DomainDNSZones, and ForestDNSzones are empty
I’m experiencing a problem with DomainDNSZones, and ForestDNSzones. These DNS sub zones are empty. Well actually they contain entries for legacy (removed) 2003 domain controllers, but no entries for...
View ArticleOrphand trust- unable to remove - assistance needed...
Hi,I have multidomain environment with one root domain and 3 child domains. I created the forest oneway incoming trust on root domain dc with another forest (which is single domain environment).I...
View ArticleI lost ability to edit the domain
Hello,While researching one problem, I managed to create another problem.For some time I have issues with my WinXp workstations, they were not always able to locate the logon script. See error in...
View ArticleAD name change on Windows 2012
Hello everybody,I'm a bit lost, quit history: had a Server 2008 with AD name DOM-ESTDEV, and all my workstations, multiple Network HD, Printers, Switche's, etc... with this Domain name. All working...
View ArticleFinding out who is logged into what computer ? To find out where user logged in?
Hello Friends :I want to show you that how can you findout the place which your domain users are logging in ,Of Course i mean the computer account which the user is using for logging in :1- The first...
View ArticleStrange AD Replication and ISTG - Assistance Needed
Hi AllSo I am currently going through my AD and have come to a bit of a stumbling block in terms of my ISTG setup!I have a Windows 2003 Func Level AD with one Windows 2008 R2 DC as well for a total 10...
View ArticleGlobal Address List queries
Hi We are running an Exchange 2010 / AD 2003 environment, and I had some questions on the Global Address List I was hoping someone could help with. a) My understanding is that Outlook accesses the GAL...
View ArticleBest Practice Analyzer
I have 2008 R2 Server,when i run best Practice Analyzer it gives the Alert "All OU must be Protected from Accidental Deletion" while All OU,s are Protected from Accidental deletion,Still i am receiving...
View ArticleMigrating SYSVOL to DFSR, One Server 'stuck' when using getmigrationstate,...
Hi,I am upgrading our 2008 R2 Domain Controllers (All Writable, no RODC) to DFSR for SYSVOL.2 of our DCs are out our main head office, and 1 DC is in a small office (in a seperate site on a different...
View ArticleADDS Best Practices Analyzer Time Synchronization
Very recently a Navy Time Server had pushed out an incorrect time to users whom were misconfigured with W32TM and ended up causing havoc on their Windows domains. I'm proposing a modification to the...
View Articleother domain host records to be created without creating zone
Hi we are having win server 2008 domain controller. I need to create one host record of my vendor website ip address in order to provide access to my employees. i want to create that host record...
View ArticleDHCP Server redundancy in windows server 2008
Hi We are having DHCP server running on primary domain controller. I am planning to give redundancy for dhcp in secondary domain controller or other server. Anybody help me in this how to acheive...
View ArticleActive Directory Replication Failure
I installed a new DC running server2008r2 named (VMSERVER1). Everythign seem to have went well after the domainprep and forestprep. I made it the GC and then tested it by shutting off the first DC...
View ArticleHow do I replace a 2003 BDC with another 2003 BDC on a 2008 Domain
My Primary DC is a 2008 Standard Server SP2 I had a BDC running 2003 and it crashed. It was also running my fax software for my domain as well as some additional small shared programs. I have...
View ArticleDnsmgmt: Cannot contact the DNS server
Problem1:I have a Win Svr 2003 St Sp2 (svr A), and a Win Svr 2008 R2 Ent (svrB) active directory. NIC settings for svr A, prefered dns ip was point to himself and alternate to svr B ip, and NIC...
View ArticleGPO Policy folder Access Denied
After some replication issues that i believe are resolved, I have 2 folders in the sysvol\policies folder that as an admin and system get access denied too when trying to access the content of them or...
View ArticleAutomated User Provisioning (easy question)
I think this is easy question but I do not know how to answer.Could you please explain to me what is automated user provisioning?Suppose I create a user in ADUC and what does automated user...
View ArticleQuestion on ADAM : Does it use SID or DN for user-proxy authentication?
We have 5 source forests consolidated in to one ADAM instance (running on Win 2003 R2 member server for a domain). We have imported the schema and users from the 5 forests and they are all collapsed in...
View ArticleEncrypted Files: EFS Certificate
Hi All,I am truly hope that you will be able to help me with this as i am devastated after realizing that i lost my data from the last 10 years.I backed up my documents from win 7 to an external hard...
View Articlesysvol out of sync with 2 DCs having GPO changes I want to keep - best way to...
Scenario:Single domain with 2 DCs, one 2008 R2 and one 2003AD replicates fineI’m getting journal_wraperrors on the 2008 R2 DC. This prevents FRS replication of sysvol.Administrators have made changes...
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