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remove old computer account from AD
Name: FeFe Bai Date: March 10, 2005 at 10:23:22 Pacific OS: Windows 2003 CPU/Ram: Intel, 1g
Comment:
I have lots of old computer accounts in my Active Directory. I don't want to remove them one by one manually, which will take a long long time. Is there any way to do it automatically with some tools?
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 10, 2005 at 11:22:41 Pacific
Reply:
There may be a way to delete Disabled computers, but you'd probably have to use a third party tool.
How many Computers do you wish to delete? You don't have to do them one at a time..just go into ADU&C and Ctrl-click each one you want to delete, then right-click and delete.
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Response Number 2
Name: FeFe Bai Date: March 10, 2005 at 14:15:06 Pacific
Reply:
Jennifer,
Thank you for the help. I have more than 500 old computer accounts need to be deleted. I just wonder if other companies have the same problem. It seems the computer accounts will stay there forever if you don't manually remove them.
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