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Thanks for the quick response.
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I have a customer running a sbs 2003 box and server 2008 r2 box. &nbsp;The 2008 box is setup as a backup domain controller. &nbsp;The sbs box crashed one night and corrupted the AD databases. &nbsp;After working with Microsoft we were able to recover the databases and get them up and running. &nbsp;Since then the customers computers running XP cannot connect to the sbs server using the computer name, only the ip address works. &nbsp;Looking at the logs on the sbs box shows replication errors in the Directory Service log. &nbsp;<br />
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My question is, can I demote the sbs box and then turn around and promote it again to recreate the AD databases?
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I have a customer running a sbs 2003 box and server 2008 r2 box.  The 2008 box is setup as a backup domain controller.  The sbs box crashed one night and corrupted the AD databases.  After working with Microsoft we were able to recover the databases and get them up and running.  Since then the customers computers running XP cannot connect to the sbs server using the computer name, only the ip address works.  Looking at the logs on the sbs box shows replication errors in the Directory Service log.  

My question is, can I demote the sbs box and then turn around and promote it again to recreate the AD databases?

Demote sbs 2003 for AD repair

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.