Only when I did not give it enough time to replicate but that was years ago with the 2k server at sub SP2 and the W2k3 at SP0.
Jon On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, to get back on the topic, this one has taken a weird twist : > > Ran ADPREP /Forestprep ( and /domainprep ) on the Win2000 DC (schema > master) with successful completion messages > > but running DCPromo on the Win2003 server against this domain errors out : > > > > The operation failed because: > > The Active Directory Installation Wizard cannot continue because the > forest is not prepared for installing Windows Server 2003. Use the Adprep > command-line tool to prepare both the forest and the domain ...... > > "The version of the Active Directory schema of the source forest is not > compatible with the version of Active Directory on this computer." > > > Three DCs at this site, all show proper replication, event logs show > nothing relevant, attempt to rerun adprep show > "Forest-wide information has already been updated " > > Anybody run across this before ??? > > Thanks > > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
