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No Exchange here (IMail).
Thanks again.
"Ele7eN" <Ele7eN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66BFDE4D-3EBD-449A-96C8-0C34DA5DBF3E@microsoft.com...
> No, you do not need to do step 8 if you would like to keep it as a member
> server. Just remember that steps 3-8 will adversely affect Exchange, so
> make
> sure you do something to keep from hurting your Exchange installation.
>
>
> "Absolutely" wrote:
>
>> Great response! Thanks for taking the time.
>>
>> By the way, if I choose to keep it as a member server, is there any
>> reason
>> to rejoin the original domain at step 8?
>>
>> "Ele7eN" <Ele7eN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F347C794-CB99-4AC5-8DDF-6833412BBEC8@microsoft.com...
>> > There is an entry in the registry that you can change that will fool
>> > the
>> > server into thinking that it is a member server. It will not try to
>> > load
>> > the
>> > DIT. Changing it will allow the server to start normally, but there
>> > are a
>> > bunch of registry settings and other behind-the-scenes things that need
>> > to
>> > be
>> > fixed eventually so that it is truly just a member server. Normally, I
>> > would
>> > do the following:
>> > 1. Change the registry setting.
>> > 2. Boot the server normally (You will need to logon with the
>> > Administrator
>> > account with the Directory Services Restore Mode password. If you do
>> > not
>> > know that password, then make sure you change it before you change the
>> > registry setting. It can be changed using Setpwd.exe. See KB 239803
>> > for
>> > more info.)
>> > 3. Put the server in a workgroup
>> > 4. Run dcpromo to promote it to a DC in a temporary domain
>> > 5. Run dcpromo to demote it (This is the most important step because it
>> > will
>> > remove/change all of the DC specific settings on the server so that it
>> > is
>> > truly just a member server).
>> > 6. If you want to use the server as a DC again, then you will need to
>> > perform a metadata cleanup in AD to remove any references to the server
>> > as
>> > a
>> > DC.
>> > 7. Join the server back to the original domain.
>> > 8. Run dcpromo to become a DC in original domain.
>> >
>> > You should not perform anything past step 2 as long as you have
>> > Exchange
>> > services running on the server. You may want to consider moving the
>> > mailboxes on the server to another location temporarily so that you can
>> > perform the rest of the steps to remove AD completely.
>> > Make sure that you have GOOD backups of everything on the server before
>> > attempting to change the registry. This is a last resort solution, so
>> > be
>> > careful.
>> >
>> > The regkey is here:
>> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions
>> >
>> > You need to modify the ProductType value by doing the following:
>> > On the Edit menu, click String, type "ServerNT" (without the quotation
>> > marks) (use the exact case), and then click OK.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Absolutely" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have a mail server that was setup as a DC and the thing recently
>> >> developed
>> >> an problem with AD. I have to boot it in AD recovery mode to keep it
>> >> running so the mail server portion works. It won't allow me to
>> >> connect
>> >> to
>> >> the domain to restore it, and actually I'd like to return it to being
>> >> a
>> >> member server. But, I can't figure out how to do this.
>> >>
>> >> Is there a way to remove any AD stuff on it in the condition it's in
>> >> so I
>> >> can go back and just make it a member server?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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