Password Expiry Dates Incorrect using Net User
Recently a colleague had been setting up a fine grained password policy, she was a little concerned that it didn't appear to be applying properly and as we worked through it became obvious that it was...
View ArticleAzure AD Connect stopped after update to Server 2019 from Server 2016
Ā We use a hybrid Azure Connect to sync our on premise AD to our Office 365 online system. Everything worked great until we updated our 206 server to 2019. The sync is broken and the AD connect program...
View ArticlePCs Failing to join the domain
Hey AllI am having quite a bit of issues with my dc I come today to join 20 pcs back to the domain and I try and join them and I get an error "The following error occurred attempting to join the domain...
View ArticleConvert Domain controller 2008 R2 to windows server 2019
Currently, our Domain Controller Running in Windows Server 2008 R2. andĀ Ā domain functions level is 2003, now we want to convert our domain controller in windows server 2019. is this possible? Thanks in...
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Singles Domain with no trusts - why to I have Foreign Security Principals
I am cleaning up an old AD which has been around since the days of NT4 and SBS.Ā I have a bunch of well known security principals in the FSP container.This is a single domain, no trusts (but synched to...
View Articlecan't add users from Domain
I have 2 servers.Ā Server A is running AD, DHCP, DNS etc...and shows as healthy.Ā No errors in Server Manager and no errors in EventLog.Ā Server B is running 2016.Ā Ā Yes, it is joined to the Server A...
View ArticleMpKsld3f76d24.sys
What are the use of subject line file? is this a malware, does we need to remove this file?File path is:c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Definition...
View Article2008R2 DC to 2019
Hi,do I need to change the FRS to DFRS before I upgrade our DC to server 2019?I have been researching and not sure why and how?please advise.
View ArticleHard disk error
Hi all, I'm promoting a server 2012 R2 Domain Controller. During the prerequisites check, it return error "Verification of prerequisites for Domain Controller promotion failed. The folder...
View Articlew32tm /query /peers /verbose - LastSyncError: 0x800706FD (The trust...
I am having time synchronization issue from one of my child domain controllers. In my environment we have 1 forest and 02 child domain. External time source defined on Forest PDC. Time synchronization...
View ArticlePDC not loading NTP Time source and defaults to local CMOS?
Good morning, I have a darksite environment with 2 Domain controllers both virtualized Windows server 2012 R2. Servers are multihomed with 2 interfaces. 1 to workstation network and 1 to server network...
View ArticleEFS - HowTo Recover a file with DRA (Data Recovery Agent)
Hello. Please, I need your help to learn how to decrypt files using DRA certificate. I did these steps: - I created a Data Recovery Agent Certificate using cipher.exe /r:<filename> in my domain...
View ArticleCannot login to windows 2016 domain controller - the user has not been...
Hello,Been grappling with a problem for some time now:We have a parent domain and a child domain with domain admin accounts in both domains.Both domains contain two domain controllers each.We recently...
View ArticleTwo coexisting domain controlers in one forest xyz.com and xyz.local
Hello, in my network i have a domain controler in tree xyz.com. w2012 Now i have idea to configure another domain controler and second tree with name xyz.localĀ w 2016 and set trust relation between...
View ArticleAverage user login able to access two different domains
Hello,I have two stores and I've been asked to move a user to another store but keep her login, exchange account and phone ext and etc... I'll try to describe this the best way I can. Bare with meStore...
View ArticleIs Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 compatible with Windows 10 clients?
HelloIs Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 compatible with Windows 10 clients?My problem is especcialy about Software Policies: I cant make a .exe file run without asking for the administrator...
View ArticleHow Dangerous would be allowing Domain Users to log on Locally to Domain...
I am now very confused about this concept, so what will happen if we allow Domain Users to log on Domain Controllers?
View ArticleCannot Get GPO to work from Server 2012 R2
Hi, I'm trying to prevent users in our Domain from changing the Screensavers on our WIndows 10 workstations. I set a group policy called 'Restrict Screen Saver' Rooted at the domain level as well as...
View ArticleNew AD environment, users are unable to change passwords. Administrators are...
On a newly created 2019 AD domain, users are not able to change their passwords. As part of the troubleshooting, the Default Domain policy and Default Domain Controller policy have been recreated. Even...
View ArticleLDAPS and NTDS\Personal Question
We want to implement LDAPS and duplicate the certs so we can use additional SAN names. So I have been looking at implementing the Cert for this and am a little confused. Following...
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