The two netdom commands and the shutdown command are shown here. But you should not load the RSAT only to access netdom, because you can do what you want to accomplish out of the box (assuming that your box is not Windows 7 Home edition that does not join domains).ĪD, your batch file contained at least three commands to rename the computer, join the domain, and to restart the machine. The RSAT tools are great, and that is where you gain access to the Active Directory module. When it is installed, you still need to go to Programs and Features and turn on the tools you want to load. You can add netdom to your computer running Windows 7 by installing the latest version of the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT). Coupled with an Anzac biscuit, it was quite nice.ĪD, the reason that you cannot use your batch file (containing netdom commands) on Windows 7 is that by default Windows 7 does not contain the netdom command. Therefore, to speak of chai tea is redundant.) Anyway, I decided to use Dajarling tea, brewed a little strong, and I added cloves, cardamom, a cinnamon stick, fresh ground pepper, and 1/3 cup of warm milk. (The word chai, or many of its variations, simply means tea in many languages. Well this afternoon I am drinking something a bit different. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. A strange thing is that it seems I can do this on Windows Server R2, but I cannot do this on Windows 7. The syntax for each of these three commands is rather complex and convoluted. I also use a netdom command to rename the computer, and the shutdown command to restart the computer. I have written a batch file that uses netdom commands to join the domain.

Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that I have been hand building a number of computers recently for a computer lab we are setting up at work. Summary: Learn how to replace netdom commands with simple Windows PowerShell cmdlets to rename and reboot the computer or join the domain.

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