Unable to DCPROMO new server into new domain
Hi.My apologies if this seems like a duplicate question, but I've searched until I am blue in the face and I cannot, for the life of me, find out how to fix this. All servers involved are running...
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how I can create a new field that is requiredwhen creating a user account...if thefield has no valuethen the accountcan not becreated..,thanks
View ArticleServer 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...
View ArticleW2K12 Server failing dcdiag with DNS errors and failing replication.
Hello all. We are currently running a Windows Server 2003 ADDC as a virtual machine on a Windows Server 2012 host using Hyper-V. We have recently added a second Windows Server 2012 ADDC also as a...
View ArticleAD CS SubCA-Echg certificate expired
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View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller with Windows 7 Professional Clients...
I have a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Server as a Domain Controller with three Microsoft Windows 7 Professional clients. Two of the clients are laptops, while the other client is a desktop. In...
View ArticleSYSVOL and NETLOGON not replicating to Windows Server 2012 Standard...Looking...
Hello all. I will keep this brief. First of all, I have been searching the forums for something that can help and indeed have tried many of the suggestions, but I am always open to new ideas. Here's...
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I'm struggling with a “Query refused” in nslookup while trying to list all records using ls –d mydomain.localError message I got:***Can’t list domain mydomain.local:Query refused. The DNS Server...
View ArticleMigrate a Windows Server 2000 to 2012
I have a very small domain (25 users) with the server being used as the DC and some very limited (36 Gb) file sharing, including a QuickBooks Db. I'm going t replace this with a new server running...
View ArticleForgot Administrator Password on Windows Server 2008 Domain, How to Reset?
How to reset Windows server 2008 password when forgot domain administrator password? Is there any easy and effective way available?
View ArticleWindows 7 not recognize domain network
Dear All, I have 2 Windows 2008 R2 DC setup at the production site with windows 2003 functional level. However, I found that when windows 7 client connect with static ip. It can not be able to...
View ArticleGetting this error while Repadmin /Syncall "The encryption type requested is...
Hi,I have single domain environment with 2008 domain controllers, Now I am planning to add new Additional Domain Controller having Server 2012. Schema upgrade is done. Current Schema Version is 56 on...
View ArticleUnable to set hidden home folder path
Hi guys,maybe someone can help in the following Problem we have. Right now we are still using some 2003 Server for user account Administration. Now we have Setup a new 2008R2 Server for the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 - Smart Card service is down
I'm getting this weird error when trying to work with a SmartCard on an ec2 machine running Windows Server 2008. I'm using AnywhereUSB to connect my physical smart-card reader to the remote machine....
View ArticleThe Active Directory definition of this resource record is corrupt or...
Hi, I keep getting the below event logged when a DC's Dns services are restarted. The DNS server was unable to create a resource record for 899494f1-fac0-4405-8bf4-d3d2326d0449._msdcs.domain.local. in...
View ArticleI need to change domain name for the whole network
I'm using server 2012 And I need to change domain name since my local domain name is conflict with our company website and dns mistakenly pointed to our domain instead of website.As a result of this...
View ArticleActive Directory Trusts & Firewalls - Authentication Flows
Hello, I have a complex AD environment involving many domains/forests and firewalls everywhere. For sake of this question, lets say I have 20 DC's in one forest and 10 in the other, and have a two-way...
View ArticleHow is write access to system only attributes enforced?
In researching changes to our password policy, I came across the documentation on the pwdLastSet attribute. An admin can only set it to 0 or -1 regardless of the tool you use to edit it (Powershell,...
View ArticleActive Directory reporting
Hi All,I'm looking for a way to export an Active Directory to CSV that contains a list of all user accounts, and the group memberships each user belongs to.Can someone please help?
View ArticleShort Name not being resolved
I am having a problem with some of the machines on my network, as I noticed that some machines are not resolving the short name mapped drives anymore due to some reason where I had to go back and add...
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