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Yes you delete computer container.<br />
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But you can try recovering it .<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt/archive/2007/04/27/ADRestore.NET.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt/archive/2007/04/27/ADRestore.NET.aspx</a><br />
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Also you are on windows 2008 R2 you can enable AD recycle bin.<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392261(WS.10).aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392261(WS.10).aspx</a><br />
<a href="http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/the-active-directory-recycle-bin-in-windows-server-2008-r2/" rel="ugc">http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/the-active-directory-recycle-bin-in-windows-server-2008-r2/</a>
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Yes you delete computer container.

But you can try recovering it .

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt/archive/2007/04/27/ADRestore.NET.aspx [http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt/archive/2007/04/27/ADRestore.NET.aspx]

Also you are on windows 2008 R2 you can enable AD recycle bin.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392261(WS.10).aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd392261(WS.10).aspx]
http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/the-active-directory-recycle-bin-in-windows-server-2008-r2/ [http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/the-active-directory-recycle-bin-in-windows-server-2008-r2/]

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that is just the answer I wanted
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Before I was involved with Active Directory someone seem to have deleted the &quot;Computers Container&quot; &nbsp;I am not sure how they managed to do this but I can not find this anywhere. &nbsp;What I want to be able to do is recreate this, is this possible?<br />
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I thought it was not possible to delete and I read somewhere that this is true and you can rename the container but not delete it. Any ideas?
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Before I was involved with Active Directory someone seem to have deleted the "Computers Container"  I am not sure how they managed to do this but I can not find this anywhere.  What I want to be able to do is recreate this, is this possible?

I thought it was not possible to delete and I read somewhere that this is true and you can rename the container but not delete it. Any ideas?

Computers Container Deleted

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