Demote a DC

9 Feb 2006 5:42 PM

John

I need to demote a DC and remove AD. How do I ensure that there is a local
admin account so I will not be locked out once AD is removed?

-john

9 Feb 2006 5:45 PM

Heath Higgins

it will ask you to set a password for the local administrator during the
dcpromo process

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"John" <spam001(at)plasticcircus(dot)com> wrote in message
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>I need to demote a DC and remove AD. How do I ensure that there is a local
>admin account so I will not be locked out once AD is removed?
>
> -john
>

10 Feb 2006 2:28 AM

Christian Lamparth

after the dcpromo you can use the local admin account from when the server
was not a dc

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"Heath Higgins" wrote:

> it will ask you to set a password for the local administrator during the
> dcpromo process
>
>
> "John" <spam001(at)plasticcircus(dot)com> wrote in message
> news:O76lnAaLGHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >I need to demote a DC and remove AD. How do I ensure that there is a local
> >admin account so I will not be locked out once AD is removed?
> >
> > -john
> >
>
>
>

10 Feb 2006 5:07 AM

Cary Shultz

Correct.

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Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012

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"Christian Lamparth" <ChristianLampa***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> after the dcpromo you can use the local admin account from when the server
> was not a dc
>
> "Heath Higgins" wrote:
>
>> it will ask you to set a password for the local administrator during the
>> dcpromo process
>>
>>
>> "John" <spam001(at)plasticcircus(dot)com> wrote in message
>> news:O76lnAaLGHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >I need to demote a DC and remove AD. How do I ensure that there is a
>> >local
>> >admin account so I will not be locked out once AD is removed?
>> >
>> > -john
>> >
>>
>>
>>