Re: Hi. No DCs are up.

From: Jim Carlock (anonymous_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:42:10 -0500

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
There are no PDCs/BDCs in Active Directory - only domain
controllers. Is the server you refer to still operational? If so,
connect it to the network and run dcpromo to demote it - then
you should be able to remove it entirely. If not, you'll need to
see MS KB 216498.

The server is gone. I just called it BDC because that's what it
was set up as. I think I can reinstall Win2k and get it back up,
I'm sure I can, but it'll take more time than I want to commit to
it. And I have a couple other issues I need to get worked out,
so I'm just going to work them one at a time, hoping the first
one will fix the other ones.

I'll post back and let you know what's happened. Thanks!

If you think it would be quicker to reinstall the server then
dcpromo, let me know! <g> 

-- 
Jim Carlock
http://www.microcosmotalk.com/
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Jim Carlock wrote:
> I'm probably going to have to look at the server for this.
>
> I'm thinking some of this is starting from this problem:
>
> I had a BDC that I created while doing some tests. I
> disconnected the BDC but I can't seem to delete it from the
> Active Directory Users and Computers.
>
> How do I delete such an item? Am I going to have go into
> the registry and manually do it?

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