Group Policy preventing installation of USB to Ethernet adapter, but PC LAN...
Hello, I have a PC on the Active Directory, the LAN card of this PC has gone bad, and so it cannot connect to the network. I am trying to use a USB to ethernet adapter to connect PC back to the...
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We have one forest with one parent domain corp.local and one child domain it.corp.local. Previously, this Ad was set up with Windows 2000. Later, we upgrade to Windows 2003 and then Windows 2008 R2....
View ArticleWhat is the Distinguished Name of a Server when it is not part of a domain?
What is the Distinguished Name of a Server when it is not part of a domain? I am running a standalone version of AD LDS on a server b elonging to a workgroup (NOT a domain).Thanks.
View ArticleDFSRDIAG - Problem running command
Hi!When I run dfsrdiag on my Windows 2008 R2 SP1, I get the following:DFSRDIAG - <Missing String> SyncNow - <Missing String> StopNow - <Missing String> PollAD...
View ArticleLDS/ADAM Password Hash
I'm looking for documentation on Microsoft's site regarding how ADAM/LDS passwords are stored in its database. So far I've only been able to find info in AD DS (LM and NT Hash) but nothing for LDS.If...
View ArticleCannot install ADCS Web Enrollment
HelloWhen I try to install ADCS Web Enrollment on my CA (which is also a DC/DNS/DFS) I've got this error :C:\Windows\system32>ServerManagerCmd.exe -install ADCS-Web-Enrollment...114.695.0:...
View ArticleEvent 5805 -The session setup from the computer WS12 failed to authenticate....
Hello all,I started to have the error listed in the subject line. I deleted the computer account from AD, unjoined the computer from the domain. Rejoined it, still got the error.Finally, I totally...
View ArticleCreating a trust relationship using hosts file instead of DNS ?
Could a hosts file on a DC be used for establishing a trust relationship if nothing else in DNS zone was required ? there are network restrictions in place which only allows certain DCs to talk so...
View ArticleHow to remove an Inter Domain Trust Account
OK...all you AD GURU's out there, here is my dilemma...I inherited a small domain which it looked as it had tombstone a child domain and trust relationships that I was not allowed to delete. I used...
View ArticleRemove Information Rights Management from individual documents
Hello, I have inherited an issue where an AD RMS server was not decommissioned correctly. In fact - it was not decommissioned at all. It was removed from the network.Now I have several documents on the...
View ArticleAdding login script - computer policy GPO
Hi .. Have a very strange one that is a first for me - I have multiple domains .. I am currently updating login scripts <computer> portion of the GPO's - "server 2008 r2" - I have a seprate...
View ArticleOffice 365 DirSync - Sync 1 domain to multiple tenants
The following situation:We have 1 AD forest/1 domain. Now we would like to use DirSync to sync specific objects (specified through filtering) to different Office 365 tenants. I'm aware of the issues...
View Articlewant to Read modify content in AD LDS
Can we read or track modify content in ADLDS. I knew if any entry modify in ADLDS we can track it with attributeuSNChanged value, But how can we track that which attribute is modified?Att uSNChanged...
View ArticleSchema changes for adding a Server 2012 Domain Controller on an exsiting...
Hi all,I am researching for what schema changes if we add a Server 2012 Full DC/RODC on an existing Forest/Domain functional level with Server 2008 environment.We have multiple DCs in our environment...
View ArticleRestricting LSARPC authentication ports over a one way external trust
I have account DomainA and resource DomainR in a one way external trust:DomainR > DomainAThere is a firewall in place between the two domains restricting all traffic by default.I have allowed...
View ArticleMigrate ADFS Claims ProviderTrust
We are currently revamping our AD/FS infrastructure and we have "many" Claims Provider Trust created for each partner. Is there a way to individually by partner export each CPT setting from one server...
View ArticleADFS Cusotm Rule "Issuer" does not change.
Hi All, In ADFS RPT I’m want to define a custom rule like following:c:[Type == "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2008/06/identity/claims/windowsaccountname"] => issue(Type =...
View ArticleDCPromo Logon Failure
Windows Server 2003 R2 SE SP2 I am trying to demote a DC thru DCPromo. I received the following Error;The operation failed because:Active Directory could not transfer the remaining data in directory...
View ArticleProblems with AD proxyaddress, DirectorySync and Office365
Using the proxyaddress field in local AD, I was able to correctly update the email fields in Office365. AD email addresses information for account that was renamed from jimtest to jimtest1. Email...
View Article2008 R2 AD badly damaged by 3rd party app
Long story short... My company uses a major antivirus provider that does server based monitoring and control. This has a Mac plugin to do the same for Macs. The plugin got all screwed up and the AV...
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