Verification of replica failed. The Wizard cannot access the list of domains...
Hello,I have DC2(MBDC), and DC1. The DC2 was the primary domain controller and was holding the DNS, AD DS, and DHCP, the operating system of DC2 was Win 2008. The DC2 was damaged due to electricity...
View ArticlemsDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed returning "01.01.1601 01:00:00" for most...
Good Day!I've just noticed that this command:Get-ADUser -filter {Enabled -eq $True -and PasswordNeverExpires -eq $False} –Properties “DisplayName”, “msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed” | Select-Object...
View ArticleCannot remove user from AD, access is denied
I'm trying to remove a user from our AD using Adsiedit but I get this error: Operation failed. Error code: 0x5 Access is denied. 00000005: SecErr:DSID-031A1256, problem 4003 (INSUFF_ACCESS_RIGHTS),...
View ArticleRODC promotion fails with While promoting Read-only Domain Controller, failed...
Trying to fix the issue with one RODC failing with the below error.While promoting Read-only Domain Controller, failed to replicate the secrets from the helper AD DC.01/06/2017 09:45:14 [INFO] EVENTLOG...
View ArticleMSA Account's password change causes failure to connect to SQL DB
Hey,I have an MSA account which runs an IIS application pool in my organization.Seems that every 30 days, when the MSA account automatically resets its password, the site cannot connect to the SQL DB...
View ArticleUsers are unable to login if one of the domain servers is down
HiI have a windows server 2008 domain with 2 Domain controllers.Server 1 has Schema,Naming Master, PDC, RID & Infrastructure Roles.Server 2 had Global catalog.I never tested it the other way ,...
View ArticleTool to check Active Directory.
Hi,My boss has ask me to search some tool which make diags and look for configuration issues in Active Directory, such as sites without domain controllers, sites without global catalogs, replication...
View ArticleDisk Space
Hi My primary partition size is 100 GB and its almost 95 GB full. I need to delete temporary files related to windows. please guide me what files wrt windows can be deleted like temp, prefetch.
View ArticleCan't log in Windows Server 2012 r2 when the network cable is plug
Hello every body , So here’s my problem, I recently made an update for windows 2012 r2 in 4 of my domain controllers. Since there is impossible for me to enter on these computers. I can’t logon on...
View ArticleDomain users are unable to change or reset password.
Some of domain users are unable to change or reset password from alt+ctrl+del.. This issue occurs ramdomly. I have have check the Group Policy and all the complexity and length is not defined.Following...
View ArticleUser Directories
Can someone tell me when user directories are created? Are they created when a user logs onto a server or are they created when the user is created in the AD?We are running 3 terminal servers with...
View ArticleComputers point to DC in wrong DC Site Name
Hi, everyone. I have 2 DC on Windows Server 2008R2. I have only one Domain (domain.local) Both DC are located in different places. The first is DC in the Azure Cloud and the second DC at the office.The...
View ArticleADAMSync Aging Error - Unable to push back result
I'm working with Adamsync right now and have no issues syncing between AD DS and AD LDS, but when I enable aging, it always randomly returns an error on a specific object. The object is never the same...
View ArticleRemoving permissions to view objects in an OU to Authenticated Users
Hi,On a OU, I removed the ability for Authenticated Users to List Contents. When checking the effective access, it shows that list-content for my test user is denied.However if I open an ADUC under the...
View ArticleServer 2012 not showing AD FS 3.0 not showing network service account to use...
I am upgrading Adfs 2.0 server 2008 to Adfs 3.0 server 2012 r2. In server 2008 Adfs service is running under network service, while configuring 3.0 on 2012 i don't get that option. To import the...
View ArticleLOGON SCRIPT TO ADD PRINTER WITH IF STATEMENT
Hi,I'm new to the server game so please excuse me if I am not so clear with my question.I want to create a logon script in windows server 2008, that will add a printer to a profile, only if the current...
View ArticleCan Server 2016 Nano Server run the AD DS role and run as a Domain Controller?
Hi,I can run Server 2016 Standard as a Domain Controller, but cant find info if the AD DS role can run on a Nano and if a Nano can serve as a Domain Controller, so does anyone know the status of this?...
View ArticleAD 2012 - ACL - Allow on This Object Only takes precedence on Deny on This...
Hi,Following my initial bug where I could not block list content by removing the permission from Authenticated Users, I proceeded to implement the work around provided by Microsoft:* Create a security...
View ArticleProblem Joining Computer to a Domain
Hi there, We have two domain controllers PDC (Primary Domain Controller) and BDC (Backup/Additional Domain Controller) with DHCP roleinstalled and configured as fail-over between these two servers. The...
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