Computer Account Clean-Up

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matt

Hello,

What is the best way to find computers in AD that have renamed but not
removed from AD ?

Thanks
MaTT
 
unsure here what you mean, but I think you can find them be do the follow.

Right Click the Domain Node, Click Find in the appearing window. Click the
Find Select menu, select Common Queries, Click the Computers Tab, Check the
Disabled Accounts checkbox. and click Find Now Buttom.

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Not disabled accounts !!!
Computers that have been removed from the domain but still have a object in
AD.

Thanks
MaTT
 
Hello Matt

I would really like to advice you to take a look at Active Directory
Janitor (http://www.adjanitor.com) It will do exactly this for you in
a controlled and quick way. It can be downloaded and tested right
away. You could try to do the same with a script but it would not give
you this:

* Easy-to-use user interface, don't take my word for it :) look here
for some examples: http://www.adjanitor.com/screenshots
* The scanning operation is multithreaded giving a huge performance
advantage over scripting. The progress of the scanning is displayed
visually and can be aborted.
* The computers can be selected by partial names, by domains/OUs or
even imported from text files on the fly. Multiple domains and
subdomains are supported.
* All the computers are pinged in parallell to help decide if the
accounts are active or not.
* Up to 15 different properties are collected from the computers, for
example last logon, create date, OU. This icludes properties that are
not replicated in AD. The computer list can be sorted by anyone of
these.
* Computers can be selected for deletion, disabling OR enabling.
* A robust well tested application.
* Finally, compare the hours of implementing, testing and maintaining
a script solution to make it reliable and robust to the $49.95 that
Active Directory Janitor costs!

Tomas
Active Directory DevTeam
 
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