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Jon_Haag
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Sep 23, 2022

Server 2016 DC promotion

Hi,

 

 

I am relatively (very) new to server administration. I've been tasked with replacing our 2012 DCs with 2016 DCs. This has all gone fine until I promote them. I promote these servers to Domain Controllers and all of a sudden Windows falls apart. The start menu doesn't work, I access the settings app, open notifications, permissions seem to go bad. Opening ms-settings leads to errors stating there is no such application. This has happened to three of the four servers I have promoted. When it does go well, I can go back a week or so later to move some files only to realize the issue is back. 

 

Any suggestions, any more information I can give? 

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    Jon_Haag
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    Dang, nothing there either. Going to try to demote/promote them again this week. Not sure what else I can do. They act totally healthy during promotion and then fall apart after.
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      Jon_Haag
      Copper Contributor
      No changes to the system's behavior unfortunately.
      • Sounds good, make sure the new ones are patched fully before promo. Try dragging the UAC slider lower.

         

         

         

         

         

         

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