Re: Cant demote out of forest

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From: Dean Wells [MVP] (dwells_at_mask.msetechnology.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:09:32 -0400

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> I found what your talking about just before reading your
> post..KB Artical 332199.
> The warning I read said I needed to be able to restart
> into Direcory Services Restore Mode, otherwise I will not
> be able to log into the computer after a forced demotion.
> I'm @ my house working via TS. I didnt want to chance the
> machine not restarting normally..Or is this warning just
> a possiblity? Would you happen to know?
>
> Thanks for your reply,
> Richard
>

This is certainly "gutsy" via TS but most definately something I
(personally) would happily proceed with (that's not to say you should :)
... the KB is accurate _enough_ though I'm fairly certain "DCPROMO
/forceremoval" requests the password anyway ... regardless, if you're
running 2000 SP2, login as an Admin. and run a Command Prompt (Start -->
Run --> CMD) and type "setpwd" ... IIRC, this legacy utility does NOT
confirm your new DS Restore Mode password so be sure you typed it
"c0rr3ctly" :) ... if not, post back with what you are running.

Now you know your SAM password which will be active if the
"forceremoval" succeeds! 

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Dean Wells [MVP / Directory Services]
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