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Well, it could happen that you delete an Active Directory Objects / Accounts (like a User, Group, Computer whatever object) accidentally. In the past i used ADSIEdit.msc to restore the object. Well, this is a not so straight-forward procedure and not that easy to accomplish. Lately I’ve stumbled over a page from guy/blog called Windowmaker

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To get the SID of an AD Object (User, Group, whatever) quickly, i recommend using PowerShell.
When trying to get the SID using ADUC (Active Directory User and Computer Snap-in), you can not copy/paste the SID as a string since it is stored in a binary format.

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Transferring a FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) Role using the NtdsUtil.exe is pretty easy.

Start a Command Line (cmd.exe)
C:\>ntdsutil.exe
Switch to Roles context
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To list the FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) Roles of a Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller (DC) using NtdsUtil.exe:

Start a command prompt (cmd.exe)

Start NtdsUtil.exe
C:\>NtdsUtil.exe
Switch to Roles context
ntdsutil:Roles
Swtich to Connections context
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Register the Schmmgmt.dll MMC Snap-in

Register the DLL using
regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

Transfer the Schema Master Role

• Run MMC (Microsoft Management Console – Start – run – MMC )

• On the File, menu click Add/Remove Snap-in.

• Click Add.

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