Remove and reconnect Exchange 2007 from Domain

I have an Exchange 2007 server running on a Windows 2008 server. For some reason the server will not run group policies. It hangs for a very long time when logging in on "Applying Group Policy Printers Policy" And also won't shutdown hanging on
"Applying Group Policy". The only wany I can shut it down is to manually power off the server.
I also ran the Group Policy Results Wizard and get a timeout when I run it against the Exchange server. DNS is working fine. I have tested all of the other servers using the same DNS and they all work fine. The server in question has been having other problems
for a while now, but I have been able to resolve all the other problems except for this one. The server is old and will be replaced this year, but I have to make it work until I get a new server. Maybe 6 months or so.
I am thinking of removing the server from the domain and then joining the domain again. I'm not sure that will fix it, but I hope it will. The only thing I'm worried about is getting the Exchange database and server running again after I remove and rejoin
it to the domain. I have heard I can shutdown and disable all Exchange services, then remove the server from the domain and rejoin. But I have never done that and want to be sure it can be done without destroying connectivity to AD and the users. So, is this
possible?
Any help is appreciated.
Doug

You should try fixing the AD issues instead of removing the Exchange server from the domain. You should start by analyzing what was done to cause the issue in the first place and remedy that.
Here is a bit similar concern that has been discussed earlier and has been suggested some good steps to sort-out the issue :
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/267400-removing-and-re-joining-an-e2k7-server-to-the-domain
Moreover, when need to recover mailbox items back into previous format, you may also give shot to this automated solution (http://www.exchangeserverrecovery.com/) that could be a good approach while dealing
in such crucial circumstance.

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