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________________________________ From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 5:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Edit .dns files manually Im in process of changing about 40 domains for a client, all internal, they have a 2003 standard and secondary dns server (not ad). Im thinking to lessen the downtime, I could edit the .dns files in notepad and then just copy them back into the system32\dns folder and restart dns services. What say you? I googled around but most of what I found was copying registry over and doing other AD integrated style things.. Thanks ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~