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DCPROMO demote error on Domain Controller

On trying to remove a old server from the directory (2003 server in a 2003 forest) I received this error Failed to configure the service NETLOGON as requested “the wait operation timed out.” The root problem was that this domain controller had a DNS entry to another domain controller that

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Getting closer to the Active Directory Recycle Bin for free

I just posted that in R2 Microsoft plans to provide a true Recycle Bin for AD objects that were deleted, but until then the best we've got is Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. After hours of researching “how do AD snapshots in 2008 help me recover a deleted object(s)

active directory

Active Directory in Windows 2008 R2: all the features we wanted last time

We’re starting our plan for upgrading our Domain Controllers to Win2008. A few cool features are snapshots of AD (may replace our lag sites if we can figure out how to use snapshots for item recovery) and local admins of the DC’s don’t have to be domain