failed to modify the necessary properties for machine account

[farakh]

I removed the server. Renamed it. tried dcpromo. and
still doesn't work.
when I run dcpromo i get the error "failed to modify the
necessary properties for the machine acount, access is
denied"
the initial part of the promotion was successful, this is
verified because the computer becomes a member server in
the domain, but the promotion to domain controller did not
succeed because dcpromo could not modify the machine
account.
I did some research and found that the this problem can
occur if the account that is used to promote has not been
assigned the "delegation privilege".
I am promoting using the administrator account. I don't
know what else to do. I don't have a "default domain
controllers policy". So I can't modify that. Is something
wrong with active directory?

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Farakh,

I assume that you found the MSKB article on this. Did you follow it? Did
that resolve your issue?

Did you look at the following two MSKB Articles:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232070
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=250874

They usually resolve this issue.

HTH,

Cary