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Resetting Computer Accounts???
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| Tech Ranger 2003-02-20, 7:50 pm |
| What is the purpose of resetting computer accounts. It is my understanding that by resetting a computer account, you force it to rejoin the domain. Why not delete the computer object? | |
| Slinky 2003-02-20, 9:39 pm |
| Not sure what you mean. Do you mean delete the CAO, and then when it rejoins, have another account created? If you do it that way then the new CAO won't have the same SID, and if the object was in any groups, then it won't have permission for the resource. I can't think of any real reason why you would need to reset a computer account.  Maybe someone can shed more light on this. | |
| Tech Ranger 2003-02-20, 10:03 pm |
| I am not suggesting that deleting a CAO is a good idea. I just don't understand the feature of resetting. Also, I don't understand the difference between resetting and deleting. I really don't understand why you would do either of these things. Another thing I don't understand is computer passwords. Are there such things? | |
| ScratchOne 2003-02-24, 9:29 am |
| This may help.. check out Q article Q216393 on MS
Has something to do with syncing the computer Password LSA | |
| Tech Ranger 2003-03-02, 6:58 pm |
| With a bit of resrearch I believe I have concluded that resetting a computer account allows you to rebuild or replace a computer and reconnect it without rejoining the domain. I guess this way all the settings such as GPOs would still apply. | |
| me? I dunno... 2003-03-03, 6:30 pm |
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With a bit of resrearch I believe I have concluded that resetting a computer account allows you to rebuild or replace a computer and reconnect it without rejoining the domain. I guess this way all the settings such as GPOs would still apply.
That doesnt sound right. GUID's and SID's wouldnt jive if the machine was changed. | |
| Tech Ranger 2003-03-03, 9:57 pm |
| What comonent in the PC has the GUID hardcoded? Is it the BIOS? | |
| Slinky 2003-03-03, 10:21 pm |
| Straight from the help files.
The computer's globally unique identifier (GUID) appears in the following areas:
A label on the side of the computer case.
A label within the computer case.
The basic input/output system (BIOS) of the client computer. | |
| Tech Ranger 2003-03-04, 6:59 am |
| So, if you replace anything except the BIOS (mobo), you keep the GUID. | |
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