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Your needed KB article:<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498</a><br />
&nbsp;ntdsutil used to clean things up.<br />
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Make sure DNS, DSSite.msc, and ADUC are all clear of the old DC.<br />
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Philip
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Your needed KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216498]
 ntdsutil used to clean things up.

Make sure DNS, DSSite.msc, and ADUC are all clear of the old DC.

Philip

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Hi brothers <br />
I have a network with 2 dcs serverA and serverB<br />
I formatted serverB without removing it from the domain<br />
now I wish to remove the serverA (running sbs 2003) <br />
and the dcpromo show an error of (unable to contact the other domain controllet)<br />
so is there any manual procedure?<br />
<br />
also is there two editions of sbs 2003 ? basic and premium?
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Hi brothers 
I have a network with 2 dcs serverA and serverB
I formatted serverB without removing it from the domain
now I wish to remove the serverA (running sbs 2003) 
and the dcpromo show an error of (unable to contact the other domain controllet)
so is there any manual procedure?

also is there two editions of sbs 2003 ? basic and premium?

how to remove a domain from sbs 2003 which is not last domain controller

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

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.