RE: [ActiveDir] AD computer accounts being removed

[Crawford, Scott]

I don’t have any suggestions for why its happening or how to prevent it, but I do have a tip for speeding up the rejoin process.  I’ve never had a problem ignoring the reboot prompt after you remove it from the domain.  So basically, I just add it to a workgroup, ignore the reboot prompt, add to the domain, then reboot.  This saves you a reboot which is really what makes this so time consuming.  Also, Dan Holme suggested just changing the name of the domain from its DNS name to its NetBIOS name.  For example, if the domain box shows MICROSOFT, change it to Microsoft.com or vice-versa.  This seems to trigger a domain rejoin without having to join the workgroup.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brenda Casey Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:42 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] AD computer accounts being removed   Occasionally computers will lose their account in Active Directory for no apparent reason. Sometimes it is a computer that has just joined the domain, while other times the machine has been a member of the domain for 2 years.  The computer can only be logged on by a local account (not a domain account).  To remedy this, the computer has to be disjoined from the domain, join a workgroup, then join the domain again.  As I am sure you all are aware, this is not only time consuming, but very inappropriate to have to do.    Has anyone else had this experience and how have you fixed it?   Thanks, Brenda