If you know the admin password of all new computers, you can use netdom.exe to join machine
remotely, and at the same time put it in exact ou where you want to put it.
NETDOM JOIN comp1 /DOMAIN:WINDOM /UO:LocalAdmin /PO:LocalAdminPassword /UD:WinDom\DomAdmin /PD:DomAdminPassword /OU:"OU=MyComps,dc=dom,dc=com"
Where
comp1 = remote computer to join the domain
windom = domain to join
localadmin = local administrator of comp1 computer
localadminpassword = localadmin 's password
windom\domadmin = domain account with rights to join machine to domain
DomAdminPassword = windom\domadmin's password
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Kamlesh
On 1/9/06, Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is all fantastic information; especially since there are
different ways of getting the same end result. Thanks, everyone!
One more related question, if you have a dozen new PC's, what options
are available for joining/adding computers to the domain -- besides
logging into the PC and changing the network identification to the AD
domain?
Because I have only have experience in smaller environments, I have
always added computers to the domain by aforementioned method.
Cheers,
...D
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