You will need the following tool: Ntdsutil.exe, Active Directory Sites and Services, Active Directory Users and Computers. Also, make sure that you use an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins universal group. Caution: Using the Ntdsutil utility incorrectly may result in partial or complete loss of Active Directory functionality. To clean up metadata At the command line, type Ntdsutil and press ENTER. C:\WINDOWS>ntdsutil ntdsutil: At the Ntdsutil: prompt, type metadata cleanup and...
Preparing to Run ADPREP /forestprep ADPREP /forestprep makes modifications to the schema. In order to successfully run it you should: Have a good system state backup for every domain controller in your forest, or at the very least a good system state backup for one domain controller for each domain in the forest. Be logged on as a user that belongs to the Domain Admin, Schema Admin and Enterprise Admin groups in the forest root domain. Ensure that you are running Windows 2000 SP4 or later on all...