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Registry Error after DC demotion
Name: rwhendsbee Date: March 20, 2004 at 07:35:29 Pacific OS: Windows 2003 Standard CPU/Ram: P3-800 512MB
Comment:
After running a Windows 2003 server as a domain controller in a mixed Windows 2000 AD environment, I demoted the Windows 2003 server using DCPROMO. Following the required restart the unit blue-screened with a REGISTRY_ERROR 0x00000051. There is nothing in the MSKB on the subject. I have tried the Repair Console, to no avail. Has anyone had a similar experience?
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