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superplay,<br />
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There is a &quot;secret&quot; password that autimatically created and shared between the computer account and the AD database [DCs]. Sometimes, for various reasons, situations occur which causes this relationship to be out of sync and it is advised that the relationship is reset.
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superplay,

There is a "secret" password that autimatically created and shared between the computer account and the AD database [DCs]. Sometimes, for various reasons, situations occur which causes this relationship to be out of sync and it is advised that the relationship is reset.

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Here is a quick qeastion. &nbsp;I have seen the option to re-set a computer account in AD. &nbsp;What does this actually do?<br />
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Does this re-set the GUID of the account? &nbsp; <br />
Does this re-set the computer account password, e.g in the event of the compuiter and DC holding different computer passwords after a restore?<br />
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Or is it something else?<br />
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I have looked though help etc and it just tells you how to re-set a computer account but not what it does ;-)<br />
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Ta<br />
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SuperPlay<br />
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Here is a quick qeastion.  I have seen the option to re-set a computer account in AD.  What does this actually do?

Does this re-set the GUID of the account?   
Does this re-set the computer account password, e.g in the event of the compuiter and DC holding different computer passwords after a restore?

Or is it something else?

I have looked though help etc and it just tells you how to re-set a computer account but not what it does ;-)

Ta

SuperPlay



Reset Computer Account - What does this reset?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).