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Hi,<br />
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I have an XP workstation that thinks it's in a domain but the computer account was deleted in AD and now the PC can't logon. I can't logon on locally and move to a workgroup and then back to the domain as the local admin password was generated manually.<br />
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Why doesn't creating a computer account manually in AD with the same name work? I'm aware that the SIDs will be different and this is probably the reason why but what's the point of being able to create a computer object if you can never use it?<br />
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Thanks for any help.<br />
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Helen (h.)<br />

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Hi,

I have an XP workstation that thinks it's in a domain but the computer account was deleted in AD and now the PC can't logon. I can't logon on locally and move to a workgroup and then back to the domain as the local admin password was generated manually.

Why doesn't creating a computer account manually in AD with the same name work? I'm aware that the SIDs will be different and this is probably the reason why but what's the point of being able to create a computer object if you can never use it?

Thanks for any help.

Helen (h.)


Creating workstation object and logging in in AD - Windows 2003

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).