Adprep for windows 2000

We would have set it up as mixed way back when because we had NT boxes then We went to Administrative Tools?? Note this can not be undone and if you have NT servers?

You should not do this. Share Flag. All Comments. Back to Networks Forum. Start or search. Start New Discussion. They're saying they can bring it back in so I can do things the right way and get this taken care of. Love my life. There may be a lot more things that need to be moved than just groups and user accounts so plan carefully and look at everything.

If the Domain Controller still thinks it's there because it wasn't properly decommissioned, why wouldn't this work? I've tried everything else that I could find. If you have orphaned items in the domain like old exchange server or domain controllers , you can delete them using adsi edit. This is a good idea to keep things clean, but it will not get you past the current issue.

A schema mismatch would be AD attributes that are present in one database not being in another. Server does not have the same scmea as Server nor does have the same attributes as which is why you have to do adprep. Exchange adds a whole new set of attributes to the existing schema. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Hey all, This is my first post, so please let me know if I'm not following proper protocol.

The schema is not upgraded. Popular Topics in Windows Server. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off?

Submit ». Rockn This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Asator Mar 20, at UTC. Thanks for the reply Rockn. OJB This person is a verified professional. BC1, I've seen the lockergnome article, but as stated in my original post, I do not have the option to uninstall Exchange when I insert the disc.

Thanks for taking the time to try to help me Rockn, -We are no longer running Exchange, but forestPrep seems to think it is still installed. Thai Pepper. MSouthworth This person is a verified professional. Rockn, I guess I could have saved everyone time by listing all of the articles I have read.

Come for the solution, stay for everything else. Welcome to our community! I am having a problem with running sysprep on my Windows Server the error I get is noted below: - The server has the lastest service pack and patches.

The purpose for doing this is to add a Windows Server to my domain. Adprep was unable to complete because the call back function null failed.

An operations error occurred. Adprep was unable to update forest-wide information. Join our community to see this answer! Unlock 1 Answer and 3 Comments. Andrew Hancock - VMware vExpert.