I have also seen this occasionally. For our environment it appears to be caused by replication latency. We have four DC's in one site and by definition the maximum convergence time is 10 minutes. What appears to happen is that the deletion/reset/etc.. of the computer account occurs on one DC and then when the PC reboots it may change which DC in the site that it is communicating with. If that new DC doesn't have the deletion/reset/etc replicated then the "access denied" error occurs. You may want to experiment around with waiting 2 - 10 minutes or whatever your theoretical maximum replication interval is before attempting to rejoin. For our OU admins, waiting a couple of minutes seems to solve this problem.
-Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Stuart, Cory G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Rejoining Windows 2000 Systems to a Domain (2000 Native Mode) Hi All, Sometimes when I try to rejoin a 2000 system after it has been removed from AD, I get an access denied error. I renamed the PC and rebooted. When I try to join it, I get the same error. This sometimes also happens when attempting to move the system from one domain to another within the same forest. Any help is really appreciated! Thanks, Cory ----------------------------------- Cory G. Stuart Network Administrator Nuclear Engineering Division Argonne National Laboratory ----------------------------------- List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
