How to stage member server efficiently?
Hello everyone,I am looking for some best practice hints (most preferably a document or guide) how to prepare domain member servers in a local staging location before shipping the servers into their...
View ArticleSYSVOL not replicating
Hi,I have two AD sites SiteA and SiteB. When I create a GPO in SiteA it is not replicating to SiteB. I have also added a folder in Netlogon folder and it does not replicate either. I do no see any...
View ArticleActive Directory Revert to Vmware Snapshot
I'm about to install Exchange 2010 SP2 in a brand new domain (1 DC). Unfortunately I may need to revert to Exchange 2010 RTM (if anyone has a link to download this, it would be helpful :-).What I've...
View ArticleAccidental Deletion protection for all objects and containers!
Hello,How can I enable 'protect from accidental deletion' on all containers and objects on AD at once (single execution and sub objects inherit from it)? Presently if I make one OU with this feature...
View ArticleNETLOGON Share missing
Greetings,We have 14 DCs in our network, all running W2K3R2 SP2. I had a user call yesterday that said she was having issues with email. Further inspection showed that the NETLOGON share was missing....
View ArticleDomain members diappear
We have some crazy stuff going on. We can add members to Domain Admins and they stay some time, but after a while they are removed. I can add a group into domain admins and after a while they go away...
View ArticleAccessing Home Directory Issues
Strange issue this one. Home directories are mapped to H: for all users via AD (Windows 2008 R2). One particular user logs into their Windows 7 machine and see's their H: drive mapped but is denied...
View ArticleChanging the Preferred Time server
Hi Team,We have 7 win2k8r2- DCs. Our PDC points to external Time Source and 4 DCs poiniting to the PDC for Time Source. i used w32tm command to check this , but 2 DCs are not pointing to the another...
View ArticleDomain Users Missing Locally Installed Applications
Description: If I install an application (such as AOL Instant Messenger) using the local administrator account (.\administrator) or a domain (Windows Server 2033 R2) account that is a member of the...
View ArticleWhat are the best practices to share kerberos tickets from a Forest 2008R2 AD...
I have a request from our Linux integration people to allow external users from anywhere on the net to get a kerberos ticket to use to SSH into our domain joined Linux computers. To do this, I believe...
View ArticleServer 2012 on 2003 (not R2) DC Schema...supported?
Hi,As per the topic header, our DC's are 2003 non-R2. I'm looking at introducing a couple of AppV 5.0 boxes on 2012 - with DFS-R. Can someone please tell me if the schema can be updated to include...
View ArticleHow to list security group information in active directory?
How to list security group information in active directory?
View ArticleDFS share across Domains will not Authenticate properly with non-domain...
I have created a standalone DFS on Domain A. Internal to the domain everything appears to work properly. Accessing the DFS Share from a Domain B computer also appears to work properly. We just...
View ArticleTransfering fsmo rules from 2003 to 2008
I have recently added my first 2008 dc to my domain. I have 2 domain controlers a 2003 and a 2008. I am trying to move my fsmo rules to the 2008 server. All fsmo rules are currently on the 2003 server....
View ArticleActive Directory Web Services Event 1202
Hi all,I am stuck with the event 1202 (source ADWS) error on my ADLDS server hosting sharepoint extranet user repository. My sharepoint server is a domain member butNOT a domain controller. I do not...
View Articlehow can i export all groups which don't have any member list
How can I get the all groups which don't have any user or group added in their member tab in their property.or how can i export all groups which don't have any member list
View ArticleNTP on Windows Server 2008 ( not working )
Hi ALL,Recently i have been trying to sync time between A NTP server and A NTP client. Along the way, i met with a one weird problem. My machine are not connected to a domain but they are of the same...
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 ArticleCan we apply screen saver policy on client machines like vista, XP instead of...
Can we apply screen saver policy on client machines like vista, XP instead of Users in windows 2008R2?
View ArticleLogin information based on particular security group
Hello,Trying to create a report based on the users that access our systems remotely due to belonging to a particular security group, "Remote Users"In AD I can generate a report on when they last logged...
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