Re: Help, I need SBS 2003 without domain controller

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From: Mal Osborne (malcolmo_at_silverfern.com.au)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:47:12 +0800

What are you trying to accomplish? There may be a better way of doing it

Mal Osborne
MCSE MVP Mensa

"Daniele Piccinini" <d.piccinini@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:OOPWIOXwEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi !
>
> I need SBS 2003 configured without domain controller. After i have demoted
> my installation with dcpromo.exe wizard, the server shuts down
> unexpectedly. This is the error reported in the system event log:
>
> Event ID: 1014
> Source: SBCore
> Description: "This computer must be configured as a domain controller. It
> will be shut down in 30 minutes. To prevent this computer from shutting
> down, run Setup on the disk that you used to install the operating system
> to configure the computer as a domain controller."
>
> Can someone help me avoiding this shut down?
>
> Thank you !!
>
> Daniele.
>
>

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