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...
View ArticleDsquery 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:...
View ArticleLockout 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....
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleDCDIAG 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...
View ArticleRevert 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...
View ArticleActive 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...
View ArticleAdding 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...
View ArticleSPN 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...
View ArticleAlmost 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View Articlea 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...
View ArticleAuto 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...
View ArticleIs 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...
View ArticleProtecting 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...
View ArticleStartup 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...
View ArticleForce 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?
View ArticleAD 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...
View Articledcdiag /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...
View ArticleWindows 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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