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Demoted a Windows 2003 Server to make it a member server off another domain. Forgot to uninstall BE 10d so after demotion BE would not work. Realised that the login account was now invalid so tried to change it to a local account on the server. This would not work inspite of passwords being OK...

Have you taken ownership of the files ?

Don't know if can modify this script Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strDesktopFolder = objShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") Set objShortCut = objShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktopFolder & _ "\IIS Manager.lnk") objShortCut.TargetPath =...

I take it your FSMO roles are ok

See my answer of 2nd August 2007 to the same problem

Here is the correct way to ajust utilisation. Right click on the shield. Left click 'Virus scan console. Right click 'Full Scan' Left click 'Properties' Left click 'Advanced' Tab Crank the 'Sytem Utilisation' from 100% to say 10% OK the setting. Thats it!

I spent a day trying to link in a 2003 server to a 2000 domain which a colleage ran Adprep and eventually restored system state to the 2000 servers. I then started again running ADprep and all ran ok. The second time I linked the servers on a temporary switch which prevented users getting on. I...

I am trying to create a script to write to the registry using the contents of a variable as the value. I have looked on the web but cannot find a solution.

Just a thought - would creating an environmental variable for checkdone = 0 work

This error has been on this forum before but having tried the procudure on the Veritas site I have still have the problem. The setup is Windows Server 2003 with BE 9.1 using a Seagate DAT 72 tape drive with DAT 72 tapes. If I inventory and quick erase a tape it puts it into the scratch media...

Have you tried nslookup

Are you using APC software for your ups. Versions below 7.0 will cause servers to hang for ages on a reboot. Go into safe mode and delete the APC sevice. You can get the latest software from the APC web site.

Has your backup software been set to append which will fill the tapes - should it be set to overwrite.

I had a similar problem with the upgrading of 2000 to 2003. This was caused by a user getting on the system while running adprep. Luckily I had made a backup of system state so a restore was possible. Having been bitten once I now remove the network cable when running adprep.

Some time ago a new DC was added to a domain and the FSMO roles swapped. Unfortunatly the old DC was removed from the Domain Controllers in active directory without demoting it. A further DC has been added to the domain. A problem has come to light with the DC with the FSMO roles. I am unable to...