Re: How to down grade server 2003 from pdc to file server

The concept of a PDC is different in 2003. However, if this is a mixed
environment (nt4 and 2k3) then you may experience some issues after the
demotion. While you have a mixed environment of nt4 and 2k3 domain
controllers, the 2K3 dc will hold the PDC role via the FSMO PDCe role.
That's by design.

2K3 offers dcpromo.exe as a way to remove active directory from a 2K3
server. You can run it and remove the domain controller ability.

Al




"sferguso" <sferguso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6DD14E80-319A-49E1-8F1F-86AC614764F9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello

All sorts of info on upgrading, but how do I downgrade to a file server
from
a PDC.

Thanks

scott


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