You're not going to lose anything other than user account data by demoting
it.

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Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
Atlanta, GA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emmanuel Adebayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:14 AM
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: RE: Unistalling AD
> 
> 
> I recently upgraded my NT Server to Windows 2000, which was okay.
> On the same network I have a Windows 2000 member server which 
> I promoted to
> AD. th epromotion went well also, but on accessing the active 
> directory for
> users and computers I got "Naming information cannot be 
> located because: The
> server is not in operational."
> 
> I discovered that this server is also running DNS (Primary), 
> I forgot to
> first demote the server to member server, I removed the DNS 
> cofigured on the
> server. On trying to remove the AD, I got the error message "Active
> directory failed because:.....bla...bla.....bla......."
> 
> The first server is working fine.
> I am just looking for a way to remove AD from the other 
> server without using
> dcpromo and all my information will still be intact.
> 
> Thanks.
> Emmanuel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 16 October 2002 14:02
> To: NT 2000 Discussions
> Subject: RE: Unistalling AD
> 
> 
> FDIsk.
> 
> What are you trying to do?
> 
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> Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
> Atlanta, GA
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Emmanuel Adebayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:44 AM
> > To: NT 2000 Discussions
> > Subject: Unistalling AD
> > 
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > How can I unistall AD from my Server without using dcpromo.?
> > Thanks.
> > Emmanuel
> > 
> > 
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