Hello Adam,
Nice to hear that you found it. You can also run the command from the 2008
R2 installation disk, there is no need to copy it to the local disk before.
Best regards
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> Using the ADPREP32.EXE off the 2008 R2 DVD actually ran adprep32 /
> forestprep and went through a similar process to the previous
> adprep.exe process I had run, but of course it did something more that
> the old adprep.exe did not. Now I'm able to join the 2008 R2 to my
> 2003 AD. Thank you for asking the right question to get my brain
> working again.
>
> On Oct 30, 8:34 am, Adam Egdall <aegd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had copied the folder from the DVD and tried the 64 bit version and
>> then did a quick search and unfortunately found an article pointing
>> to a download at Microsoft for adprep that I grabbed (.exe dated
>> 6-2-06) and it ran just fine but after reading your response I went
>> to go find where I had downloaded the file from and saw all the
>> commentary on adprep32 being on the original DVD (which I had seen
>> before but felt it didn't really matter) and decided that it may be
>> wise to attempt using that version of adprep. I just finished
>> copying the adprep folder from the 2008 R2 DVD and when I run it on
>> the Server 2003 x32 box from a command prompt, I get another command
>> prompt unless I give it a switch like /forestprep at which point I
>> get no commentary, just a blinking cursor and nothing appears to
>> happen. The Task Manager shows no activity for the adprep32 program.
>> When I run adprep32 /? I go right back to the command prompt cursor.
>> I'm not sure what to think now but I'm going to try a restart of the
>> server and push the adprep32 again.
>>
>> And yes, the 2003 DC has all FSMO roles.
>>
>> On Oct 30, 2:37 am, Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Adam,
>>>
>>> So you run the adprep32.exe 32bit or adprep.exe from the "2008 R2
>>> disk" on the 2003 DC with the schema master role?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Meinolf Weber
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>>>> I have a very simple AD setup with a single DC running 2003 SP2 32
>>>> Bit and I've just setup a 2008 R2 x64 that I'm planning on using as
>>>> a second DC until I remove the 2003 AD at a later date. When
>>>> attempting to run DCPROMO on the 2008 Server I get a dialog saying
>>>> I need to run adprep but I've already run an adprep /forestprep and
>>>> adprep / domainprep on the 2003 server successfully. Attempting to
>>>> run this again yields a XXX information has already been updated.
>>>> I am able to connect the 2008 Server to the domain and I have no
>>>> DNS issues. Any suggestions where I go from here?- Hide quoted
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