Server 2012 R2 Start menu
Hi, We have noticed a issue with Server 2012's start menu in that if you click start it opens the tiles, click an app it opens however if you want to open another copy of the app so you do the same...
View ArticleNeed help renew domain controller authentication certificate.
Need help renew domain controller authentication certificate.
View ArticleAD admin center not opening
Hello All,we are using win2012 R2 and DFL 2012R2, when tryging to open the AD admin center in DC, it gives error "cannot find available server in xXXXX domain that is running ADWS"However ADWS services...
View ArticleLost of namespace server DFS
Hi,I had 2 DC 2008R2 were DFS namespace SERVERThese 2 DCs have been replaced by new 2016 DCs but the DFS namespace server roles has not been installed.Now my DFS namespace are not reachable, i tried to...
View Article2019 Domain Controllers on same subnet
I have a small office setup.2 x Windows Server 2019 Domain Controllers:HQDC01 10.0.0.1HQDC02 10.0.0.2Both are in AD Site: HQSiteSubnets assigned to this AD Site are:10.0.0.0/24 (all member servers inc....
View ArticleCan AdminCount be set to 1 on any accounts in Active Directory
Can AdminCount be set to 1 on any accounts to protect them even if they are not member of any privileged groupsGuru
View ArticleHow to manually remove a duplicate TRUST_ACCOUNT from active directory?
Hi,I have a user account in my AD which is a TRUST_ACCOUNT , and also is a duplicate, I mean it has DN in the form of :CN={DomainName}$\0ACNF:{GUID},CN=Users,DC=XXXXXX,DC=comhow can I remove this...
View ArticleDo I need Server CAL? (Not using RDP, AD, domain group etc.)
We have licenses for our client Windows 8 desktops and 1 windows server 2012.We have hosted a dot net application on the windows server with IIS. We are planning of using C# WinForms for a quick client...
View ArticleThis server is the owner of the following FSMO role, but does not consider it...
Hi,What is this error i getting in the server. I did domote the server all FMSO role are currently mapped to this server only but still why i am getting this error?This server is the owner of the...
View ArticleCheck empty attribute Active Directory
Hello,I met a problem in my script who, at first view is simple but I don't understand the result, I need to check for all enabled user wome attribute and if those attribute are empty then my scritp...
View ArticleMy user account is getting lockout frequently from mac device
I am looking for the steps what steps we can perform if user account getting locked from mac device
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Issue with workstations domain membership
I posted a similar question a few weeks ago but eventually closed that question. I had the issue come up again so I decided to post another question. I hope I can determine what is going on this...
View ArticleAdding a New DC to an Environment with one good and one failed DC
I am adding a new domain controller (2019) DC-03 to an environment with a working 2019 DC-02 and a failed 2016 DC-01.When Promoting the new DC the prerequisites shows a warning: The replication...
View ArticleSuppressed SRV Record
Hi, we have suppressed SRV Record so that client machine won't go to that DC for authentication.Now, what i want to know that, after SRV Suppressed what are the parameters & time it takes to...
View ArticleActive Directory replication error -2146893022
My Windows 2k8 AD Master server was recently hit with Ransomware. I restored an image of the server I had created using Windows Backup. Once the image was restored I used ntdsutil to seize the FSMO...
View Articlequestion about modifying grouptype via ldif commands
Hi. I had a question about changing the grouptype attribute via ldif commands/ldifde. I get this error:Add error on entry starting on line 1: Unwilling To Perform The server side error is: 0x32 The...
View ArticleCertutil script
Hi folks,Running Server 2016 R2 VMs hosting a three tier CA and need help putting together the certutil commands to: - Query the CA database - Locate all user cert objects associated with provided...
View ArticleAD Custom field - View >> Advanced Features - Attribute Editor
Hi,I created custom fields in AD and Added them to user class.Now I'm able to see set and get this new attributes values in the "Attribute Editor" tab ("View >> Advanced Features" Enabled) This...
View ArticleDomain Controller demotion PDC roles transferred cannot demote
I have migrated the all the roles from the PDC on a 2012 datacenter to 2019 datacenter server successfully. However I tried to demote the server by powershell and using server manager and it seems......
View ArticleI have a question about adding a security group to all computers on the...
The process in which we create new computers on our domain is:Go to our policy-free OU, create a new pc name and then, on the same initial screen, we click Change... and add a group under User or...
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