Troubleshooting

Basic Troubleshooting

Q1:What are some basic rules for troubleshooting dcpromo?
Troubleshooting the Active Directory Installation Wizard really comes in two flavors. I have almost never had a server refuse to create a new forest—for the simple reason that if you have enough memory, disk space, and a good implementation of Windows 2000, not much can go wrong because you are creating almost everything from scratch on the local computer (unless this is an upgrade from an NT domain).

Generally, when I have had problems with dcpromo, it is in creating a child domain, replica server, or new tree. These generally croak because of two things: name resolution and permissions.

Terminating Credentials

Q1:I am trying to promote a DC and it ...

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