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by seanl

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I am trying to add another DC onto our network. (The server has existed within the domain as a regular server). Currently running win2000 sp4 running iis (intranet site) and RAS. If I try to intall AD I get the following error "The operation failed because: Failed to modify the
necessary properties for the machine account servername$. Access is denied." message lower down on the window states: "Type the user name and password of an account with sufficient privileges to create an additional domain
controller for the mydomain.com domain" I have used the administrator account and my own, and still get the same error. HELP PLEASE

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by techkid

when you type the username and password for the domain you're tyring to join, do it like this

username: domain\Administrator
Password: password

Specifying the domain is necessary otherwise the server sends the account info as a local administrator, not the real domain administrator

by seanl

I had already tried using domain\username and username alone. makes no difference. I also removed the server from the domain (put it in a workgroup). The AD wizard added it to the domain, but thereafter the same error occurred.

by seanl

I had already tried using domain\username and username alone. makes no difference. I also removed the server from the domain (put it in a workgroup). The AD wizard added it to the domain, but thereafter the same error occurred.

by seanl

Solved the issue via another souce - for those that want to know, I had to ensure that the "Enable computer and users accounts to be trusted for delegation" user right was granted to the Administrators Group in the domain controllers policy.

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