Hi,

I just recently bough new server and installed windows 2008 standard R2.

in our environment, condition is:

- clients run under windows xp pro and windows 7 pro

- there is a file sharing and database server run under windows 2003 standard.

this new server will be allocated as domain control server. how to make good configuration, and what are I need to prepare it (ae: update xp to sp3)?

thanks.

 how to make good configuration, and what are I need to prepare it (ae: update xp to sp3)?

Yes, it's recommended to update XP to SP3. For more details pls refer blog post from Sander Berkouwer

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sanderberkouwer/archive/2013/04/08/so-you-want-to-continue-using-windows-xp.aspx

If you are looking for information on Active Directory configuration, please refer below linked URLs

Configure a DNS Server for Use with Active Directory Domain Services (Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2)

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2010/04/17/creating-a-windows-server-2008-r2-domain-controller.aspx

http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/archive/2010/06/27/time-configuration-in-a-windows-domain.aspx

Hello,

for the domain upgrade see http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/archive/2010/02/10/upgrading-an-active-directory-domain-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx

Each OS you run should ALWAYS use latest available service pack and ALL updates. So install them ASAP.