Alternatively, just join (again) using the DNS name of the domain, if what is there is the NetBIOS name.
You won't even have to leave first, IIRC. *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Rami SIK <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > > > It also worked for me in the past: remove from domain - no reboot - even > in the same logon session rejoin the domain - then reboot > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > *Rami * > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Melvin Backus > *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 3:19 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Rejoin Computer to Domain Without Removing > > > > I wind up having to remove / rejoin machines to our domain occasionally > that have been stored, etc., and get purged from the directory. While the > unjoin process will prompt you for a reboot, I've not had any ill effects > from skipping it and just immediately doing the rejoin. The research I've > done in the past seemed to indicate that the reboot requirement was a > holdover from the server code that's common across the server and > workstation platforms, but workstations were normally not a problem. I'm > not saying this is the "supported" method, but I've not run into any > problems with doing it over the last few years. > > > > As always, YMMV, make a backup, enter at your own risk, yada yada. J > > > > > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Charles Sullivan > *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 6:02 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Rejoin Computer to Domain Without Removing > > > > I had looked into the netdom switches in the past and I didn't think there > was anything that would do it, but there is a way. > > > > I was able to remove the machine using the /force switch and then join it > without the reboot in the middle. > > > > Ha ha. I just tried the equivalent in the GUI and that also succeeded! > All of this time I've been joining a workgroup, rebooting, joining the > domain, rebooting again. > > > > In my scenario, the computer object didn't exist. It may be different > when the object does exist. But in that case, it seems like you should > just be able to delete the computer object first and it would amount to the > same thing. > > > > Charlie Sullivan > > Sr. Windows Systems Administrator > > Boston College > > 197 Foster St. Room 367 > > Brighton, MA 02135 > > 617-552-4318 > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Rankin, James R > *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 4:47 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Rejoin Computer to Domain Without Removing > > > > Netdom command? > > Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but > it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-) > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Charles Sullivan <[email protected]> > > *Sender: *[email protected] > > *Date: *Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:44:39 +0000 > > *To: *[email protected]<[email protected]> > > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > > *Subject: *[NTSysADM] Rejoin Computer to Domain Without Removing > > > > Is there a way I can rejoin a computer to the domain without first > removing it? This would be for a scenario where the computer object has > been removed, or something similar to that. I know there's likely no way > to avoid one reboot, but I would rather not have to do two of them. Also, > because it would most likely be in a CLI, I could save time by scripting it. > > > > Charlie Sullivan > > Sr. Windows Systems Administrator > > > > >
