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=== Re-Add Server to Domain === | |||
Sometimes the domain membership of a server becomes broken, needing the server to be re-added to the domain. In order to perform you need... | |||
* A domain administrator account | |||
** Or at least a domain account with permissions to add/remove machines from the domain | |||
* A local administrator account | |||
** Or a domain account that has recently logged into the server, that has admin rights over it | |||
If you don't have any account that can be a local administrator of the server, you'll need to break into your server. There are utilities on the web that let you boot to a recovery CD/ISO, and overwrite the admin password. I haven't used any of these since NT4 days, so can't comment how capable they are today. | |||
# Log into the server as a local admin | |||
#* If you don't have the password, but have logged on previously with a domain account that has admin rights over the server | |||
#*# Disconnect the server from the network | |||
#*# Login with the domain account that has admin rights (this forces the server to use locally cached credentials, rather than validating with the domain) | |||
#*# Reconnect to network | |||
#*# Change the local admin password to something you'll remember (you must do this otherwise you'll lose access once the machine is off the domain!) | |||
# Go to '''System Properties''' and record the name of the current domain | |||
# Then change the domain membership to '''Workgroup''' (provide a dummy workgroup name, ''WORKGROUP'' is the defalt for new machines) | |||
# Provide a domain account that has rights to remove a server from the domain | |||
# If successful you should get a pop-up stating ''Welcome to the WORKGROUP workgroup'', and then a prompt to restart | |||
# Go back into '''System Properties''' and change the domain membership to '''Domain''', supplying the original domain name | |||
# Provide a domain account that has rights to add a server to the domain | |||
# If successful you should get a pop-up stating ''Welcome to the <domain> domain'', and then a prompt to restart | |||
[[Category:Windows_2008]] | [[Category:Windows_2008]] | ||