dcpromo errors

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Robby Pollard

Hi list,

I have 3 DC's. FS1 is windows 2000 and was the first one setup with AD 2
years ago. FS2 is Windows 2000 and was setup about 2 years ago. We have
added FS3 and it is Windows 2003. I have made it the operations master, GC,
etc..... I want to demote fs1 and fs2 so I can rebuild them from scratch.
When I run dcpromo on either fs1 or fs2 it prompts me for the credentials of
the other server. What is this? How do I get around it. I have tried
every password that I know and it fails every time.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Robby
 
I have never heard of DCPROMO promting for anything other than a new local
administrator password.
If you are going to rebuild the DCs from scratch, then don't waste your time
troubleshooting this.
Simply flatten the boxes.
Then perform metadata cleanup per KB216498.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=216498&product=nts40
Then rebuild the boxes.

When you said made it (the new W2K3 DC) the operations master, you need to
make sure it owns all 5 FSMO roles.
 
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