(enter your domain name … like pod7.edu or whatever, but avoid obvious conflicts.  Don’t use yahoo.com.   Also, it turns out there is a site called pod4.net …. Best to avoid that.)

 

Let W2KS choose the netbios name to be the first portion of the domain name.

 

Choose the default directories

 

(Beep…. Cant find DNS)

 

Say Yes, you want to install DNS.

 

Chose compatibility with pre-WIN2K  (why not?)