

Re-using the account was blocked by security policy.’” For more information, see KB5020276. The error message is, “Error 0xaac (2732): NERR_AccountReuseBlockedByPolicy: ‘An account with the same name exists in Active Directory. This occurs on devices that have installed Windows updates dated Octoor later. When you reuse an existing computer account to join an Active Directory domain, joining fails. This update addresses an issue that affects a computer account and Active Directory. After you install this update, you cannot turn off the changes using the registry key. This update implements phase three of Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) hardening. This security update includes improvements that were a part of update KB5022913 (released February 28, 2023). When you install this KB: This update addresses security issues for your Windows operating system.
