Looking for a simple password reset tool
I work for a public school district. We want the librarians at each campus to reset passwords for students to take the load off of the help desk. We used to be a Novell network and we had a simple...
View ArticleBig AD Troubles & Disappearing Certificate
Folks: I am completely bedeviled with a problem that is creating endless difficulties. I have two sets of problems that appear to be related. First, my certificate in by Remote Desktop Gateway...
View ArticleHow to change Name (Full Name) field in Active Directory
Hi,Need help for changing Full name or Name field in Active directory.Recently we have changed display names for all users in our AD environment and now we want same display name to be appear in Full...
View ArticleAD DS New Forest Domain Naming Problem
Hey everyone, I'm having a bit of a conundrum about the new forest domain name and what possible implications it can have if I chose the wrong name convention...Current SetupThe current issue is that...
View ArticleNew DNS records refused (event 4015 + event 4013)
Hi, we have 2 domain controllers, both virtual Hyper-V Windows 2008 R2 servers (not RODC). All of a sudden we couldn't add a new DNS record ("The host XXX cannot be created: Refused). This happens on...
View ArticleOrder to raise functionality
Which order should I raise the functionality to 2008r2, forest or domain first?
View ArticleNeed the help on the AD Security Logs
Hi ,Need the help on the AD security Logs.I know when a group is modified in Active Directory, we will be having the security event log on 4728 and 4729 that is a member is added and removed from a...
View ArticleAD MIg question
Hello All,we are in the process of upgrading our AD from 2008 r2 to 2k12 r2 and like to take experts opinion in this forum about the approach we have multiple sites and two child domains under parent...
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DNS host records priority
Hi,We are using EPM (Enterprise Project Management) in our organization.We have to provide access to it from three different subnets:LocalOrganization1Organization2The DNS already added the host record...
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Wireless connection issue
Hi GuysI have been on issue.Issue is below: 15 users were not able to connect wireless and when they try to connect get the error message " User does not exists."All 15 users configured Autologin...
View ArticleActive directory Data Back and restore
Hi all, I am new user to 2008 R2, I am using trial version and trying out to simulate some real time situations on my own.I installed the 2008R2 trial, promoted the server ad DC. created the several...
View ArticleStarting new AD Fresh would this work?
I would like to start the process of migrating to a new AD. The current domain was not properly setup and the prior admin left. so i want to start fresh. I would still migrate account and apps over...
View ArticleDC promotion and adprep/forestprep
I've tried to dcpromo a new Windows 2008 server installation to be a Domain Controller, running in an existing domain. I am informed that, first, I must run adprep/forestprep ("To install a domain...
View ArticleDC/GC incorrect Machine DN Name
I was checking some global catalog issues and discovered the "Machine DN Name" was incorrect on 2 of my 6 domain controllers. The incorrect value is located at...
View ArticleAdd first 2012 RODC to Windows 2008n Domain
A question for the experts regarding introducing the first Windows Server 2012 R2 RODC to our AD environment. We are currently at Windows Server 2008 for both Domain Level and Forest Level. We have...
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Password policy
Experts,We have 2003 DFL. Our default domain policy does not have Max pwd age and Min pswd age settings nor does any other GPO has that. However we notice randomly that user's password got expire.Our...
View ArticleW2K12 Audit Failure Logs are not shows on DC
Hi All,In our environment we have faced an issue about Audit Logs.We set the Default Group Policy as getting Audit "Success,Failure" logs and we have a policy for Domain Controller with same...
View ArticleSelective trust reference material (CXO/management level)
I tried a basic search.Just wondering if anyone knows of any good AD material that might contrast an external (non-transitive) trust with and without selective authentication enabled.I'm looking for...
View ArticleFull Forest Recovery of Windows Server 2012 R2
Hi, I'm currently planning a recovery strategy for a single forest, single domain environment. There are 4 x 2012 R2 domain controllers and all FSMO roles are held by a single DC. In the event of a...
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