Need Help with Windows 2003 Server R2

ejbmail

I need to know if I have server that is configured for a Domain and want to
remove the AD and Domain and configure the server for a File Server only.
What would happen? Would I crash the server or what?

I have several issues with the server now and the PC's in the domain cannot
see the server or connect to it for some reason. I checked to insure that
the workstations are able to resolve to the server as well as ping the server.

When I try to add them back to the AD it states that the domain is not found.

Jorge Silva

Hi
-Is that Server a DC? If you de-promote the DC from AD it will become a
normal member server, but that should solve your problem because you say
that the clients can't reach that server!!! You say that you've several
issues with the server, why not solving them first? What exactly is the
problem, can you describe? did you ran any test before?

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I hope that the information above helps you.
Have a Nice day.

Jorge Silva
MCSE, MVP Directory Services

Meinolf Weber

Hello ejbmail,

Your description is not really clear. Please describe in detail what role
the server has now and maybe before, was it DC? What have you done, was the
machine in the same domain or another one? What issues do you see and what
errors do you get as popup or in the event viewer?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I need to know if I have server that is configured for a Domain and
> want to remove the AD and Domain and configure the server for a File
> Server only. What would happen? Would I crash the server or what?
>
> I have several issues with the server now and the PC's in the domain
> cannot see the server or connect to it for some reason. I checked to
> insure that the workstations are able to resolve to the server as well
> as ping the server.
>
> When I try to add them back to the AD it states that the domain is not
> found.
>