Domain Join operation was not successful. Access Denied !
Hello,I am facing a weired problem while adding a Server to our domain.I get following following error message:"The join operation was not successful. The could be because an existing computer account...
View Articleis there any way to update windows cached credentials with out contacting the...
if it is possible to update then how to do it? i have found out the cached credentials are stored HKLM\SECURITY\CACHE\NL$n. how to update this values in order to change the cached credential with out...
View ArticleAdModify + CustomAttributes
Hi all,I am trying to set the field ExtensionAttribute1 to the field on the general tab called Office. I am also entering some info either side of the field. The value currently looks like: T:...
View ArticleMulti Forest / Multi AD to one ADFS
Hi everyone, Here is the deal, I wanted to know if its possible to have One ADFS server for multiple domains / multiple forest. I have 480 domains which have nothing to do with our head office network....
View ArticleHow Do I Centrally Change all Local Administrator Passwords for Systems...
I run a Windows Server 2008 environment. I want to centrally change all the initial Local Administrator Password on the XP client systems. Which tool can I use to achieve that?Thanks.
View Articlenot all domain controllers can communicate with machines in external trust...
I just want to make sure that this will be ok to do...I have domain A (single domain forest). It has several trusts with domains in other forests: we have one-way external outgoing trusts, two-way...
View ArticleAny issues with server 2008R2 being a backup AD when the Primary AD is a 2003...
Someone recently told me if a customer has a Windows 2003 server that originally came from NT which was upgraded to Windows 2000, then upgraded to 2003 as their primary AD, if you add a 2008R2 server...
View ArticleMultiple Issues
Hi!While checking the Active Directory health before we upgrade Exchange 2003, we found some problems:1. The network adapter Local Area Connection 3 does not list the loopback IP address as a DNS...
View Articledcdiag failed to delete test record
I've (mostly) successfully brought a new 2008R2 AD/DNS server into my existing 2003 domain. I'll be retiring the 2003 servers, then bringing a 2nd 2008R2 DC online. So I'm going through every possible...
View ArticleRemove old child domain
HelloI am an administrator of a single forest with many child domains (35 to be exact)We had a child domain w2k3 R2 (geri.sem.com) it crashed 7 years ago, and the guy before me removed it using...
View ArticleReplication issues between AD windows server 2003 R2 and windows server 2012
I have a problem with my DC servers. i have 3 ad servers running windows server 2003 R2 and i added a member server that is running windows server 2012 to be used for installing exchange 2013. i have 2...
View ArticleRoaming profiles not created while the creation of user account
Hello,Our file server (running windows server 2003) is hosting Roaming profiles for users (in active directory running 2003). And that worked just fine till this week, when trying to create some users,...
View ArticleHow to check that which client IPs are getting authenticated with AD
Hi Experts,We are using Windows Server 2003 Active Directory, soon we are going to upgrade to 2008 R2 or 2012, there are around 200 of applications which are authenticating as well as connecting to AD...
View ArticleCaveats to setting Active Directory quotas ?
Interested to know if people in this community have comments around using AD quotas ? any caveats / negatives which people have experienced in the field ?
View ArticleCan a Windows 2012r2 Server act as a DC in windows 2003r2 domain?
Can a Windows 2012r2 Server act as a DC in windows 2003r2 domain?
View ArticleActive Directory DNS Problem
Dear All,I'm using Active Directory 2008 R2 in my company. the Domain I'm using is like Company.com and my Website iswww.Company.com. I have made www A Record in my AD which was working fine till this...
View ArticleNetlogon not starting - RPC_S_OUT_OF_RESOURCES 1721 (0x6B9) - Solved but not...
Our operations master DC (Server 2012) was running fine, then out of the blue the domain literally disappeared! No AD available, no DNS, nothing!Traced the problem in fairly short order to the Netlogon...
View ArticleADFS 3.0 - secondary farm server using WID not responding or showing ADFS info.
Hello all,I have a 2012 R2 ADFS server farm consisting of 2 servers using WID. When I added the second server to the existing server, it completed the tasks just fine without any errors and shows in...
View ArticleProblems when users renew their password.
Hi guys.I'm facing a problem related to users passwords. According to our security patterns, the users should renew their passwords each 90 days.But lots of users reports that their accounts are...
View ArticleConnecting DHCP and AD
Hi! I have a question about bounding DHCP and AD. I´m trying to find out is there a solution for that kind of idea. First of all today we have Linux DHCP server and Microsoft AD. What we do today is...
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