removing computer accounts from AD

I'm working on a script that involves unbinding machines from Active
Directory. I'm Using UnjoinDomainOrWorkgroup from the win32_ComputerSystem
class. The machine is successfully removed from the domain but the machine
account is still in AD. When I pass a 2 to FUnjoinOptions the account is
not disabled. The return value is 0 and I'm specifying domain admin
credentials for the password and username.

Any help is appreciated.
Andrew Zirkel.

To remove a computer account from AD look at something like this

$cname = "Computer6"
$compname = "(cn=$cname)"

## get the domain
$dom = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::getcurrentdomain()
$domain = $dom.GetDirectoryEntry()

## get the computer
$searcher = new-object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($domain,
$compname)
$computer = $searcher.FindOne()

## and delete
$compdel = $computer.GetDirectoryEntry()
$compdel.psbase.DeleteTree()

If you know the distinguished name the code could be shortened

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"Andrew Zirkel" wrote:

> I'm working on a script that involves unbinding machines from Active
> Directory. I'm Using UnjoinDomainOrWorkgroup from the win32_ComputerSystem
> class. The machine is successfully removed from the domain but the machine
> account is still in AD. When I pass a 2 to FUnjoinOptions the account is
> not disabled. The return value is 0 and I'm specifying domain admin
> credentials for the password and username.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Andrew Zirkel.
>
>