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I am using windows server 2003 x64 as my Primary Domain Controller , I want to install windows server 2008 x86 enterprise on an old server to make it as ADC.1. The server memory is just 2 GB will i...
View ArticleActive Directory : Replication Issue - "Disconnected" sub-domain from the Forest
Hello everyone,I'm managing a multi-domain forest (with 7 sub-domain). All are working fine except for one. Throught repadmin (Repadmin /replsum /bysrc /bydest /sort:delta), I noticed I got both...
View ArticleHow to give a user access to just 2 fields in a user account properties
Is it possible to create a user that has basic access rights in Active Directory but give it access to just the users name and telephone number of every user in Active Directory? We have a Windows...
View ArticleDNS records are not 100% correct
For a while now we've been noticing that some DNS records are not correct. The records are pointing to incorrect IP addresses. One by one I open the record, update the IP, then replicate across all...
View ArticleOne physical DC still recommended?
Hello,a few years ago (Windows 2008R2) somebody told me, that it is recommended to have at least one Domain Controller as a physical server. This server should be responsible for the FSMO roles and for...
View ArticleUpgrading main (only) domain controler from 2012 to 2012R2
Hi all, let me briefly explain situation:I was assigned to help small local company to migrate their DC from 2003 SBS to 2012.I've installed new hardware in place, installed 2012 (evaluation) with AD...
View ArticleNon-DCs in Domain Controller OU
We have about 50 computers in our Domain Controller OU and only 3 of them are actually domain controllers. From my understanding, the rest of them are Unix machines that when added to the domain a long...
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Server cant determine user name, just show SID, and then disappear
Hi!!I'm having problems when I try to add any domain user or group to local groups in the server 2008 ST. The user or group is displayed as SID, and after apply settings the groupdisappear.So, the...
View ArticleDead Domain
I have a forest with several domains and one of them is dead (the only DC died). It was a testing domain so nothing important was there and we created a new one for testing purposes.But I still have...
View ArticleAudit of account creation not working
I have already activated the “Audit account management” in my Domain Controllers GPO but no events appears in the event log when a user is created. That's the winning GPO for the setting in the...
View ArticleVirtualized two domain controllers last week, now can't raise FFL. Seems to...
Hi, I've virtualized two AD 2000 domain controllers and last week dcdiag was reporting no errors. However today I went to raise the forest/domain functional level and it told me the BDC (\\ZEUS) is...
View ArticleWindows 7 Workstation added to AD. After CTRL+ALT+DELETE user name appears...
Hello I recently imaged a classroom of 30 Windows 7 Workstations using Symantec Altiris 7.1. After the sysprep runs the workstations automatically logon into user with admin rights (for this...
View ArticleSound and print services are being stopped on DC PCs
Sound and print services are being stopped when computer is added on domain controller.It works for the beginnig and then it just stops.I haven't made any configurations in GPO or anything on AD. Why...
View ArticleNo authentication prompt using DFS links to fileserver into another domain...
Users , Fileservers and DFS root with DFS links in Domain A all work fine.each users from Domain A have also credentials and passwords from Domain BThere is NO trust between Domain A and Domain B,...
View ArticleAssign Computer Policy Based On User Filtering
Hi EverybodyI got one GPO which configures computer setting (system\device installation). This policy should be assigned to computers OU. But what I want is to assign this policy to a subset of users...
View ArticleCan AD work with different forests?
Hello Community Using AD is it possible to bring in a "group" from a domain in one forest into a group in a domain in a different forest when a one-way trust relationship exists, if so how? Note:...
View ArticleCant join the Domain
DNS was successfully queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain "domain.local": The query was for the SRV record for...
View ArticleIf this is the first occurrence of this event for the specified computer and...
Last value: The session setup from computer 'HKHW2800-005' failed because the security database does not contain a trust account 'HKHW2800-005$' referenced by the specified computer. USER ACTION If...
View ArticleLogon falure
HI All..My AD see so many Logon failure Event.... seems every few logon failure attempt within a Sec..EventID: 529User : NT Authority \SYSTEMComputer : AD01Desciption:Logon Failure:Reason: Unknown user...
View ArticleDomain Trusts: What does a trustAttributes value of 0x0 ( ) mean?
Using this script (http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Enumerate-Domain-Trusts-25ecb802) to enumerate domain trusts and when looking at my trusts in adsiedit, I find I have four different...
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