I got it to work. The add-computer command from an elevated PS session does the trick, and places the machine in the right OU, even for the minion.
Now if I could just get it to rename the machine during that process, rather than having to do it manually, I'd be happy. I'm going to post another question here in a minute, on a related subject... Kurt On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 15:12, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: > We ran in to this as well... this article references Win2K domains, but I > think it may affect Win2K3 domains if they had been upgraded from Win2K: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251335 > > We now pre-create the computer objects for the most part. > > -sc > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 6:05 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Windows 7 - problems with renaming computer and joining to domain > > All, > > We have a Win2k3 SP2 R2 domain. > > We're getting small number of machines with Win7 Pro pre-installed from a > local whitebox vendor (this is a temporary condition, I > hope...) > > I've run into two problems: > > 1) minion can't join machine to domain manually He's not a Domain Admin, and > it says he's exceeded his quota for adding machines. This surprises me, since > he doesn't have this issue with XP machines - I long ago added him to a group > that is allowed add machines to the domain. My credentials worked. > > 2) I cruised the Information Super Highway and found that the PS cmdlet > rename-computer has been removed from PS. This puts a kink in things, as we > want to rename the computer and join it to the domain in the same script. > > My google-fu is failing me - I can't seem to find any links that address > these problems. > > I'm not going to go down the path of crying about netdom being removed. > PowerShell is just fine by me, though the method required to start an > elevated instance is a bit annoying. > > Anyone have some hints for me? > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
