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PaulH_11
Aug 01, 2025Copper Contributor
Demoting 2016 server problems
I am trying to demote a Windows 2016 server and am running into errors. I am using a Domain Admin account. The error that comes up is that the domain cannot be reached which is strange, considering t...
PaulH_11
Aug 01, 2025Copper Contributor
Admins, please delete or close this.
Turns out is was a DNS entry that I found in Regedit but didn't show in the IP configuration for some reason. This old DNS entry was on Server Charlie and nowhere else.
After I deleted the entry I re-ran the DC demote utility on Server Bravo and it ran without problems. Server Bravo is now demoted and just a member server.