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How do I decommission an old server running W2003?

Asked by mickantone in Active Directory, Computer Servers

I have two server currently running W2003. The DC is only a DC, there are no apps, it is small and not very fast 5 years after being ugraded to W2003 Server.  The EXCHANGE server ONLY has EXCHANGE and FAXMAKER.  It also is old but seems to be adequate for the light EXCHANGE load we place on it. It has RAID 5, dual processors (800MHz), 1GB memory, and about 200GB of storage.

My action has been to elevate the EXHCANGE server to a DC, move the FSMO roles to EXCHANGE, and shut off the old DC.  Seems to be going along fine until I reboot the EXHCANGE server. Teh server comes up fine, but the EXCHANGE services do not start automatically.  In fact, I cannot manually start the EXCHANGE attendant or three other services.  However, if I restart the old DC, EXCHANGE will start immediately. What have I overlooked?

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