NEXCOMPAC Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 I have a problem getting a computer after a reformat work with quickbooks on our 2003 network. We have tried 3 clean installs of windows and no luck. Can I take an image of another drive on the network, change the computer name and join it to the domain with then new name or will active directory have a fit?What software do you recomend accomplishing this and why?Thanks in advance for all your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Ano Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Im not too sure if taking an image of a PC takes the PC name with it - if it does i would have thought that AD would have a fit as it would have 2 objects on the domain with the same name. What u could do is take a PC off the AD domain and have it as a standalone or workgroup PC - imgae that and then transfer that image to the new PC. This way the newly imaged PC wont go straight onto the AD domain and confuse the hell out of it. Norton Ghost is what we use at my works to image PC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEXCOMPAC Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Well, I was also worried about the SSID in active dir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Usually taking an image of one computer to another computer also takes the computer name and SSID.You should be able to image it, and change the SSID and computer name offline before adding it to the network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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