How to demote a NT4 SBS to a member server temporarily

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Hi!
I'm in the process of installing a new Windows 2003 SBS
DC on a small network (< 20 boxes). All user data,
accounts and so on will be moved/reinstalled manually, so
will the mail. That's not the problem! The problem is,
that i need to temporarily keep the old PDC (NT4 SBS)
online as a member server (using DEMOTE, I think). The
reason for this is the installation of a customer-
specific dentist-applikation. The guy who is performing
that operation need to access the old server through the
network.
I'm at loss, I'm afraid. Is there a way to do this, and
can someone provide me with ANY suggestion I would be very
grateful!
Yours
Tom

 

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You cannot demote a NT4 machine without reinstalling from scratch. There is
a 3rd party tool called Upromote that can do this but I am not sure if it
works for SBS.

--
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

"Tom Hagen" <tom@darako.se> wrote in message
news:408a01c4af94$31a34220$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi!
> I'm in the process of installing a new Windows 2003 SBS
> DC on a small network (< 20 boxes). All user data,
> accounts and so on will be moved/reinstalled manually, so
> will the mail. That's not the problem! The problem is,
> that i need to temporarily keep the old PDC (NT4 SBS)
> online as a member server (using DEMOTE, I think). The
> reason for this is the installation of a customer-
> specific dentist-applikation. The guy who is performing
> that operation need to access the old server through the
> network.
> I'm at loss, I'm afraid. Is there a way to do this, and
> can someone provide me with ANY suggestion I would be very
> grateful!
> Yours
> Tom

 

[Tom]

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Thank you!
I will pass it on my customer.
Tom

"Tom Hagen" wrote:

> Hi!
> I'm in the process of installing a new Windows 2003 SBS
> DC on a small network (< 20 boxes). All user data,
> accounts and so on will be moved/reinstalled manually, so
> will the mail. That's not the problem! The problem is,
> that i need to temporarily keep the old PDC (NT4 SBS)
> online as a member server (using DEMOTE, I think). The
> reason for this is the installation of a customer-
> specific dentist-applikation. The guy who is performing
> that operation need to access the old server through the
> network.
> I'm at loss, I'm afraid. Is there a way to do this, and
> can someone provide me with ANY suggestion I would be very
> grateful!
> Yours
> Tom
>

 

[Tom]

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Thanks for your information! I will pass it on
to my customer.
Tom

"Tom Hagen" wrote:

> Hi!
> I'm in the process of installing a new Windows 2003 SBS
> DC on a small network (< 20 boxes). All user data,
> accounts and so on will be moved/reinstalled manually, so
> will the mail. That's not the problem! The problem is,
> that i need to temporarily keep the old PDC (NT4 SBS)
> online as a member server (using DEMOTE, I think). The
> reason for this is the installation of a customer-
> specific dentist-applikation. The guy who is performing
> that operation need to access the old server through the
> network.
> I'm at loss, I'm afraid. Is there a way to do this, and
> can someone provide me with ANY suggestion I would be very
> grateful!
> Yours
> Tom
>