Irwan forgive me if I read you wrong... I think what he's asking is about leaving the computer accounts in AD or deleting them. When you remove the computer from the domain (like join it to a workgroup) it removes the computer account from the domain. Or you can turn the computer off and delete the account forcefully with ADUC or dsrm or whatever. Or you can reset the account - something I've rarely used, because I didn't know what the difference was from deleting the account and adding the new computer with the same name.
Rich -----Original Message----- From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Upgrading computers and computer objects Irwan, I would concur that option two is the most successful method, from my experience. For all intents and purposes, the Computer object is a derivative of the User object and has a SID associated with it. Simply naming a computer the same as an existing object will not yield the desired result, and will often cause unpredicatble results. I might not be reading the options correctly, but I see option one and three as the same. Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone WebLog - www.msmvps.com/willhack4food -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irwan Hadi Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 7:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Upgrading computers and computer objects I'm curious what is the best practice or recommended way for the following case: I have several computers that are joined to the domain, and I'm going to upgrade some of thse computers with a different computer (newer), though the UNC name of these computers will remain the same. Should I: 1. Remove the old computers from the domain, install the new computers, and join them to the domain? 2. Since there are several computers, can I just delete the corresponding computer objects in the ADUC, install the new computers, and join them to the domain? 3. Just put the new computers in place, and join them with the same name? So far, I'm doing the second way, because I think it is the cleanest way. Thanks 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/ -------APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE------- PRIVILEGED / CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be contained in this message or any attachments. This information is strictly confidential and may be subject to attorney-client privilege. This message is intended only for the use of the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this in error, you should kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail and immediately destroy this message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal criminal law. Applebee's International, Inc. reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to and from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Applebee's International, Inc. e-mail system. 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/
