A record disappearing from DNS
In my company I have Windows Server 2008 R2 forest/domain functional level with AD-integrated DNS. Recently we started to implement new core banking software so in every branch location we had to place...
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There are currently no DNS servers registered as authoritative name servers...
Hello, I have a 2 x 2008 Server with DNS-Integrated. This weekend I was working on promoting a 2008R2 with DCPROMOI have prepared the domain and forest for 2008R2 successfully. I then went and proceed...
View ArticleReplacing Server 2003 with 2008 R2 with same name and IP
I need to upgrade and replace an existing MS Server 2003 box with a new MS Server 2008 R2. It is the only server for the forest. It is obviously the PDC and holds all the roles (FSMO, DNS, DHCP,...
View ArticleWhy Exchnage Server 2010 Setup readiness check returns error code: 0x31
We are building a second server, "SERVER2" to install MS Exchange on. Exchange Server 2010 Setup returns "Active Directory does not exist or cannot be contacted." on the readiness check. We are signed...
View ArticleNTP on Windows Server 2008 ( not working )
Hi ALL,Recently i have been trying to sync time between A NTP server and A NTP client. Along the way, i met with a one weird problem. My machine are not connected to a domain but they are of the same...
View ArticleSetting up NTP client and NTP Server on windows 7
Hi I have a private network with all machines as windows 7. I want to make one of the windows 7 machine as NTP Server and rest 3 windows 7 machines as NtpClient so that these will synchronize the clock...
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NTDS Settings at Site Level vs Server Level
Hi,What is the difference between the replication settings on Site Level and Server Level?I have two RWDCs at Main Site one of the DC is on HyperV-VM and rest of the 7 sites are having an RODC each on...
View Articleweird AD replication issues
Hi All,I've recently taken over a network from a previous admin. Site was running a single 2003 Std SP2 DC. We've just got a new server and I've chucked 2008 r2 on it, installed hyper-v, and created a...
View ArticleLDAPS Auth Problem
Hi All, I'm trying to setup secure LDAP to be used on my IBM servers' remote control interfaces (referred to as RSA/RSA2 and IMM) for user authentication on them and am having some problems. Secure...
View ArticleExpiration password start counting now
We had user's password expiring in 90 days intervals. But we eventually checked the "password never expires" option in most of the accounts. Recently we decided to re-activate the password expiration...
View ArticleNT5DS stops responding when running adprep /domainprep /gpprep on Windows 2008
I've got a Windows 2008 Standard x64 SP2 server. It's the only domain controller currently in the domain (there was a previous Windows 2003 DC that was retired and removed some time ago), and holds all...
View ArticleHow to Query LDAP with a list of names for specific properties
I have a list of user names given to me, that I need to query Active directory to see the following:- Account is a valid account in domain x, y or z- Account has the property altsecurityidenties (pki...
View ArticleDNS and Windows Firewall Issue SBS Server 2011
Hi Everyone,We have a single 2011 SBS Server running Exchange, Web and Remote Outlook/Web Desktop. It is the DC since it is the only one we have.For some reason the server got ridiculously slow. At...
View ArticleNeed to monitor the LostAndFound Container and evaluate importance of each...
Hello,We need to create a script that alerts admins when an object appears in the LostAndFound container. Additionally, we'd like to somehow evaluate the importance of the object and determine whether...
View ArticleTime on domain & it's client system is ahed of world!
Hi Everyone,My domain & it's client systems time is ahead by 10 minutes to rest of the world. It's causing us issues while sending data feeds to our client as they receive data by different time...
View ArticleDCDiag Error: failed test kccevent
Hello,I have noticed Outlook users have been having issues possibly with our Exchange server so i ran a DCDiag to see if any errors would occur. I normally run this weekly anyways. For what ever reason...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 and XP as a client
Hello everyone!I would definitely appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction. I have a very simple network, e.g. Windows Server 2012 as DC, Windows Server 2008 R2 as RDS and some Windows 7...
View ArticleObject counting comparation before and after AD upgrade
Hi, I am going to upgrade AD from windows 2003 32 bit to windows 2008 r2 64 bit.Customer required to provide the object comparation before and after the upgrade.Can anyone advise how I can provide this...
View ArticleIs it bad practise for a DC to have 2 NICs?
Hi,My domain controllers have two NICs. One is for the internal NIC, the other for the external NIC. If I understand correctly, this is a multi-homed DC. Is it advisable to keep just one NIC? (which...
View ArticleDC will not replicate in sites/services
I have a new 2008 r2 DC that is also holding user profiles that will not replicate in sites and services..I am getting 1865/1311/1566 AD KCC errors.trying to replicate manually in sites and services...
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