Don't know if the OP is looking for a free solution, but we use Active Administrator and have it setup to alert us whenever a comp account is added to the domain, among other events.
This has helped us keep our AD environment cleaner by making sure objects are put where they should be from day one. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Adding a server to the domain Generally the only way to tell would be to haul the account name from the event and run some WMI or srvinfo query against it to return the OS 2009/10/8 Rick Fogarty <[email protected]> I think it's 645 Security. Now wondering if there is a way to distinguish between workstations and servers. Guess not considering at that point of the process there is no difference. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
