When you add a computer to an AD domain, the default location for the computer's account is the 'Computer' OU (unless the computer is a domain controller). If you have OUs for computers to organize them (i.e., production workstations, office workstations), you need to add the computer accounts to the appropriate OUs before you add the computers to the domain. Otherwise, you would have to move the computer accounts from the 'Computers' OU to the appropriate OU.
The computers with the red X are computers with disabled accounts. They can be disabled for various reasons. If you know the computer is valid and it has the red X, you can re-enable the account. Note that you may have to resync the password for the account. Ken Adams -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:08 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Newbie Q: Computer accounts A couple of newbie questions, please bear with me... Looking at the computer accounts in Act Dir Users & Comps, and within each Computer account folder, is various computer accounts... I understand I can add or remove computers, but shouldn't they appear automatically when you connect a computer to the domain? If I have to add all these manually, that's fine, I just want to know if this is the only way. Also, some of them have a Red-X on them, what's this about? Thanks in advance. DDH List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
