This week (maybe tonight), I will be promoting a Windows 2000 member server to a domain controller for the first time. There are already two domain controllers in the domain. After promoting the new ...

If when you attempt to promote a Windows Server to a Domain Controller (DC), after you submit the Prerequisites and while Windows is performing the final verification ...

Here is the scenario. I have two servers. One is a domain controller and file and print server, the other is an Exchange 2003 server. Both of these servers are schedukled to be decommisioned and ...

Picking up the pieces after a failed domain controller demotion Your email has been sent DCPROMO is supposed to make the task of demoting a domain controller easy. So what do you do if DCPROMO fails?

If you’re faced with this issue, you can try either of our recommended solutions below to resolve the issue. Restart Server computer Use dsa.msc snap-in on the existing Domain Controller Let’s take a ...