file sharing login prompt where trust is in place?
Since shutting down one DNS Server on our secondary site in domain 1 users in Domain 2 are being prompted for a login and password when trying to access file shares in Domain 1 in our primary site....
View ArticleI lost ability to edit the domain
Hello,While researching one problem, I managed to create another problem.For some time I have issues with my WinXp workstations, they were not always able to locate the logon script. See error in...
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 Articledsa.msc(user copy & attribute query)
When we are copy a user from dsa.msc for creating a new user. Some attrs are copied and some attrs are not copied.What is the reasons behind that & can I have a list for those attrs(can copy &...
View ArticleHow to get rid of Windows Server 2008 DC for 2012
Hi There,We are transitioning our 2008R2 DC to 2012. For a start I will explain our setup.1 x 2008 R2 DC/DNS/DHCP in the Central Office ( Server 01 )6 x mixture of 2008 and 2008 R2 DC/DNS/DHCP in...
View ArticleConfiguring loopback address in IP properties
OK...I've read the articles and the consensus is that it's OK to use the loopback OR the actual IP address on the DNS settings for the IP properties of the DC's network connection as long as the...
View Articlequestion for 70-640 about log on rodc
Your company has a main office and a branch office. The branch office has an Active Directory site that contains a readonly domain controller (RODC). A user from the branch office reports that his...
View ArticleNew ADDS Site Question..
I am in the process of planning on setting up a couple of servers at a remote location (starting with Data Protection Manager 2012) that require access to AD and DNS. As the remote servers and my...
View ArticleADDS Installation Error on Windows Server 2012
The operation failed because:The path chosen for the system volume is not accessible. Please either manually delete the contents of the path or choose another location for the system volume."The...
View ArticleUrgent Help With AD issues
I am really at my wits end here. Im wanting to completely restart (create new) our domain from scratch. It has been patched and patched again before I started here and a lot of issues have been...
View ArticleSysvol replication problem between two windows 2008 R2 DC
Hello,Our domain Windows 2008 domain function level.I checked DFRS state, it’s ‘eliminated’ state with no error. dfrsmig tool has never been run before to change the state or migration from FRS to...
View ArticleDeleted file returns in SYSVOL
Strange one here that I can't figure out.We have a domain with just over 40 DC's in it. This is due to having remote sites that each have a DC in them.Replication is working fine according Sonar and...
View Articlelast login time not accurate
I wanted to check to see what AD accounts i could delete. Sometimes HR doesn't tell me when PT employees leave. I found this script.' List last logon times On Error Resume Next sEnterDCs =...
View ArticleNetwork drive mapping in large organizations
We are in the process of reevaluating our drive mappings in our organization. We are planning on moving all drive mappings to flow through Group Policy. It appears that we will have more than 25...
View ArticleUser Acct Migration in Domain
Hi Sir/Mdm, I will like to know if it is possible to migrate users in one domain to another domain without trusting the domain. kindly advise. Thanks.RegardsLee Tong
View ArticleDNS scavenging not working
I have all windows server 2008 r2 sp1 ent servers for my domain controllers, 2 in two different sites and 2 in my main site. Forest and domain functional levels are both "windows server 2008 r2". In...
View ArticleEvent id: 13568
While restarting ntfrs service getting event id : 13568 and below event details. Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:NtFrsEvent Category:NoneEvent ID:13568Date:1/18/2012Time:6:41:28...
View Articlentds.dit databse 49GB in size after windows update
Hello All,After installing some updates (12th December) we noticed that one of our AD servers was running out of storage space and RAM utilisation had reached 90% - on investigation we found that the...
View ArticleEvent ID: 1864 ActiveDirectory_DomainService Replication Error
Hi,i m getting bellow error under "Directory Service" events on my every domain controller...pls. help me to sort this out.-------This is the replication status for the following directory partition on...
View ArticleNetlogon and SYSVOL shares are not created after DCPROMO in Windows 2003
Hi, This is weird! I just do DCPROMO to add DC role in my Windows 2003 and the NETLOGON and SYSVOL shares are not created. Is it normal or it takes time to be created?
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