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Precautions in re-installing the Active Directory Users and Computers

Amardeep1981 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:27:20 +0000

What are the precautions to be used while re-installing the Active Directory? Please suggest about how to back up the Active Directory Users and Computers

Active Directory integration

Robe — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:16:52 +0000

how can i began with active directory for my network

Replacing a server in an existing domain (not the main domain controller)

Skenny — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:05:13 +0000

I have a domain in a school system that has one Server 2003 domain controller and each of the seven schools have an additional server in the same domain. All of these servers are Server 2003 OS. I am replacing several of the school’s servers with Server 2008 R2. I have run adprep and prepared my domain for such an addition. I want to use the same computer name for the server that I am replacing. When replacing the first of these servers I went into Active Directory Users and Computers and deleted the server listed under the Domain Controllers section (choosing the third option “This domain controller is permanently offline and can no longer be demoted using the Active Directory Installation Wizard (DCPROMO)”. Then I ran DCPROMO on the new server 2008 R2 computer, giving it the same name as was previously used by the Server 2003 server. I was asked a question that a previous DC existed with this name and did I want to continue the install overwriting the previous setup. I responded Yes and continued my deployment this way. I now realized that I should idealy have demoted the server that I am replacing by using the DCPROMO command on this server and removing it from the domain. My question is, will the first server installation be OK given the way I carried out the setup. All seems to be functioning fine from what I can see, but I am not sure if I will encounter any grief as a result of this process. If not, what should I do to rectify this situation. Thank you for your assistance.

User login issue following AD installation

WindowsServerATE — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:53:18 +0000

I have a machine (which is not the domain controller and I have only remote access to this machine) on a domain X. I tried to promote this machine as a domain controller (domain name Y), during which this machine got disjoined from the domain X. I had logged in as a user from domain X when trying to install AD on this machine. After the installation and reboot I could no longer login as this user.

Which user should I use to login to this machine after installation?

I don’t know the local administrator password, so can I create another local user (add it into the Administrator Group), and use this user to access the machine after installation, but I am completely new to setting this up.

Active Directory wont install

Aaazzz123456789 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:16:54 +0000

I am trying to download active directory, i have tried DCPROMO and it says in cant find it, i would lso like to down load windows XP professional and windows server 2003