Red X on Computers in AD

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Fred Yarbrough

What does the Red X that shows up on some computers symbolize in Active
Directory? I believe that it represents machines that are no longer in
Active Directory and I would like to delete these machines to clean up.
Does anyone know how this Red X designation is determined by Active
Directory? I don't want to delete machine accounts thinking that they are
no longer needed when they really are.


Thanks,
Fred
 
Fred said:
What does the Red X that shows up on some computers symbolize in Active
Directory? I believe that it represents machines that are no longer in
Active Directory and I would like to delete these machines to clean up.
Does anyone know how this Red X designation is determined by Active
Directory? I don't want to delete machine accounts thinking that they are
no longer needed when they really are.
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Hi,

You could e.g. take a look at this post from Richard Mueller where he
lists some options on how to detect inactive computer objects:

http://groups.google.co.uk/[email protected]
 
Fred said:
What does the Red X that shows up on some computers symbolize in Active
Directory?
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It means that the network administrator has disabled those computer
accounts, either manually, or by means of some policy. Ask your IT
department.

I believe that it represents machines that are no longer in
Active Directory
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That's certainly a possibility, if the domain admin has configured the
server to disable the accounts of computers that have not logged into
the domain for a particular length of time. Again, ask your IT department.

and I would like to delete these machines to clean up.
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Consult the IT department before making any such changes.

Does anyone know how this Red X designation is determined by Active
Directory?
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Once again, those are computer accounts that the network administrator
has disabled.

I don't want to delete machine accounts thinking that they are
no longer needed when they really are.
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Wise choice.


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