Joining to domain on same computer account name

Question

Hi, 
I have a critical server. I need to reinstall it with clean installation an same name. I don't have permissions to delete computer account from AD, but I have permissions to add to domain. If I remove server from domain reinstall it and will join to domain
with same name. Does this can cause any issues? Do I have to delete server computer account before joining to domain?
thank you, 

Answer 1

Hi
If you are reinstalling server and do not want to delete the existing computer account, you'll get error "Computer account usually exists already, and security on that account does not allow you to join — usually because the computer was joined
previously by using different computer account credentials."(Assuming you did not joined it to domain in present case). So you must first delete the existing account or get full permissions on the account.
If you receive the error "Failure to create a computer account," it usually means that either the account already exists or that there are insufficient access rights available to the user who is trying to join. Table 10.8 shows the error codes
that come under this category.
Table   10.8    "
Failure to create a computer account " Error Codes
Description
Actual Error
Error Code
Computer account usually exists already, and security on that account does not allow you to join — usually because the computer was joined previously by using different computer account credentials.
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
5
The user has joined so many computers that he has exceeded the default per user computer quota (by default, 10).
ERROR_DS_MACHINE_ACCOUNT_QUOTA_EXCEEDED
8557
The specified user already exists.
ERROR_USER_EXISTS
2224
Also pls refer the article for in-depth details :
Join and Authentication Issues
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961817.aspx
Hope this helps. :)
Thanks