Windows Server 2012 RODC not replicating SYSVOL
So here is the problem that we are having. We have a main branch location with a new active directory forest with one domain. There are 3 DC's in this location. We have a branch location that has a...
View ArticlePls help: SYSVOL and NetLOGON share not ready after creating first Windows...
Hi all,I'm setting up the first DC on Windows server 2012 following steps here...
View ArticleAD replication issue. had 1722 error after running repadmin
Hi,I got 1722 error ( The RPC server is unavailable) when I run repadmin /replsummary. The result points that one source DSA is having 1722 error and the problem DC is the DC I run repadmin command...
View ArticleHow to enable 2 concurrent Administrative remote desktop sessions in Win 2008...
Hi,By default, 2008 R2 allow 2 concurrent administrative remote desktop sessions. But when i trying to connect 2nd administrative remote session, the 1 st will be disconnected.Is any settings need or...
View Article2008 DC sycn with external Time source - can't get this to work
Hi AllI know there are allot of questions on this, but I am yet to find a solution for my problemI have a 2008 DC which is the PDC emulator, I want to sync it with an external time source, but I cannot...
View ArticleEvents 5774, 5775 on Windows Server 2012 R2 DC using 3rd Party DNS server
I am getting events 5774 and 5774 logged on my first Windows Server 2012 R2 DC, because I am using 3rd party DNS server (InfoBlox).According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977158, the Hotfix can be...
View ArticleHow to pull up inventory of DC's
Hello Experts,.Is there any easy way to pull up name of all DC's / inventory details ?
View ArticleUniveral group with a one-way trust
Hello,If you have a domain with a one-way trust configured and you want to prevent a universal group in the trusted domain from being assigned permissions in the trusting domain, how would you do it?...
View ArticleExcessive 4624 and 4634 events
Windows Server 2012 AD DC, users on Windows 7 SP1 x64 are logging in (~800 or so users). A small percentage of them are generating 300-400 logon events in the Security log - *per second*. Most other...
View ArticleIs it possible to install multiple Password Export Servers (PES) in the...
I'm unable to find definitive information that says it is not allowable or feasible to install multiple PES servers in the domain. The only hit I have is "Can PES (for password migration) be installed...
View ArticleList AD accounts that have not been used for months?
Hello,I use oldcmp.exe to show me what computers have not been used for months and I can disable them, but I wish to do the same for users Active Directory accounts, is this possible?We use AD 2003Thanks
View ArticleChange group SamAccount name, implications
Hi,We have an Active Directory 2008 R2 forest, with two domains. We found 66 duplicate universal security groups with the same SamAccountName. If we change the SamAccount name for the groups, what are...
View Article3rd party Password Reset Tool that Integrates well with Active Directory
Hi,Does anyone know of a good password reset tool that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory that provides a good way of distributing e-mails/sms as a means of providing the user's changed or...
View ArticleTracking Log on
Hi There,I am preparing to change the password of one of or main and oldest Domain Admin accounts. It has been used for years for all kinds of authentication within applications, services and...
View ArticleEvent ID 4010 on Windows server 2008 R2 ADC
Event ID = 4010 I am getting error on my Windows Server 2008 R2 ADC. The DNS server was unable to create a resource record for 62ebf5b9-1450-4eef-aeaf-f4eb0a16457c._msdcs.domain.local. in zone...
View Article2012 R2 DC crashes when user account is renamed using RSAT Tools on Windows 7
Hello Everyone,we have a forest and a domain both running in 2003 native mode. We have a mixture of domain controllers running 2003 and 2008 R2 and just recently deployed two new domain controllers...
View ArticleCan I have two Domain in one network?
I have two Server in my office in same network.Server A is Active Directory / Domain Server. Certain user join domain and connect to this server.Server B is File Server. The other user just use...
View Article2012 R2 DC crashes after import Root CA from 2008 R2 DC/CA (with same name)
Hello Everyone. We migrate a Windows Server 2008 R2 DC with Root CA to an Windows Server 2012 R2 DC with same IP and Computername on a new VM. The Windows Server 2012 R2 works fine before we import the...
View ArticleSite Logon Issues
I have a strange issue that I'm having an issue figuring out...I have a branch office that has two network subnets.One is a public IP range that we are moving off of because its a public range......
View Articledial-in tab greyed out in active directory users and computers
I am trying to delegate the "Dial-in" tab options to my Helpdesk AD group. I've followed the following directions (pasted below), but I cannot get the options to un-grey. I've manually sync'ed AD and...
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