An administrator gracefully demotes a role-holding domain controller by using the Active Directory Installation Wizard. This wizard reassigns any locally-held roles to an existing domain controller in the forest.
Demotions that are performed by using the dcpromo /forceremoval command leave FSMO roles in an invalid state until they are reassigned by an administrator.
ntdsutil /metadata cleanup
To transfer the FSMO roles by using the Ntdsutil utility,
follow these steps:
This article describes how to use the Ntdsutil.exe utility to transfer or to seize Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles (using the command line).
Free Windows utility to share multiple computers with one mouse and keyboard. Similar to Synergy or Input Director. Also allows copy/paste, simultaneous lock/logon across systems, and screenshots sent from one computer to another.
"Over the past month I have installed and tested almost every single tool on my previous blog post of A List of FREE VMware vSphere Tools." -Kendrick Coleman
"A Free Standalone GUI utility to Set Permissions for any Windows Service
Easily allow (or deny) a user the ability to start, stop, pause or modify any Windows Service with just a few clicks of your mouse!
Service Security Editor will help you to configure who can access your important Windows Services. It is an easy-to-use GUI alternative to Microsoft's powerful SC and SubInACL.exe command line programs. However, as with any other administrative tool, please use it with caution"
"ICSWEEP is a command-line utility to clear the Temporary Internet Files cache of ALL user profiles that are NOT in use when this command is executed."
This is excellent for use on Terminal Servers where you want to clear off everyone's Temporary Internet Files at once!
"Media Social is an innovative online social media player that utilizes Facebook to facilitate community around online media events - live and pre-recorded broadcasting."
"Manage your Windows desktop from your Mac or Linux computer. Utilizing Microsoft RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), iTap RDP gives you complete control over and fast access to your Windows PC from anywhere. "
"Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient NSIS installer that installs over 100 extremely useful open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. It is designed to be as small as possible, about 18 MB, as opposed to Cygwin which can run well over 100 MB depending upon options."
Replaces iTunes for file system and application management of iPhones etc. Can backup a single Application and Documents/Data to an .ipa file that it can also install to another device authorized on the same iTunes account. Good for, for example, transferring the Rock Band app with all purchases and scores to a new device, though the application is not in the App Store any longer and you cannot restore purchases via the Internet. Complete freeware, no ads or restrictions.
xNeat clipboard manager (free) is handy and very simple to use. it captures clipboard items as they are copied to the Windows Clipboard, and you can simply bring up a menu containing all (up to user-definable limit, default of 10) the previously copied items and select the item you want to paste from it using a hot key (by default, Ctrl+Shift+V).
"Xinorbis is a simple but powerful (free) hard disk analyser. Using a sophisticated mix of graphs, tables and tree displays, it gives the user a complete overview of the contents of a hard disk, folder, removable or network drive."
Free tools like Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector and the Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Gadget for Windows 7 with links to other third-party systems/network admin tools. Very cool!