Hello Joe, I am trying to run dcpromo from the Administrator account, which is a member of the Enterprise Admins group. Shouldn't that cover it? Or should I stop the attempt (it gives me the chance to stop it when the "New Credentials" dialog box comes up) to demote the server, and then do something to add Enterprise Admin rights to the Administrator account? Rod -----Original Message----- Subject: [windows2000] Re: Demoting one of my DC's is taking a long time Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:30:24 -0800 From: "Joe Shonk" <JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Did you grant yourself Enterprise Admin rights along with Domain Admin = rights? If not, assign yourself to group. DHCP does not need to running on a DC. Yes 5 DCs is a little much for a small network with 7 servers total. Joe ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm