Re: demote the server

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 11/07/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:11:31 -0500

George Hester wrote:
> No not anymore. It's an imposter now. User was Administrator when
> demoted user was Administrator when logged back in after start. Of
> course it REALLY was Administrator.MachineName but let's let that go
> for now.

That's just the profile name. Not relevant to the user account really. So
you were using the domain admin account - is there another DC for this
domain, and can you log in there successfully?
>
> No the account did NOT exist before demoting. It's not possible to
> make an Administrator.MachineName account anyway.

Well, there's no local user database on a DC...maybe I wasn't very clear.

> When the Server
> becomes standalone an Administrator account is made in the demotion
> process.
>
> Event viewer? That probably doesn't work anymore either. But I can
> check. Toast as in burned bread. That toast.

Check...and post back.
>
>> George Hester MVP - IIS wrote:
>>> Who has ever done this and lived to tell about?
>>
>> I have.
>>
>>> But of course if you
>>> didn't live to tell about it, then I cannot expect an answer now can
>>> I? It all went smoothly without a hitch. After the reboot the
>>> prettiest empty desktop you could imagine. IE no longer worked.
>>> Add Windows Components didnt' work. I did get a populated desktop
>>> after shaking some sense into the system and did get an IE window
>>> to appear by Start | Run | http://www.microsoft.com | OK. But it
>>> never connected. I happened to have Netscape 4.8 installed and
>>> that worked just fine. So connection was working.
>>
>> Who were you logging in as, and did that account exist and work
>> properly before demoting the server?
>>>
>>> If anyone has any ideas how to fix this installation I'm open to any
>>> and all ideas. Otherwise toast anyone?
>>
>> Event log errors?
>> If we're toasting, I'll take a gin and tonic with extra lime, please.
>>>
>>> It was Windows 2000 SP4.
>>
>> I'd presume it still is. :)

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