is why I am wondering &gt; about the proper procedure for both demoting the DCs and removing DNS &gt; from them. They also each have a application running on them but &gt; they are self contained in one folder which is easily moved then &gt; restored. &gt; &gt; My hope would be to transfer the FSMO roles from one to the other, &gt; then demote the one, then remove DNS to hopefully not leave anything &gt; messed up in DNS or Active Directory. Once cleanly out of AD and DNS &gt; I would wipe the O/S and reload fresh directly to 2003 then promote &gt; and then install DNS lastly reinstall the application. &gt; &gt; Does this make sense/ am I missing anything that could cause problems? &gt; &gt; Thanks Again for any input &gt;