Re: Unable to remove Active Directory from server due to a problem

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I just backed up the apps and the documents and formated the drive. It's
working fine now. I don't know what happened. I have only one domain
controller. Thanks for your help.
--
Christian Gutierrez
IT Intermediate


"Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" wrote:

> Christian,
>
> I was going to suggest that you use the /forceremoval switch but it seems by
> the last sentence that you are. Have you been able to run an A/V program on
> your system? It sounds like there might be a virus.
>
> You might want to simply unplug it and then format the hard drives really
> well and then reinstall WIN2000 and then run dcpromo. But, there is still
> the problem of removing the 'old' Domain Controller. You are going to start
> seeing error messages about failed replication and whatnot. You might also
> see problems if the 'old' Domain Controller holds any of the five FSMO
> Roles. To make sure that this does not happen you might want to first
> transfer any FSMO Roles that the 'old' Domain Controller holds to an
> existing Domain Controller and then run a MetaData Cleanup. There is
> information all over the place on how to do this.....
>
> I assume that you have other Domain Controllers in your environment?
>
> --
> Cary W. Shultz
> Roanoke, VA 24012
> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
>
> http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
> http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
>
>
>
> "Cgutierrez" <cgutierrez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(dontyoudarespam)> wrote in
> message news:7522C5AD-6C33-41FB-BD88-894D40A32C61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have a server that i attempted to remove active directory on. It stops
> >in
> > the middle of the removal and pops up a message "Isass.exe has to be
> > terminated or aborted, the memory could not be read. To terminate click
> > ok,
> > to debug click cancel" With either of those choices, the computer seems
> > to
> > continue uninstalling but then then two error windows popup. The first
> > saying the remote procedute call failed. The second is a System Shutdown
> > box,
> > with a timer" I need to remove active directory and rebuild it. Do I
> > need
> > to reformat the hardrive? By the way I was using dcpromo/forceremoval.
> > Christian Gutierrez
> > IT Intermediate
>
>
>
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