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hmm i havent seen that process fail before....i have used it numerous times.....are you talking a single domain with just one DC? maybe restarting the DC will clear that entry butntdsutil usually nails it all except sites and services
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hmm i havent seen that process fail before....i have used it numerous times.....are you talking a single domain with just one DC? maybe restarting the DC will clear that entry butntdsutil usually nails it all except sites and services

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I'll try rebooting both my server 1 and server 3 and try deleting it again and see what happens. &nbsp;I'll post it later tonight.
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I'll try rebooting both my server 1 and server 3 and try deleting it again and see what happens.  I'll post it later tonight.

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you may have replication delays if you are running two DC's....
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you may have replication delays if you are running two DC's....

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can I force replication?<br />

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Was persistent in helping me. &nbsp;Thanks
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i take it your up and running now?
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I have a failed DC that hasn't connected to our network in months. &nbsp;I followed the steps listed below with no problems until I tried to delete the failed server from AD under Users and Computers. &nbsp;When I try I receive the error &quot;Windows cannot delete object Server2 because: Directory object not found&quot;.<br />
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Any help here would be great. &nbsp;Thank you.<br />
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Here is the link I followed:<br />
<a href="http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm</a>
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I have a failed DC that hasn't connected to our network in months.  I followed the steps listed below with no problems until I tried to delete the failed server from AD under Users and Computers.  When I try I receive the error "Windows cannot delete object Server2 because: Directory object not found".

Any help here would be great.  Thank you.

Here is the link I followed:
http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm

Can't Delete Failed DC from AD

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

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).