Demote Win2k and Certificate Services

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Paul Casey

Hi There,

I am needing to demote a Windows 2000 Domain Controller
that is running Certificate Services, to become a member
server of an exisitng NT4 Domain.

Is this easy to do as I have seen problems with regards to
the Certificate Service and saying that i might have to
reinstall my windows 2000 server, this isnt really an
option. Is it possible to do this tranisition easily ?

Thanks in Advance

Paul Casey
 
After installing Certificate Services, the machine name and domain
membership may not be changed due to the binding of the machine name to CA
information stored in the Active Directory.
Changing the machine name or domain membership would invalidate the
certificates issued from the CA.

If you want to demote the Win2000 DC, you will have to uninstall/reinstall
the Certificate Services on that machine.
 
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