Remove 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 ArticleOne way trust WMI issues - only on domain controllers
Hi all, I'm having some interesting issues with attempting to setup remote monitoring via WMI from a trusted domain service account to some remote domains in our environment. There is a one way trust...
View ArticleHow to manage DNS for non domain remote computers with static natting
We have roughly 9000 computers that are remote non domain joined pc's. These 9000 computers are installed at a little over 1200 sites connected via vpn tunnels. All these sites use the same matching...
View ArticleChild OU`s in Domain Controllers OU
HelloSingle Forest and Domain; two Windows 2008 R2 DC`sI have inherited a system where the previous administrator have created sub OU`s in the Default Domain Controllers OU (for WSUS purposes, dont ask...
View ArticleChanging FSMO roles remotely via RDP
Is there a issue with changing FSMO roles to a new server 2003 to 2008 R2 via RDP from remote location?Dave Santel
View ArticleDCPromo Failing to Demote Domain Controller
Hi,We are having difficulty demoting a DC. After running dcpromo unattended we get the following error:active directory domain services could not transfer the remaining data in directory partition...
View ArticleSet Replication to Happen More Frequently Than Every 15 Minutes
In Active Directory Sites and Services, the UI limits to synchronize between sites every 15 minutes at a minimum for Site Links. We have it set that low and we have determined that we could potentially...
View ArticleUpgrading domain from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2
I am looking to upgrade my domain from server 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. We have 10 remote sites, each with a single physical ESXi host hosting 2 vms, 1 2008 R2 vm with the ADDS/DHCP/DNS/File Services (user...
View Articleis there a way to fix this?
I got this event 5723 and searched computer1 and it is not shown up in AD users and computers MMC. why did we get this event even the computer is not in AD database? is there a way to fix this...
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Operations Master DC unavailable
I'm not sure what's going on here. Not even sure where to start looking.The operations master DC is showing as unavailable, so traffic is going to one of our remote site domain controllers. I...
View ArticleUser Password Reset delay - After Domain Upgrade to 2012
I resently upgraded Windows 2003 domian to 2012 and everything work fine. After this I could see delay in password reset for users for around 15 t0 20 minutes. How to solve this issue.
View ArticleWindows 2012 & R2 DCs on Windows 2003 Domains
Hello to all. As written on several MS articles, W2K12 R2 does not have W2K3 domain functional level or forest functional level anymore, they are both deprecated. I have 1 forest at W2K3 forest...
View ArticleBlock drag-n-drop from PST to mailbox
Backstory - Horrible PST implementation, 18+ PST's for some users, we are cleaning it upI need to completely block the ability for users to move or copy (either from drag and drop or import) items from...
View ArticleLDAP vs X.500
Hello everybody,what are the differences between LDAP & X.500? I know that LDAP is a directory access protocol but what about X.500?
View ArticleChanging Active Directory name
Presently have an AD name xxx.net with an external name x.x.com. We own the x.x.com but not xxx.netThis is causing big problems especially with Exchange.we are running Windows 2008 r2.If we want to...
View ArticlePrevent changes on client PC inherited from AD Group membership change.
Hello everyone,membership of some AD users was sudenlly change last week (at thursday). Impact of this change is huge - deleted profiles on client PC. I catched this problem early, when just few users...
View Articlewindows server 2008 user longing problem
halo,i have an issue i add my laptop to domain and in computer properties it shows that it is connected to domain but when i restart it on start up screen it shows ''computer name\user name'' instead...
View ArticleActive directory issue in subdomain
Hello allI have domain root.corp with a subdomain 123.root.corp that has other subdomain ABC.123.root.corpMy problem is that in site and services in root.corp and 123.root.corp i can not see domain...
View ArticleTransfer of FSMO roles after installing 1st 2008 R2 DC into 2003 domain.
I am looking at upgrading my 2003 domain to 2008 R2 and installing the 1st 2008 R2 DC at the forest level first then at the other remaining child domains. My question when is it a good time to...
View ArticleServer 2003 Event ID 7 KDC
People were suddenly having issues logging in to the domain over the weekend and I noticed I could not log in either. I could only get to the terminal server via a local login, so I went in to the...
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