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Basic Windows 2000 Active Directory Guide

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Submitted by PCRanger on 17 April 2006 - 12:13am.
Equipment used:

  • Windows 2000 Server CD
  1. If the previous stage of setup completed successfully, then you should see an intro page.
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  2. We need to select the first option on the screen which is "This is the only server on my network".
  3. At the next screen, press "Next" (if you want to learn a bit more about Active Directory, DHCP or DNS, click on the corresponding buttons).
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  4. Hopefully, you will of been thinking of names for your domain. Type your chosen name in the first box. If you have your own registered internet domain (i.e. computingstuff.co.uk), you can put it in the second box, otherwise just type in "local" (without quotes).
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  5. Setup will now tell you what it is going to do. Just click "Next".
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  6. During Active Directory configuration, you will see these screens.
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  7. After rebooting and logging on as Administrator, you will get the normal "Configue your server" box coming up. Close it.
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  8. I would advise setting up your own Admin user now. You can do this by going to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
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  9. Open up the Active Directory Tree and then open the Users folder.
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  10. Now you can see all of the users in the right hand pane. You will need to right click in this pane then go to New > User.
  11. You will get a box coming up with the following fields: First Name, Initials, Last Name, Full Name (auto fills in), User logon name, Pre win2k logon name (auto fills in). Fill these in and press "Next".
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  12. Here you will get to choose your password and a couple of other options which are "User must change password at next login", "User can't change password", "Password never expires" and "Account disabled".
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  13. User manager will present you with a summary of your choices now.
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  14. Now your new user will appear in the right pane. Double click on it and a vast amount of properties for the selected user will popup. As this user needs to be a Administrator, go to the "Member of" tab.
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  15. Click "Add" and a list of user groups will come up. Select Administrator and click "Add". Do this for the following user groups: Schema Admins, Enterprise Admins, Domain Admins, DHCP Admins, DNS Admins.
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  16. Click "OK", then "OK" again and your user and domain will be set up.