windows 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
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