"but before you can raise the CR to remove it, you first would have to get it added to the CMDB before you can raise the change"
If it's not on the CMDB it doesn't exist so it was never removed when you unplugged it. Just following CR logic.
Following BOFH* logic, just unplug it to see who screams.
Remove the SD, plug it into a Unix/Linux box, edit the shadow password file to ensure you can log in, replace SD, add monitor and keyboard and find out what it's trying to do.
*I'm worried. BOFH not been seen for some time. Did a boss finally get him?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
