How Do I Remove Stale Well Known Object Entries From Active Directory
Last night I was Deploying Exchange 2010 at one of my customers end and when ever I was trying to prepare the active directory using the command setup /PrepareAD I was stopped with an error .
Resolution:
- Run Ldp.exe, expand Configuration, expand Services, and then double-click Microsoft Exchange.
- Right-click Microsoft Exchange and select Modify.
- Type otherWellknownObjects in the Edit Entry Attribute text box.
- Select the Delete option button.
- In the Ldp.exe results pane, find otherWellknownObjects.
Copy the entry, paste the entry into the Values text box of the Modify dialog box, and then press ENTER.
Note:
Make sure that you do not leave the Values field and Entry List blank, because this will delete all entries in the otherWellKnownObjects attribute, potentially including values that you did not want to delete. Finally, to execute the command, click Run.
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