Hi everyone, I tried to install in the "Network Policy and Access Services" "Routing & Remote Access services' "Remote Access service" and "Routing" but at the 75% part it bombed. Had to restart the server because it "locked" I'm running on VMware 7 and roles that are loaded into the server are "Active Directory Domain services" 'DNS server" and "File services". Hope someone can help.

Hello, for networking services the better forum page is: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverNIS/threads Please be aware that a DC should never be used for other services/roles then AD/DNS/GC, a DC is the heart of the domain and when it comes to backup/restore having other roles/services on it this can result in multiple problems. As you are talking about VMs, please be aware that snapshots or file copies of DCs are NOT supported way of backup.Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.