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Repadmin - syncall vs replicate switch?

Hi there,I've been doing some maintenance work on a environment (basically uplifting it to 2008 R2 from 2003) that has involved the removal and addition of some DCs.Post removal I've occaisonally...

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How could I grant security right of user to specific user by command ?

I would like to grant sender right (in English? , security tab of user in ADUC by windows2003DC ) of user to specific user by command(Ad command or Powershell )How could I do that ?I expect    command...

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Active Directory: Cannot create new user on operations master, but can on...

We have a domain for the school I work for that has our main operations master (HS-DC2), and 4 global catalog DCs all on the same domain.  On our oper master, we cannot create / copy a new user because...

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Active directory users and computers wont start on a dc, "the server is not...

In our environment, we have 3 dc's two which run server 2008 (they work perfectly)and one never off branch dc that runs server 2008 r2.We have been having some problems where we feel the replication...

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Logon Caching old password

Hi,I have created a domain user user1 in my domain.I have logged into  domain using user1's credential from my Windows 7 and Windows XP systems.Then from windows 7  i changed the user's domain...

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Server 2003 to Server 2012 migration

I am a student finishing my last semester and we have been contracted out to a local college to look at the possibilities of migrating server 2003 to server 2012.They want to migrate AD (which is very...

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Password of AD-user with local admin rights is not pushed to all clients?

Hey guys,I created a GPO that sets a "restricted group" as member of the local administrators on every client.That worked fine so far. Now, in order to raise the security level a little, I changed the...

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Encryption method use to store password of active directory users in active...

Hi,What is the method use to store password of Active directory and also please help0 me to understand , is there any possiblity to decrypt the password.Thanks & regards,Masud Hussain

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netdom join fails for Window 8 machines with access denied

Hi,I am getting an "access denied" when joining Windows 8 machines remotely into a AD domain with the following command:netdom join /domain:<fqdn>\<pdc><machine name>...

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Setting up a limited rights domain admin type account or group for allowing...

I'd like to lock down software installs on workstation in a domain.  My plan is to remove users as local admins and give them standard user rights to workstations.  Then setup a limited rights admin...

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RODC with NETLOGON 5723 & 5805 EventIDs | Machines in Domain

About 6 months ago, I travelled to a remote office where we had issues with machines falling out of the domain, more regularly then at our headquarters.  I decided to deploy a RODC at this site, hoping...

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Windows 2008 Domain Controller does not Authenticate

Hello,I have recently added a new Domain Controller to my environment.  Having one Windows 2003 Server R2 Domain Controller already in place, I have successfully updated the schema on the W2K3 DC...

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NTDSUTIL IFM file-can this be taken from a production environment then placed...

NTDSUTIL IFM file-can this be taken from a production environment then placed into a test environment which is another domain??I am trying to take the IFM file created using ntdsutil IFM full (includes...

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Linux Servers in AD DNS - Linux servers are getting an age in AD DNS

My environment is: 2003 Functional level Domain and ForestDomain controllers are a mix of 2008 R2 and 2003 (Mostly 2008 R2)Client servers are a mix of 2003, 2008 R2, and a mix of Linux flavors.Zone is...

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Forest LDAP Query seeing all sub domains

Hi there, Does anyone know if the following scenario is possible? I have a domain Forest A has two sub domains, say domain x and y (two way trust) and are replicated.root:dc=domain,dc=comchild 1:...

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Active Directory error 1168 on W2K8R2

Hi all,I have 3 domain controlles in single domain in a single forest: 2xW2K8R2 and 1xW2K3R2. Forest functional level is Windows 2003. All FSMO roles holding one of W2K8R2 domain controllers that...

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Server not accessible, but still running fine

Hi all,We have had this same issue now with two of our Hyper-V host servers.  The The symptoms are that when RDPing to the machine it asks for credentials, but then throws the error : Remote Desktop...

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Two Forest 2003. Upgrade DC on one Forest to Server 2012

We have two forests (A,B). Forest trust exists. Forest Level Windows 2003 on both. Forest B is a resource forest.We're going to upgrade Forest A DC Servers to Server 2012 (not domain and forest...

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strange error from AD when using powershell

hey guys, im trying to add UPN suffixes to AD-Forest, and im using the below command for that.Import-Module activedirectory Set-ADForest -Identity domain.com -UPNSuffixes @{Add="demo23.com"}now the...

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Global Catalog Server

Hello,We run a 2008 R2 Active directory environment with Exchange 2010 Sp1.  Every DC is a global catalog server.  Currently we have a new ticketing system the queries the global catalog for AD...

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