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how many days/months old is the restore point?
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The restore is from 5 days ago.
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I have to restore a 2008 DC in a lab environment. <br />
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I have gotten the DC restore and I'm working on getting AD services up and running. But every time I try to run ADUC or sites and services I get and error that the domain cannot be contacted. <br />
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I believe I have DNs up and running, I have seized all the roles.<br />
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Where else should I look to get the AD services working?
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I have to restore a 2008 DC in a lab environment. 

I have gotten the DC restore and I'm working on getting AD services up and running. But every time I try to run ADUC or sites and services I get and error that the domain cannot be contacted. 

I believe I have DNs up and running, I have seized all the roles.

Where else should I look to get the AD services working?

Having issue getting dc up are restoring in lab

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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).