Yesterday another developer decided it'd be a great idea to update our domain server located on a separate network to Service Pack 2 as the ones shipping from Dell come with SP2 already loaded. After the install the entire system has gone belly up with no DNS services, authentication, or anything working on the system any longer. The entire domain on that network is now down. The backup of pre-sp2 was performed during the install but I cannot get in and uninstall the update as it complains about not being able to find a file. Opening up Services doesn't list a single thing so I can't see whats running and what isn't. I cannot get in the Controller Recovery mode as whoever setup the server 3 years ago doesn't appear to have written the password down anywhere. The guide online for resetting it isn't working as it complains about a service not running. Now it isn't a HUGE deal at this point as we can recreate what was on there (15 user accounts for Citrix authentication) if need be but I've been banging my head against the wall all morning/afternoon as to what could have gone wrong with the update yesterday. Any ideas where to look? I can't seem to find anything on this exact same problem using Google.
We don't have an employed IT person as we've been able to handle everything fine up until this point with relatively little issue.
We don't have an employed IT person as we've been able to handle everything fine up until this point with relatively little issue.