Deleting computer account from AD = Failed KACE build
Hi everyone,
My WIM deployments using KACE have been working until I stumbled across a problem yesterday. I could rebuild a PC over and over to my hearts content and everything would be fine, but I found that if you delete a computer account from AD and then rebuild, the PC does not get added back onto the domain. Or I should say the correct domain as it's deciding simply to add a '2' to the end of the domain and therefore join a domain it made up itself.
To clarify, if I called my domain "XXXX.com.au" and the PC was joined, but then deleted from AD and rebuilt. Upon build completion and the post-installation task of 'join domain' running, it's adding itself to "XXXX.com.au 2". I don't think I need to explain why this doesn't work :)
So, can anyone (and this maybe an AD issue more than KACE) help me with why this only happens if the computer account is manually deleted from AD?
Thanks,
TWIT.
Answers (1)
It honestly sounds like the machine account isn't actually being removed from Active Directory, so something is trying to make a distinct name for the machine, but that's extremely strange behavior. What script are you using to join the domain?
