Re: SBS 2003 on 2000 Domain workaround?

SavagePenguin wrote:
> Our small business had two servers.
> Server 1 has 2000 Server and is the domain controller. It has fifteen
> user licenses on it. About 12 people use it.
>
> "Server2" had 2000 Server, and only runs one program used for
> scheduling.
> The company told us that their latest update would not work on 2000
> Server anymore. They said it could even work on an XP machine if we
> wanted. (It's not very intense I guess).
>
> They said SBS 2003 was fine so we purchased a copy and upgraded Server2
> to that.
>
> Now we get messages that pop up on each computer and say, "SERVER2 does
> not comply with the licensing requirements. Contact your
> administrator."
>
> Now I read, "If SBS 2003 is installed, no other SBS 2003 or 2000 server
> can be installed on the same domain."
>
> Ugh!
>
> Is there a workaround or do we have to buy ten more licenses? The SBS
> Server can pretty much be a file server from what I can tell.
>
> I'd just really prefer that the old 2000 server continue to run the
> domain (as it has the licenses).
>
> I'm screwed, huh?
>
> (help!)
>
>
SBS has to be the primary domain controller. I'm guessing you made it a
member server. It can't be. You can add it to your existing domain but
it can't be just a plain server.