1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the console tree, click Computers.

   Where?

   • Active Directory Users and Computers
   • domain node
   • Computers

   Or, click the folder that contains the computer that you want to enable or disable.

3. In the details pane, right-click the desired computer, and then do one of the following:
   • To disable, click Disable Account.
   • To enable, click Enable Account.

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• When you disable a computer account, the computer cannot authenticate to the domain until it has been enabled.

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type:

   dsmod computer ComputerDN -disabled {yes|no}

Value	Description
ComputerDN	Specifies the distinguished names of the computer object that you want to disable or enable.
{yes|no}	Specifies whether the computer is disabled for log on (yes) or not (no).

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• When you disable a computer account, the computer cannot authenticate to the domain until it has been enabled.
• To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type:
  

  dsmod computer /?