This is why I indicated you should promote it and demote it and then you are back at square one and can start the promo back into a useable domain. There are all sorts of things in the file system and registry handled when you do a proper demotion.
jeo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alicia Szerenyi Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] urgent help needed After i forced demotion of the DC changing the property from LanmanNT to ServerNT, i can't access AD (obviously)...but i have left a lot of files and stuff from the previous install of AD...how do i get rid of all that junk? can i just delete everything? i don't think i can...i have files in the folder c:\winnt\system32, and a lot of other places... Thanks -----Mensaje original----- De: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: jueves, 05 de agosto de 2004 10:16 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [ActiveDir] urgent help needed Install a UPS that will allow your machine to automatically shut down gracefully in the event of a power failure... You might also use an app like VMWare or Virtual PC to create a second DC that you run for a few hours a week or something like that... ********************** Charlie Kaiser MCSE, CCNA Systems Engineer Essex Credit / Brickwalk 510 595 5083 ********************** > Is there any way i can avoid a failure because of a power loss? i read > in the microsoft documentation that power failure can cause that the > database file can't be read, is deleted or corrupted... List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
