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At the bottom of this page there is a link to a program called ADRestore, try that. I found it really useful.<br />
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<a href="http://www.petri.co.il/recovering-deleted-items-active-directory.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.petri.co.il/recovering-deleted-items-active-directory.htm</a>
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At the bottom of this page there is a link to a program called ADRestore, try that. I found it really useful.

http://www.petri.co.il/recovering-deleted-items-active-directory.htm [http://www.petri.co.il/recovering-deleted-items-active-directory.htm]

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You can do an authoritative restore of those objects<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840001" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840001</a><br />
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You boot into DSRM then restore the system state then mark the objects as authoritative (directions in the link it is done using ntdsutil)<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Mike
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You can do an authoritative restore of those objects

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840001 [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=840001]

You boot into DSRM then restore the system state then mark the objects as authoritative (directions in the link it is done using ntdsutil)

Thanks

Mike

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Sorry to say we had to manually re-create all affected objects. However, I did look in to many of your answers and found this the most accurate and complete. I appreciate everyone who take time to help - THANK YOU!
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Sorry to say we had to manually re-create all affected objects. However, I did look in to many of your answers and found this the most accurate and complete. I appreciate everyone who take time to help - THANK YOU!

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During a Exchange issue all users with mailboxes were WIPED OUT of AD. This is our complete user base. I know there are ways to undo this action. Can some give me a step by step process for doing so?<br />
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Thanks!
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During a Exchange issue all users with mailboxes were WIPED OUT of AD. This is our complete user base. I know there are ways to undo this action. Can some give me a step by step process for doing so?

Thanks!

Restore deleted users in Active Directory Server 2008

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.