DC Registry Hack

[Chris Dickinson]

Can someone remind me which registry key to change in order to change a DC
to a member server when dcpromo will not run.

Thanks

Allan

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

You can use dcpromo /Forceremoval to remove AD when dcpromo wont run (then
you have to do a metadata cleanup). What errors are you getting ? Can you
better describe your situation.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory

(e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com

 

[Chris Dickinson]

Someone else 'had a go' at removing it from a domain but failed. They have
screwed up AD, DNS, RAS etc etc. On occasion, the event viewer will not
display event details and I am in this situation bow. The main issue is that
is takes hours to try to process the logon when it boots so I am after a
quick fix just to get me going. I am aware of the /forceremoval option but I
don't have the patch from Microsoft and I am a bit loathed to install SP4 to
get the feature.

I have used the registry patch successfully in the past but foolishly forgot
to make a copy of the article. I cannot find it in the newsgroups anymore
wither - just references to a few people who have used it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Allan

 

[Linn Allen]

-----Original Message-----
Can someone remind me which registry key to change in order to change a DC
to a member server when dcpromo will not run.

Thanks

Allan


.
Try HKLM>System>Current Control Set>Control>Product

Options>Product Type>lanman change to servernt

 

[Chris Dickinson]

I think that the one!

Thanks for your help

Regards

Allan