Windows 2000 server and windows XP woes
I have a windows server 2008 R2 functional level domain with two DC's - windows 2008 r2 and windows 2012 r2. Up until Monday of this week everything worked fine. I migrated our exchange system from...
View ArticleInstalling gMSA on a server without AD cmdlets
I created a managed server account and gave "SERVER1$" rights to retrieve the password. I then tried to install the service account on server1, only to find that the command requires the active...
View ArticleError when attempting to change password: "The security database on the...
The error message I'm seeing is "The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship." There's nothing wrong with the trust relationship and I...
View ArticleNot able to view attribute editor tab in AD on 2003 server
Not able to view attribute editor tab in AD on 2003 server, Even after enabling Advance Feature option from View. Attribute editor option on user property is not visible.Also after browsing the user...
View ArticleHow to use audit account(account with audit role) to connect to the servers,
Hello, I have created Audit account in CA domain controller, so I have account to view logs and some other responsibilities as a Auditor, but I'm not able to connect remotely(RDP) and also I'm not able...
View ArticleHow to migrate Active Directory from Azure Active Directory to on-premises...
My customer is using Azure Active Directory and now want to have on-premises Active Directory server. How can we setup on-premises AD server, integrate with Azure AD, do the migration e.g. User...
View ArticleLastLogin Time Stamp or LastlogonDate
Hello All,In our Forest, we have 4 domain, All the Domain Controller are running 2012 R2 and are GCWe have implemented Cisco Any Connect for VPN, Cisco box is configured with only one Domain DC's IP...
View ArticleNot all groups returned by domain controllers of another forest
We have a software that works on workstation that is a member of another domain in another forest.When this software starts it connects to our domain and checks user's group membership with api...
View ArticleOld Certificate on Domain Controller
Hello I have 4 domain controller, 2 old and 2 new. But the 2 new domain controllers can't seem to replicate the system OU from the old ones. After some troubleshooting I think I might have found the...
View ArticleRecent Java Updates not applying over group policy
We currently use a Windows server 2008 R2 domain controller over our local network. We've been updating Java packages through the Group Policy or over a year now with no issues. However, the most...
View ArticleLosing AD and other services approx every 6 days
A number of months ago I did a migration from SBS2003 to Server 2008R2 - Small stand alone business with one DC. Following procedures and while I had some issues all appeared to be resolved. (SBS box...
View ArticlePermissions on users
I have a shared folder called home$. It contains sub-folders for different users. How can I make sure that one user does not have access to the other users folder but the user has permissions on...
View ArticleError 1311 no logon server
Hi, We have an issue for 2 weeks now that we cannot solved. We have a site where they have a local Windows domain running on a Windows Server 2003. We were asked to install a new server for running...
View ArticleMultihomed DC (keep old DC IP alive...but was is another vlan)
Hi,First, as usual, sorry for my english.We have a technical question about multihomed DC. We know that there is no probleme for a domain controller to have 2 different IP on the same network. But in...
View ArticleUseful book to design an Active Directory domain from scratch
Dear all,I have to plan a new Active Directory domain, and need to create a very detailed low level design. For this, is there any good book on the market, that can be used as a complete checklists of...
View ArticleDeleted user is reflecting while try to search in active directory,
Hi I was deleted some users from active directory couple of months ago. I had executed the forcefully command for replicate the domains and it is completed successfully.But once I search the deleted...
View ArticleLinking GPO's at the domain root rather OU's
Are there performance issues related to linking at the domain root rather than particular OU's?I've started moving away from linking policies at OU's and begun linking them at the domain root and...
View ArticleVMAT (KMS) Activation Errors with 2012R2
We have an AD environment with a KMS server activating Windows and Office products. Recently we deployed 2 Windows Server 2012R2 Virtual Machines and these particular 2 guests will not activate. They...
View Articlehow to disable ldap anonymous directory access from Windows server 2008 R2 SP1
After running security scan on one of our Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 domain controller we have got the below vulnerability :LDAP Anonymous Directory Access Permitted (ldap-anonymous-directory-access)...
View ArticleShoul I enable the Computer Browser Service?
I have two Server 2012 DCs, a physical and a virtual. Should I enable the Computer Browser service on these DCs? I read some posts that suggest doing it but what is best practice these days?
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