Re: Hi. No DCs are up.

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:53:02 -0500

Hi - it won't do you any good to reinstall the server (and may cause more
harm than good) as the SID won't match the old one. Follow the steps in the
article I posted....shouldn't be too hard, esp as this server probably had
no FSMO roles to seize anyway.

Jim Carlock wrote:
> "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 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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