Role holder refuses to start AD when pointing to itself as its primary DNS...
I have 3 2008R2 AD servers that are all DNS servers, each of which are in a different site.This is a lab so I power these off and on again frequently.When I powered on all the servers simultaneously...
View ArticleNeed To Modify All Active Directory Profiles
Hello,We are running Server 2008 R2. We need to modify all the user account properties in Active Directory (about 100) to add things like email addresses, phone numbers etc. Is there an easy way to...
View Article2 New servers 2008. Zones not create.
I add a new server (DC2) to domain.Before addingon theserverS2(main server 200864bit)I startedfrom thecd2008R2 adprep:adprep32 /forestPrep adprep32 /domainPrep adprep32 /domainPrep /gpprep adprep32...
View ArticleAdd properties ACL with DACLS
Hi all,I'm trying to set the user properties ACL with a powershell DACLS command :The command hangs each time I try to modify a specific property with a syntax command error. It works if I modify all...
View ArticleTombStone lifetime attrubute
Hello,I got hit by that navy time server blunder 11/19 talk about y2k biting you on the butt..... all is fine now but the micosoft tech said the #2 DC was "tombstoned' (is that proper use of the...
View ArticlePreventing roaming profiles automatically migrating from XP to .V2 Windows 7...
We are currently running Windows XP SP3 clients with a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain. We are migrating our estate to Windows 7 and want to give the users a "clean slate" by giving them a brand new...
View ArticleDomain Admin does not have rights to run programs Server 2008 R2 SP1
I've got a small virtual lab I am trying to setup. Got the first and second Domain Controllers going, no problem. I made my account a member of the Domain Admins group. Now, I'm trying to setup my...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup utility - Server 2008 : can i restore an individual...
Setup - Windows Server 2008 R2I am using inbuilt Windows Server Backup utility, took a system state backup, would like to know if i can restore a single user or OU or GPO from the backup taken using...
View ArticleDOMAINNAME failed test DNS (Help with SRV / DNS Records RReg Failed Test)
I'm running into a problem with DNS server registration. I was trying to follow the below Microsoft Articlehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/241505 But it doesn't really give me much information (That I...
View ArticleWorkstation Trust relationship
Hi ,We had few situations when we had to delete a computer account and create a new PC with same name. We used to delete the account from AD and try to join the new machine with same name. But in cases...
View Articlehow to create a user in active directory with especial privileges without...
HiI want to make a user that could be able to make a remote desktop connection to DC but because of some problems I cannot join it to remote desktop users group.What is the other way to do this?
View ArticleAutoCertificateRollover for certs issued by internal CA
We're using AD FS 2.0 on Server 2008 R2 and are currently using certificates issued from our internal CA for Service Communications and Token-signing. I'm pretty inexperienced with internal PKI, so I...
View ArticleActive Directory - Domain Alies
We have 250 employee in our organization and we are using exchange server 2010. Recently our company name is changed and our bosses do not want to see our old domain name. I know that renaming domain...
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Windows server 2008 R2 RDS Licensing + RODC
Hi all,I have to install RDS Session host + RD Licensing on an RODC server. I know it's not recommended, but if it's technically possible then please let me know. We will force strict policies on that...
View Articleuse adaminstall and install from dsdbutil backup file
I am using adaminstall.exe with advanced switch'adaminstall.exe /adv' to install a adlds replica from a backup.the backup is a dsdbutil backup ( ifw create new backupfile )I want to verify that the...
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NbtNs caused the slowness of logging on domain
Hi,It costs 9sec totally while logging on the domain. 3sec for DHCP, and 6sec for NbtNs broadcast. I can understand the 3sec DHCP because Windows is waiting for 3 times ARP response. But I don't think...
View ArticleNew to ADFS - simple question
I am new to ADFS and a currently reading through the documentation. My company has a couple of specific requirements, with one being access to a SharePoint instance (resource partner) but the other...
View ArticleInstalling a 2012 DC in a all 2008R2 Domain - Keep Name of existing DC
Management wants me to install a new 2012 Domain Controller though keep the name of the Existing DC Server.The Existing DC had DNS, DHCP, WINS, Print Services, Trend Micro OfficeScan, and a few other...
View ArticleActive Directory Web Services Event 1202
Hi all,I am stuck with the event 1202 (source ADWS) error on my ADLDS server hosting sharepoint extranet user repository. My sharepoint server is a domain member butNOT a domain controller. I do not...
View ArticleOU disappear from the system
i know this might sound strange, i was working in a customer side fixing a direct access related issue - along with a Microsoft support engineerthe last thing we were working on is unlink some GPO from...
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