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Replace Domain Controller Server 2008 R2 and Reuse Computer Name

Hello,We have a third domain controller that was powered off and never used again. It was used at one time as a temporary third domain controller. When it was taken out of the network it was not...

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Dsquery computer -name returns empty

Hi, I've run into a problem that I can't solve.Recently, we replaced a few computers with new ones and had to rename them as the older ones. When signing in, a couple users would get:...

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Lockout status not allowing to reset password

Hi,In my AD, I have given Reset and Unlocking passwords to an X user however the X user is not able to reset password of those users.I am using the AD Lockout Tool to Unlock user ID and Password....

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How to restore Forest Trust relationships after replacing the root server

We have 6 servers running Windows Server 2003 in our organisation, which are connected with eachother over a VPN and are in a forest. Last week the root server crashed and I replaced it with a new one...

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DCDIAG DNS Test failure errors.

Hi, I am getting the following error, when i am running the DCDIAG test in my domain. And the error seems to be genric, please help me out to make the DCdiag DNS test error free. DCDiag test failed...

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Revert Folder Redirection Woes

Hello!I've seen several methods to undo folder redirection for a domain, like this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888203What I'd like to know: when removing a user from an organizational unit with...

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Active Directory 2008 Clients Problems

Dear All,I have a active directory on Windows server 2008 in hyper-v before some days everything was fine,but now from some days when i register any windows xp sp3 client with domain it gives message...

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Adding Multi-value Field to AD Schema

Hello,My app/dev team has requested that I add 2 multiple-value (string) fields to our AD schema.  This will house job titles.  I have a 2003 AD environment (adding 2008 AD soon).Is it possible to add...

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SPN duplicate name Error on DC

Good day! I have one problem, which repeating regularly. That error write into system log on both domain controllers more 1000 time in month: The KDC encountered duplicate names while processing a...

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Almost Duplicate User objects

Hello all,i have extracted a list of all userobjects from our AD with the use of Power GUI, no filters, just all objects all fields.So i got this list of 3000+ objects and started noticing that for...

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How to Ad user Account in windows server 2008 R2

Hello One of my top managment user account got deleted from active directory.When i tried restoring it is not allowing me to restore and gives me below error message Restore-ADObject : Illegal modify...

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a few duplicate SPN questions

Hi all,Sorry to write in on what is clearly a routinely covered topic but I didn't see anything that covered my specific questions.  They are:Issue one:HOST/fileserver2.blah.com is registered on these...

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Auto logon question

Hi Everyone,I would like to have a series of computers auto login when they are booted.Each machine will need to have a different username that is logged on with.I do not have the passwords for the...

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Is a trust required here?

Domain A is first.mylocation.com - 2003 domain with 2003 Functional level Domain B is second.mylocation.com - 2008 domain with 2008 Functional levelDomain A has an Exchange 2003 server in it that both...

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Protecting group from accidental deletion.

Hello forum,I am currently working on a Server Core (Windows 2008R2) and I have an OU called 'Groups'. In this OU I have several Global and Domain Local groups that I want to protect from accidental...

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Startup script

Startup scriptHello everybody,Ineed helpfora problem a little strange.I set upa script torun wheneverthe workstations(Windows 7), initialize.Computer Configuration-Windows Settings -Scripts(Startup...

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Force password to expire for testing

Is there a way to forcibly have a password expire in AD so I can test the OWA password expiration form?

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AD client utilizing network bandwidth more than 200 mb per day,

Hi Guys,We have more than 20 location, our 3 dc are located in Datacenter. From every site there are 5-6 systems utilizing network bandwidth towards DC's on 445 port. For this month, network...

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dcdiag /test:dns server differ from ipconfig dns configuration

Hello, I'm having replication issues on Windows 2003 server whose cause is DNS failure. I ran dcdiag /test:dns, and I get an invalid forwarder that points to an invalid DNS server. However, when I...

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Windows 2008 default groups and their privileges?

Hi,I googled for a while, and I failed to find the permissions associated with those default groups, i.e Enterprise Admins, Organization Management.Anyone know the default privileges associated? Thx.

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