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Changing domain name in server 2003

I am using server 2003 r2 sp1

I have recently changed its domain name using dcpromo. everything went ok. DNS is setup ok too. but I'm getting a few similar events  as follows:

Dynamic registration or deletion of one or more DNS records associated with DNS domain 'ForestDnsZones.webresmain.com.' failed.  These records are used by other computers to locate this server as a domain controller (if the specified domain is an Active Directory domain) or as an LDAP server (if the specified domain is an application partition).  

This is the old domain name. I have ran the following nltest /dsderegdns:webresmain.com . This is meant to edit the %systemroot%\system32\config\netlogon.dns and strip out all references to this domain but ti doesn't. If I manually delete these  and save the file off - they reappear after a reboot or just a longs period of time. Any clues?
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Since you selected to have this question listed in the SBS Zone, I'm assuming that this is an SBS, not a standard Server 2003.  You CAN'T change the domain name on an SBS.  So you now need to completely reinstall your server.

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no its not sbs2003. i used dcpromo to perform the domain tasks. how do I enter this in the correct area then ?
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I've sorted it. It was the stored usernames and passwords - -somehow the system was using cached deatails and it was screwing everything up.
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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

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