Re: Cannot disjoin computer from domain

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Thanks, but no luck so far. After entering in the domain admin password for
the remove command, it sat there for about 10 min before I killed it.

Is there any way to force a machine to disjoin without contacting the
domain?

Thanks again,
--Oren

E:\Program Files\Support Tools>netdom add /d:housenet.novotny.org athena1
The command completed successfully.


E:\Program Files\Support Tools>netdom remove /d:housenet athena1
/ud:housenet\Ad
ministrator /pd:*
Type the password associated with the domain user:

^C
E:\Program Files\Support Tools>
E:\Program Files\Support Tools>netdom join /d:housenet.novotny.org athena1
This machine is already joined to a domain.

The command failed to complete successfully.


E:\Program Files\Support Tools>netdom remove /d:housenet athena1
/ud:housenet\Ad
ministrator /pd:*
Type the password associated with the domain user:

The service cannot accept control messages at this time.

The command failed to complete successfully.


E:\Program Files\Support Tools>





"Ravindra" <RaghuvanshiR@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1125144586.773285.199860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here are few steps that you can try.
>install 2k3 support tools first on the server concerned.
>run netdom add to create a placeholder machine account.
>run netdom remove to remove the machine from the domain and remove the
placeholder account.
>run netdom join to join the machine to the domain and create the new
>machine
account at that time.

Add a Workstation or Member Server to a Windows Server 2003 Domain
To add the workstation mywksta to the Windows Server 2003 domain
devgroup.example.com in the organizational unit (OU) Dsys/workstations,
type the following at the command prompt:

netdom add/d:devgroup.example.com mywksta
/OU:OU=Dsys,OU=Workstations,DC=microsoft,DC=com

Note

· If the /ou parameter is not specified, the account is created in
the Computers container.

Remove a Workstation or Member Server from a Domain
To remove mywksta from the mydomain domain and make the workstation a
part of a workgroup, type the following at the command prompt:

netdom remove /d:mydomain mywksta /ud:mydomain\admin /pd:password

Join a Workstation or Member Server to a Domain
To join mywksta to the devgroup.example.com domain in the
Dsys/workstations organizational unit, type the following at the
command prompt:

netdom join /d:devgroup.example.com mywksta
/OU:OU=Dsys,OU=Workstations,DC=microsoft,DC=com

Besides adding the computer account to the domain, the workstation is
modified to contain the appropriate shared secret to complete the join
operation.

Hope this helps you,

regards,

Ravindra


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