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GPO - Windows Firewall with Advanced Security not full apply on PCs
Hi,the scenario is the following:AD on Windows Server 2012. 2 DCs. 1 site.PCs are Windows 8.1 Enterprise.only 1 windows firewall with advanced security GPO applied to all of the PCs.The settings for...
View ArticleModify application partition object (root) in ADLDS
I am not able to modify application partition (root object) in ADLDS instance.In our directory we need one objectClass and its attributes in application partition (root) object. When I try to add this...
View ArticleLDAP Logging not working
Hi,I am trying to vew the contents of LDAP queries coming in at a particular time of day to a Domain Controller. The LDAP conections are being closed by the server mid-conversation whcih we suspect is...
View ArticleCannot authenticate without one of two AD controllers
Hello, we are finally migrating our AD environment. Till migration we had one AD 2003 SP2 AD controller (physical). We have decided to add second controller(VM) based on Windows 2008 R2. Firstly, new...
View ArticleI want to force lan cable plugin during login process on 802.1x computer only...
HiI Configured Wired and computer only 802.1x authentications on all my switch and client on my network ,It works without any problem .I have user logon script to change local administrator password...
View Articlehow can I convert vbs to vbe or exe thay can not be decripted (like one way...
Hias Microsoft recommend I don't want to use group policy password management for client local administrator account ,in my network I have 1000 XP client machine and 2000 Win7 client machine ,I use vbs...
View Article2008 r2 Diaster recovery system state step by step
hello.i am new to network administration and am wanting to learn more about recovering active directory from a disaster, i have already successfully played around with replication and adding new domain...
View ArticleRemove orphaned domain
I have a domain called Ixxxx.com with two domain controllers in a clustered environment. i added another domain called dxxxx.com . the domain dxxxx.com crashed and i had to format the server. now...
View ArticleMember servers randomly losing domain connectivity
Hello,some time ago, we replaced our physical DCs (2003 based) with two new virtualized DCs (2012 R2) running on different Hyper-V hosts, one is holding the operations master and infrastructure master...
View ArticleHow can I create wmi filtering for IE 9
HiI need to apply GPO for IE 9 installed workstation. I searched the WMI filtering for IE 9 but could not get correct one..Please guide me or help to achieve it..Thanks in advance.
View ArticleBenefits of upgrading AD from 2003 to 2008 before upgrading to 2012
We currently have Win2003 R2 with AD and DNS and want to upgrade our to the newest we can. Is there any benefits on upgrading from win2003 to 2008 then to 2012? I can see that updating 2k3 to 2012 r2...
View ArticleRuning SetSPN -F -Q gets Unknown parameter -Q
We are running AD FS v2 on Windows 2008 R2. We have a problem as mentioned in this article "A federated user is repeatedly prompted for credentials during sign-in to Office 365, Azure, or Windows...
View ArticleRemove Users from GAL In AD
Hi All,AD is synced with Office 365 and we disable the user in AD after 30 days, but once the user is disabled it still shows in address book, but we were able to resolve at, but Is there any easy way...
View ArticleAuthenticated Users Group Question
I have a quick question regarding the Authenticated Users "group". I used to be a systems administrator, but I'm a bit rusty since I've been a software developer for the last 10 years. A conflict with...
View ArticleCan't login ADFS
I created ADFS v2 on one of windows 2008 R2 serves. The AD Sync works fine. However, I can't login the ADSF server using adfssvr.mydomain.com/.../idpinitiatedsignon.aspx even we have correct internal...
View ArticleSID only shows up when adding a domain user account from an external trusted...
This is sort of an interesting situation which may wind up being more of a network port not being open.There are two Windows 2008 R2 domains, AlphaCo and BravoCo, that have an external one-way trust...
View ArticleCan't login ADFS using IE
I created ADFS v2 on one of windows 2008 R2 serves. The AD Sync works fine. However, I can't login the ADSF server using adfssvr.mydomain.com/adfs/ls/idpinitiatedsignon.aspx even we have correct...
View ArticleIntermittent connection to domain from remote site.. What is the recommended...
Hello,I used to have a separated branch office with its own application/db standalone server, and about 15 users locally configured on that server...Recently we implemented a Microwave connection (25...
View ArticleAD account is being locked out every couple hrs. Need help tracking
Hi,I am one of multiple administrators at my company and for the past couple of weeks I have had a problem were my AD account will belocked out every couple hours or so. At least once a day. I fear...
View ArticleHelp!!! Locked out of DC with disabled AD directory Service !!!!
Hi there, I believe I just entered into the biggest hole ...Was planning to p2v of a DC and read online to stop and "disable" all AD services.Disable I did, and after installation of convertor...
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