Adprep encountered a Win32 error. Error code: 0x6ba Error message: The RPC...
I have customer environment where DFL & FFL is set to 2003 and Primary site has Windows 2003 DC. Customer has introduce new site called XYZ and it is has VPN connection with Primary site. This new...
View ArticleWe are deploying Windows 8 ( Professional ) or server 2008 Clients in Windows...
We are deploying Windows 8 ( Professional ) or server 2008 Clients in Windows 2008r2 Domain but the NetBios name will not accept more than 15 Charaters as we aware.Is there any way or clue or TIP to...
View ArticleCannot download ADMT v.3.2
I try to download ADMT v.3.2 from:https://connect.microsoft.com/site1164/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=53422I joined the group, but get the same error for all download links:Page Not Found...
View ArticleDC time not in sync
Windows Server 2008 R2 sp1I followed the steps in this link to have my PDC sync with a time server referring to question number...
View ArticleWeird behaviour change ever since removing last W2K3 DC
Ever since removing our last W2K3 DC's from AD we've noticed a clear change in password expiration behaviour for our AD users. Removing W2K3 went without a hitch, no hiccups at all. I can't find any...
View Articleget value of 'msExchHideFromAddressLists'
Hi` What I'm looking to do is get the value of 'msExchHideFromAddressLists' after I set it. I have many contacts in AD that I can use 'set-adobject' to set this value to TRUE so that they wont display...
View ArticleUser cannot logon with "Must change password at next logon" checked in AD...
Hi Folks,I'm a newbie to AD, having to figure out how it works and need some help. We have a domain controller setup on a Windows 2012 server for our Project Server 2013 environment. This was setup...
View ArticleActive Directory Domain Naming, It's Own Public Domain vs Subdomain...
We are getting ready to rename our domain from a single label "ourcompany" (ourcompany is a stand in for our domain name in this post) and we've been debating on what to name the new domain. We know...
View ArticleSetup Roles for IT Staff in Active Directory
Hello all, We have an IT Department that has been growing over that last year. Now that we are adding more people I'd like to learn how to setup each admin with different rights in Active...
View ArticleForce password change on all non administrators
I am an administrator on the Domain. I need to issue a force password change on all non administrators (we changed our passwords already). I know with Group Policy I and force change on passwords by...
View ArticleDNS Timestamp
DNSconsultmy case withtimestamp.I havesetinmyzonethefollowingNo-refresh intervalRefreshinterval3 days and3 days,but myRegistronare being deletedevery month.There aresomesettingsthat need to check?Thank...
View Articlepolicy not let set password to user remotely dsadd
Hi!<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3864978e-977d-4466-9360-88fae9b319d6" id="72956fb2-92f0-4db0-a3e5-cd9a5976f7d4">i</gs> have a <gs...
View ArticleNetBois name Change
need to change netbios name of Active Directory 2012. Environment is two active directory, one KMS server and File server.can anyone please share step by step document of change NetBios Name.
View ArticleBest Microsoft practice NTDS Settings replication among domain controllers
We currently have a Windows 2008 R2 domain with two sites: Default-First-Site-Name and the Willow-Hill.We have four domain controllers at the Default-First-Site-Name: Filesrvr05 (Windows 2008 R2);...
View ArticleGroup Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error listed below. Logon...
Anytime I run gpupdate /force I get the following messageC:\Users\mpaxton>gpupdate /force Updating Policy... User policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encountered:...
View ArticleWindows Store - Allow Some Apps Block Rest
Hi,I would like to control what our users access on the Windows Store. 1. We do NOT want to block Windows Store2. Allow some Apps to be downloaded and used BUT block the rest. (WhiteList)How can this...
View ArticleApps not start for normal users
Need your help, I have exe shortcut application on domain computers, this exe is placed on shared samba folder, now I can't run this application for domain users, it only runs when I rught click and...
View ArticleAD Migration from SBS2003 to 2012R2
HiI successfully migrated from a SBS2003 to Server 2012 R2. Everything seems to come to work. I now found that I still have the AD structure that has been set up by the SBS2003 in MyBusiness OU. New...
View ArticleGroup Policy security filtering rights
Hi all,I would like to change the security filtering for a group policy object.In this way I limit the GPO to a specific user/computer instead of 'authenticated users'.Enterprise admins and domain...
View Article_msdcs delegation name servers list is limited.
Hi,In the _msdcs delegated zone, I can see that only 3 of 10 DC's are listed as NS servers for the delegation.Is it something I should worry about? Or the zone will be served by all the Domain...
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