Re: Removing AD off a DC

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From: Alan Sterling [MSFT] (Alanst_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/19/04


Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:45:13 -0500

Mike:

When you get to "connect to server <servername>" you need to put the name of
the DC that is working.on not the DC you want to remove.
DCpromo /forceremoval will work if you have SP4 installed on the Windows
2000 machine.

I hope this helps.

Alan Sterling---MCSE
Windows 2000 Directory Services

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"Mike" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1072501c40dcc$db70aaa0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> For various reasons, we have to move AD off one of our
> servers. The problem is that dcpromo won't work and I
> tried to do the steps in article 216498, but i
> continously get access denied errors. This server hasn't
> been replicating with other DCs and it is the server that
> our only NT4 server (which is running exchange 5.5) gets
> it account information from. I need to know how to kill
> AD on this DC before more data becomes corrupted by this
> computer!!!!!!!!! Any measure to do so is welcome at
> this time!!!!!!!!
>
> Need help quickly,
> Mike



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