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It ended up that I needed to log in under Administrator to get the service pack to install. 
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It ended up that I needed to log in under Administrator to get the service pack to install.

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Hello DaffyGurrl, <br />
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I am having the same problem can you give me a little more detail on what you did to get around the error. &nbsp;I have been logging in as admin to the domain and getting the error. <br />
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Thanks<br />

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Hello DaffyGurrl,

I am having the same problem can you give me a little more detail on what you did to get around the error.  I have been logging in as admin to the domain and getting the error.

Thanks


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The way I got it to work, was to log onto the machine (not the domain) as Administrator and then try running the service pack install.
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The way I got it to work, was to log onto the machine (not the domain) as Administrator and then try running the service pack install.

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Hi,<br />
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I am trying to install SP3 on my 2000 server and everytime I get that dcpromo.exe is in use and I need to stop it before the installation can continue. &nbsp;I don't have active directory set up on my server. &nbsp;Does anyone have any idea why I am getting this error?<br />
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Thanks for your help.<br />
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Hi,

I am trying to install SP3 on my 2000 server and everytime I get that dcpromo.exe is in use and I need to stop it before the installation can continue.  I don't have active directory set up on my server.  Does anyone have any idea why I am getting this error?

Thanks for your help.



Stop dcpromo.exe so I can install SP3

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.