Re: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD
- From: "kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:10:59 -0700
Keith Lawrence MCP wrote:
Terence,It'll work the same *if* your rejoining the same computer, but the wizards
Thanks for the reply and the reminder that I can use advanced
management. The question was really intended to find out if it is
acceptable to reset an account in SBS (for the purpose of re-joining
a computer) instead of deleting and recreating the account.
Is it okay to use the reset account function?
Keith
are none to happy with an existing computer account they expect to be
creating. This is probably why it was left off the server management menus.
"Terence Liu [MSFT]" wrote:
Hello Keith,
Thank you for posting here.
According to your description, I understand that you want to know
why the SBS Server Management console does not have "Reset Account"
command to reset computer account. If I have misunderstood the
problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.
In fact, the SBS Server Management console has already integrated
ADUC, you can run "Reset Account" command under SBS Server
Management console.
1. Please open Server Management console on SBS
2. Extend Advanced Management->Active Directory Users and Computers
[name.domain.local]->domain.local->MyBusiness->Computers->SBSComputers
3. Right click the computer account in right pane, select "Reset
Account" command.
Hope these steps will give you some help.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Best regards,
Terence Liu(MSFT)
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
=====================================================
This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have
issues regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an
efficient and timely manner. You can locate the newsgroup here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you
check the "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications
when there are any updates in your thread. When responding to posts
via your newsreader, please "Reply to Group" so that others may
learn and benefit from your issue.
Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although
we provide other information for your reference, we recommend you
post different incidents in different threads to keep the thread
clean. In doing so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a
timely manner.
For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone
numbers.
Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
=====================================================
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
--------------------
Thread-Topic: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD<KeithLawrenceMCP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thread-index: AcfHNCf2DWi7dEDITeeZSucNbInucA==
X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 207.46.19.168
From: =?Utf-8?B?S2VpdGggTGF3cmVuY2UgTUNQ?=
Subject: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:02:02 -0700
Lines: 23
Message-ID: <A2FEA666-432E-4527-8E4E-15B0EA169118@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="Utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
Importance: normal
Priority: normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.2826
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs:50445 NNTP-Posting-Host:
tk2msftsbfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.148
X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
Hi,
This is a kinda minor and slightly dumb question but is just
something that has occurred to me each time ive had to rebuild a
customers computer and re-join to the domain.
When I worked with a few IT teams in "big server" land, they had
dedicated AD people to manage their domains. When A pc/laptop had
died and was rebuilt (on new or same hardware), the AD computer
account was simply reset (in ADUC - right click > Reset Account)
and the machine was joined to the domain again.
In SBS Management Console there is no facility to do this, just the
option of removing the computer from the network. To join the
computer back to the domain with the same name requires removal and
recreation of the account.
Now, I know there is dsa.msc and you can browse to ADUC via
administrative tools on an SBS and accomplish the same thing but is
there any reason why Reset Account was omitted from the SBS
console? Does SBS not like accounts being reset? Are there any
implications of doing this?
Like I said, no biggie, im just interested.
--
/kj
.
- References:
- RE: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD
- From: Terence Liu [MSFT]
- RE: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD
- From: Keith Lawrence MCP
- RE: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD
- Prev by Date: Re: OWA and RWW not accessible.
- Next by Date: Re: Gmail on POP3 Connector
- Previous by thread: RE: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD
- Next by thread: RE: Quick question on resetting computer accounts in AD
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
