rejoin workstation 1

[helsknight]

I've accidently delete a XP workstation from the domain. When I try to rejoin the workstation, from the workstation with the domain admin creditial, the domain accepted it. After the reboot, when the user logs in they get an error saying that the domain controller could not be reach or there isn't a computer account for the workstation in the domain.

What I think is happening is the secure channel was broken and now the computer account's password is screwed up. Need to reset the computer account so a new pass phase can be generate between workstation and domain.


I've tried:
rejoining the workstation under a different name.
reset the computer account from the domain controller - said it was reset successfully.
Delete the computer account from domain and rejoin.
Use netdom to reset computer account-get a access deny error when trying to reset.

Nothing seem to work. I don't want to reinstall the operating system on the workstation because it's a dell xp image and it would be the SID.

I've done some checking and the best i found was restore the domain controller from tape. Not an option for now. Any help would be appreciated.

Hels

 

[ArizonaGeek]

Remove any instance of it in AD, DNS and DHCP. (probably going overboard but couldnt hurt)

Then remove it from the domain, adding it to a workgroup, just pick anything. No login and pw when joining it. After rebooting, rejoin it to the domain with the original computer name. That should fix you up.

Cheers
Rob

 

[helsknight]

ArizonGeek... you are "THE" man. I can't just AD wouldn't let me join unless the DNS and DHCP records were cleared. Again you DA man. Many thanks!

Hels

 

[elmurado]

hey nice call AG-send him a star helsknight.