Event ID 4776 - Source Workstation: \\computer
We have a user that was locked out but never logged into the computer that is referenced in the 4776 events for the lockout. The source workstation in the events is represented as\\abccomputer. My...
View ArticleWhich windows server 2008 feature enables you to perform certain active...
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View ArticleFYI Active Directory Certificate Services (svr2008R2) is broken for IE10
Hey People,just discovered this today, the browser version checking in certsbrt.inc makes the assumption that IE has a single digit version number. This means that it thinks that IE10 is actually IE1,...
View ArticleLNF user object replicating amongst GC's
Hi,Scenario - 1X2003 forest with 14 domainsI had a user object (Tim) in the lostandfound OU of domain1 and used to be an active user in domain1. A conflict had occurred and hence the LNF object.It was...
View Articlegroup policy for internet explorer is not applied per ou
i am linking and configuring 2 group polices each one will configure proxy for users IE and each one is linked to the OU containing the target usersno things are not working, the second OU users gets a...
View Articlehow to manage user permission in active directory?
You need to log on with a domain administrator account to edit AD components. It is not related to UAC. When you logon with the normal user and access AD via RSAT, server will authenticate your...
View ArticleCannot add AWS server to local AWS domain controller: "The specified server...
I have a working DC in Amazon's Cloud center us-west1a to which I have previously joined a local server.However, I did that by configuring the Amazon firewall (around each virtual machine) to have all...
View ArticleIssues with installing AD DS on windows server 2008 R2
I tried twice today to get this installed. After I get everything installed with dcpromo it starts to write the service. Both times it took like 2 hours before the server restarted. Once restarted it...
View ArticleHow to write a Active Directory Documentation
Dear Forum,I would like to find out if there is any proper way for doing active directory documentation. I have check and found that the following...
View ArticleSearch Serial-Number attribute of Computer object in AD
Hi,I want to search Serial-Number attribute of Computer objects in AD. i donot know whether DSget/DSquery will do this job but i am trying with ADFind & using the below syntax. I have added...
View ArticleRe-adding 2003 DC and marking an auth restore in 2K8R2 Domain
Hi,In my lab I have 4 2008 R2 DC's (VM) and the Domain Functional Level is 2008 R2. Before I raised the Domain Functional Level to 2008 R2, there was a 2003 DC (VM) which existed and I shut it down and...
View Articlesecondary active directory not authenticating users
good dayI have two domain controllers and the all have different names and are replicating to each other. right now i have an issue with the main domain controller and would like the users to...
View Articleno sysvol_dfsr
I have no Sysvol_dfsr folder, dfsrmig /GetGlobalstate give's me an eliminated state, but i can not replicate DFSR with repadmin /replsum /syncallThis is the output i get from repadminReplication...
View ArticleSeize FSMO role confusion ?
Hello Experts,there are two ways to manage FSMO roles:1. Transfer2. SeizeMy question is that suppose i have two domain controller in LAN i.e, DC1 and DC2.we are using only DC1 in our office, not using...
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...
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