Re: Adding duplicate names in Windows 2003 Domain not issuing any Warn

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"Laljeev M" <news08@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9B8B1C36-6CAD-4159-AB67-3930CE91233A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi

While our helpdesk team adding / joing any new PCs to domain with the
existing names not showing any warnings (but if do the DSA console we are
getting it), is there anyway to configure warnings while adding duplicate
names to AD? Because of thsi issue we are facing problem with the old pcs
with the same name in domain.

Thanks in advance for any valuable suggestions..
Lal
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----Server Management Team----


First, you normally wouldn't be able to create a duplicate object in AD, however this may occur when joining a machine. You can follow Syed's suggestion, to keep tabs on the event logs, or you can create a join machine script available for your techs, with a function to search AD for the name, and if found, deny the join. I worked at one place where the desktop guy created such a script. Pretty cool script. He created it with a pop-up GUI to ask for your credentials, and the domain name to add it to.

Unfortunately, I can't provide the script since I don't have a copy of it.

In the meantime, run the utility in the following link to search for old computer accounts. This way at least you have a list of them you can research their existence, and delete if necessary.

OldCmp
Command line Active Directory tool to find old user and computer accounts.Dec 28, 2004.
www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/oldcmp/index.htm

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Ace

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