It's included in SP4, but you can also have SP2 or later with the hotfix
outlined in the following article to perform a forceful demotion:
332199 Using the DCPROMO /FORCEREMOVAL Command to Force the Demotion of
Active
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=332199
David Pharr, (e-mail address removed)
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| From: "Herb Martin" <
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| Subject: Re: Dcpromo demotion failed
| Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:06:28 -0600
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| Service pack 3 or 4 adds the "forceremoval" switch to DC program.
| Upgrade if necessary and use that.
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| Herb Martin
| | > We have a server the last DC and we tried to do a dcpromo
| > to demote it. It is a child domain but the parent does
| > not exist. (i didn't do it). I am unable to demote it. I
| > want to just remove AD and all DC info and make it a
| > member server. Please help
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