w2k unjoin old / join new domain trouble

Hi folks.

I have an old w2k workstation which was a member of a domain called
"landmat". It was physically removed from that domain without unjoining
it first. That domain is no more (it has ceased to be...) so there is
no way to hook the computer up again and unjoin the domain. Now I have
the envious task of joining it to another domain (w2k). Here´s what I
have accomplished.

1. I log onto the computer (ws) as an administrator. I hook it up to
the network and assign it an IP address.

2. I have established a connection between the old computer (ws) and
the domain. Both can see the other, and ws can access shared folders on
the network.

3. When I try to join my domain (System properties - Network
identification - properties) with domain admin UID and PWD I get the
error message "Your computer could not be joined to the domain because
the following error occurred: The specified service does not exist as
an installed service." The ws computer account is, however, created in
the Active Directory.

After very extensive google'ing I found an article that cites the
Windows timer as the main culprit. Followed the instructions, no luck.
The strangest thing though, is that sometimes (in no apparent order or
for no apparent reason) I get a "Could not join the domain because user
credentials supplied do not match" (can´t remember the exact wording)
appear instead of the "Your computer could not...."

Baffling, to say the least.

What I am trying to do is this.

On this computer is a web server. I have been assigned a public IP
address that will point to our firewall, whic in turn points to this
machine. Pretty straightforward, so far.

This computer will not ultimately be on the domain. It will be alone in
a workgroup. But in order to make it a member of workgroup I need to be
able to unjoin it from the old domain, hence the efforts to make it a
member of another domain which is up and running.

Re-installing the os is not an option. It would however (of course)
eliminate the problem.

That´s my story so far, can anyone give me a hint on how to solve this
problem?

Thanks very much in advance,

rattati

So, my question is.
Can I join a domain even though the computer still believs that it is
in another domain, that is, fooled into accepting the new domain?

.

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