Scavenging Non-Existant Manchines in AD

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Does any one know if there is an automatic way to scavenge and delete the
accounts of machines that have been taken permanently off-line but have not
been cleanly removed from the domain.

For example a machine is built using RIS which will automatically add that
client to AD. After that the user removes the machine from the network to
make it stand-alone, but does not inform me. I would like that machines
account to be either deleted automatically from AD after a set period of
time of say 60 days or disabled somehow.

Is this possible and can anyone help.

MMMSD
 
mutsa said:
Does any one know if there is an automatic way to scavenge and delete the
accounts of machines that have been taken permanently off-line but have not
been cleanly removed from the domain.

For example a machine is built using RIS which will automatically add that
client to AD. After that the user removes the machine from the network to
make it stand-alone, but does not inform me. I would like that machines
account to be either deleted automatically from AD after a set period of
time of say 60 days or disabled somehow.

Is this possible and can anyone help.

MMMSD
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I have found some interesting tools at www.joeware.net
But I still find it risky to delete the accounts automatically.
 
mutsa said:
Does any one know if there is an automatic way to scavenge and delete the
accounts of machines that have been taken permanently off-line but have not
been cleanly removed from the domain.

For example a machine is built using RIS which will automatically add that
client to AD. After that the user removes the machine from the network to
make it stand-alone, but does not inform me. I would like that machines
account to be either deleted automatically from AD after a set period of
time of say 60 days or disabled somehow.

Is this possible and can anyone help.
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Hi

You could e.g. take a look at this post from Richard Mueller:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
 
There are two ways to answer this question, one is to upgrade to W2K3 and
use the DS** commands

Or

Use a Joeware tool that does a similar sort of thing.

Thank you for your help
 
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