Update HOSTS file on devices inside a specific OU
This is posted in another Microsoft Forum but I thought this would be a great place to ask the question as well.We have a group of mobile computers that are in the field. These computers are restricted...
View Articledomain controllers of different domains of the same forest in the same site?
Hi all,I've a forest with 2 domains, let's say DOM_A and DOM_B, each domain has 2 domain controllers. All the domain controllers of both domains are in the same physical location.I've to create a...
View ArticleHow many DC need In my Scenario
hello to dearsI have Scenario that have one main office that has 400 Users.In scenario i said 1 forest and 1 doamin with 2 DC'sone of them for fail tolerance .but he doesnt accept my reason any body...
View Articlemove windows 2003 Domain to another new server and upgrade windows 2008 Serer...
Hi,Presently I have windows 2003 domain and 100 xp client system. All are connected to the windows 2003 domain. We are using the Oracle database and SQL data base also using in the windows 2003 domain....
View ArticleDNS Issues
Greetings. I need some assistance with an apparent DNS issue, please. Workstations have intermittent errors for W32Time, Dhcp, DnsApi, Netlogon, RPC, "There are currently no logon servers available"....
View ArticleIPSec Trust Design Question
Hi. Currently my team recently acquired the responsibility of managing a 3rd party trusting network.. not our choice. So long story short we are looking to tighten up all loose ends and provide all a...
View ArticlePromote a 2012 DC using PowerShell 3.0 workflow hangs on Install-ADDSForest
Hi,seeing the value in PowerShell 3.0 workflow for machine / classroom installation I am trying to automate the entire installation of a SharePoint 2013 machine. First steps include making the server a...
View ArticleMS VPN not working for a particular user
One user is asked to re-enter his credentials while trying to connect via Windows 7 VPN client. PPTP protocol.This is an account issue, but the credentials are typed correctly. From his home, I could...
View ArticleCan password be reset to numeric only and also a user be forced to keep...
I have win 2003 Server R2 SP2 AD environment and wandering to know if I can change AD user account password to numeric only (like 37864309)? and also can I force the users to keep numeric passwords...
View Articlenested group membership design question
I have several divisional file shares. Within each of those file shares is a folder for every department. I want to make a security group for accessing each department folder. I also have a divisional...
View Articleunable to find logon entries in Event Viewer
I'm running a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory domain and I want to be able to see event entries when somebody logs in to any workstation or member server that's joined to the domain. I checked the...
View Article2008 R2 DC as NTP Server
Can non windows devices (which are not member of the active directory domain like Cisco router) use the Windows 2008 R2 domain controller as NTP server so that they can sync the time with 2008 R2 DC?
View ArticleHow to deploy/configure an outlook profile on Outlook 2003 SP3 clients via...
Hi, We have a number of clients that are running Outlook 2003 SP3. They clients are connected to an Exchange 2010 via LAN. We have Outlook 2010 clients working with Outlook Anywhere and we need to get...
View ArticleDFSR Unsuccessful on New Domain Controller (EventIDs 1058, 5014)
I have searched a lot and done quite a bit of troubleshooting to no avail. There are a lot of posts on these issues, and none of them have helped me resolve the problem. I believe it may be...
View ArticleFirst Windows 2008 Domain Controller in 2003 Domain - Error delegation for...
Hello All,I ran all prep commands for my Windows 2003 Domain. I ran DCPROMO on a Windows 2008 R2 Server and I received a "A delegation error for this dns server cannot be created because the...
View Articlehow can notify my team before DCs get down in windows 2003 and windows 2008?
how can notify my team before DCs get down in windows 2003 and windows 2008?
View Articlehow can get the replication status of other forest with other forest username...
MY command are below:dcdiag /e of other forest,repadmin /failcache * >replication.txt of other forestrepadmin /queue * >>replication.txt repadmin /replsum * /bysrc /bydest /sort:delta...
View ArticleBaseLIne Analyzer DNS Root Hints Failure
Hi,We have an internl AD DNS namespace which has no connection to the intenet for root hints. It is configured to forward to external unix servers that have access to the internet, thus root hints...
View ArticleEFS Group Policy
Hi,I have some Windows 2003 and some 2008 Domain Controllers in the domain. When I login to Windows 2003 Server and opening Domain Policy and going to the properties of encrypting file system under...
View Articlewindows 2012 DC's and windows 2000 member servers
I’m planning on adding windows 2012 domain controllers into our environment (all our DC’s are windows 2008R2 and we are at 2008R2 forest and domain functional level), but we still have windows 2000...
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