Cant quite remember the exact trick, but it involved backing up the accounts into a data file, *.csv?? then importing them into your new DC, Its been a while with Windows, We did it with the migration of mailboxes too, from exchange 5.5 to 2003 at that "client" :-)
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > But if I do that what about the user accounts? > Won't I loose all the account information? > > Kiggs > > On Jun 25, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Daniel Bwente wrote: > > Look into the option of demoting the 2003, making the 2008 the primary with > the same domain parameters then having the 2003 join the 2008. > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Has anyone ever come across this >> I am trying to make a 2008 Server a DC in an Existing 2003 Domain >> >> >> When I run dcpromo it goes well until the last step then I get the error >> >> The Operation Failed Because: >> >> A domain controller could not be contacted for the domain <DOMAIN NAME> >> that contained an account name for this computer. Make the computer a member >> of a workgroup then rejpin the domain before retrying the promotion. >> >> "Access Denied." >> >> >> I have tried as much as I can after that and still nothing improves... >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Kiggs >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > > -- > Dan > +256-071-2-552035 > > "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will > wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; This > is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles." > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > -- Dan +256-071-2-552035 "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; This is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles."
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