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Ok, I'll give it a try. Thanks for the disclaimer.
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Ok, I'll give it a try. Thanks for the disclaimer.

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Ok, that worked, but like the comments said it's easier if you use the PKIView in step 11 to remove the failed CA from the various AD containers. Still, a good recommendation even if you pulled a third party solution.
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Ok, that worked, but like the comments said it's easier if you use the PKIView in step 11 to remove the failed CA from the various AD containers. Still, a good recommendation even if you pulled a third party solution.

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I have a client with a legacy 2008R2 domain. It originally had a single certificate server. The certificate server remains listed in PKIVIEW but the physical computer is gone and therefore I am unable to follow the removal process found in: <a href="http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/889250" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/889250</a>. How does one effectively get rid of a no longer existing Certificate Services server in order to clean up Active Directory before installing a new one?
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I have a client with a legacy 2008R2 domain. It originally had a single certificate server. The certificate server remains listed in PKIVIEW but the physical computer is gone and therefore I am unable to follow the removal process found in: http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/889250. How does one effectively get rid of a no longer existing Certificate Services server in order to clean up Active Directory before installing a new one?

CS server removal from AD after CS server physically lost

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