Quest have a freeware tool for recovering deleted Active Directory Objects that can be found here: http://www.quest.com/object-restore-for-active-directory/

The tool allows you to view and reanimate Tombstoned objects from Windows 2003 onwards, without taking a DC offline.  Remember that this is Freeware so is unsupported, but it is well worth having for lab environments or for those emergency ‘doh’ moments!

Categories: Active Directory