Irwan, I would concur that option two is the most successful method, from my experience. For all intents and purposes, the Computer object is a derivative of the User object and has a SID associated with it. Simply naming a computer the same as an existing object will not yield the desired result, and will often cause unpredicatble results.
I might not be reading the options correctly, but I see option one and three as the same. Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone WebLog - www.msmvps.com/willhack4food -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Irwan Hadi Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 7:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Upgrading computers and computer objects I'm curious what is the best practice or recommended way for the following case: I have several computers that are joined to the domain, and I'm going to upgrade some of thse computers with a different computer (newer), though the UNC name of these computers will remain the same. Should I: 1. Remove the old computers from the domain, install the new computers, and join them to the domain? 2. Since there are several computers, can I just delete the corresponding computer objects in the ADUC, install the new computers, and join them to the domain? 3. Just put the new computers in place, and join them with the same name? So far, I'm doing the second way, because I think it is the cleanest way. Thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
