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Windows Server 2008 R2 "Failed to load dcpromo dll"

flyingfrog23 20 Reputation points
2023-06-07T08:38:21.43+00:00

Hello

When trying to gracefully uninstall a running DC I get the Error "Failed to load dcpromo dll".

The server should keep running after removing the DC role.

I'm a bit at a loss as what the procedure should be in this case.

As far as I understand it running ntdsutil woul remove all references to the DC from the Domain, but would not help me remove the Role from this one machine.

Much appreciated

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-07T13:44:03.9566667+00:00

    Metadata cleanup removes data from AD DS that identifies a domain controller to the replication system. Worst case you could rejoin the domain, but keep in mind that windows is already in a broken state on this instance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-07T13:01:31.6733333+00:00

    If you cannot run dcpromo or remove roles from Server Manager then the only exit is metadata clean-up

    Clean up Active Directory Domain Controller server metadata

    Step-By-Step: Manually Removing A Domain Controller Server

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