They should call the same API (I can confirm if need be). I have a bunch of quick and dirty cmdline apps I wrote for some of these tasks that my build tools call.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c – 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 - problems with renaming computer and joining to domain The minion was able to add via the powershell script. Don't know why, but would like to, he couldn't add the Win7 machine via the control panel. Weird. On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:07, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> wrote: > Default quota isten machines in 2003 I have qnd rename tool if you > need it > > Brian Desmond from my phone > > On Apr 9, 2010, at 5:05 PM, "Kurt Buff" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
