Demotion replications
Is there a tool or the command through which I can see if the DC is demoted, its been replicated across the domain and forest. The reason I require this is coz I need to demote a DC and uninstall the...
View ArticleWindows can not find 'gpedit.msc' when editing a policy, fixed now but why...
Hi I have inherited a very unhealthly AD environment comprising of 5 DCs with 1 2008 DC and 4 DC on 2003 R2 (2 are in a DMZ environment for our hosted Exchange 2007 setup) Whilst it works, there are...
View ArticleFile Replication Gone wrong
I was in the process troubleshooting a failed replication between the GC and a DC. Then I begin recieving error messages saying the domain is unavailable. All of my active directory windows stopped...
View ArticleWindows server 2003 Domain Controller
I have one small office network without internet connection. I have one PDC and one ADC. Operating system is Windows Server 2003. Now my PDC has to be formatted due to some OS problem. Now my questions...
View ArticleFile replication service getting stop frequently
Hello, On one of my Additional domain controller FRS is getting stop with below error "The File Replication Service has stopped after taking an assertion failure." and generating event ID 13505 &...
View ArticleClients authenticating to wrong Domain Controllers
In our domain we have 28 sites and each site have its own Domain Controllers and we have one data center where we have 3 DCs. Domain Controllers run DNS role as well and DNS replication is active...
View ArticleConfiguring Domain Controller in RADIUS server for Authentication
Hello, I am going to install IAS service on server which is not a Domain Controller. I want to explicitly mention the Domain Controller in IAS service for authentication. Please let me know how do I...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012-Group Policy
Dear All: We have configured the Group Policy on Windows Server 2012 Domain & it is applied for Windows 7 client however the group policy does not work for Windows XP. Do we need to do anything...
View ArticleHow to install 2012 domain controlle to a Windows 2003 Domain?
Hi everyone What are the requirements/steps to install a Windows Server 2012 domain controller into a Windows Server 2003 domain? Where do I have to pay attention, e.g. kerberos authentication, old...
View ArticleHow to create new active directory sites ?
How to create new active directory sites ? I have 1 DC & 1 Ex2003 on A site "LONDON". Now I am planning to create a another site "Manchester" with 1 DC & 1 Ex2003 server. London site IP subnet...
View ArticleUpdating ADMX/ADML files for Server 2012 and Windows 8
We are still running Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers and Windows 7 predominately on our systems, but we would like to start testing Windows 8 and Windows 2012 in our environment. I would like...
View ArticleAd with DHCP & DNS
Hello i'm having a problem setting up my server2012 Domain Controller to use DNS and DHCP. My network looks like this. ISP-->Sonicwall TZ205(192.168.1.1)-->Netgear Switch(192.168.1.3)-->...
View ArticleHow to check for LDAP problems? (logs, events etc)
We have many applications in our company that use LDAP binding to authenticate and authorize users. Most often these applications are sitting on non-windows systems, but there are windows servers as...
View ArticlePrevent end users from browsing active directory from RDS servers
Hi all, I am working on security compliance task that requires that users who connect to RDS servers not be able to browse active directory under any circumstances, and they showed me that the user can...
View ArticleActive Directory Domain Joining Issues
The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "mydomain". An attempt to resolve the DNS name of a domain controller in the domain being joined has failed. Please verify this client is...
View ArticleDomain Controller
I currently have 2 domain controllers at windows server 2003 sp2...can i add a new 2008 server as a domain controller ? into the 2003 domain ??? ThxSteven J Einhorn
View ArticleCan`t rename computer computer account is already exists
We have domain on 2 DC`s(1 is GC and the 2nd is DC(Server 2008r2 ent)), Sometimes we need to replace old computers to the new ones. But they have to to be named like the old ones. So sometimes after...
View ArticleSYSVOL failed to replicate
I have searched the forum and internet and couldn't find a answer. I wish I can get some help here. Our domain has only two DCs, DC1 and DC2. They both running Server 2008 SP2 x86. The domain...
View ArticleReverse lookup zone in AD
Hi, i am from Spain, excuse my English I have 3 Windows 2008 R2 DC with Integrated DNS I have reverse lookup zones configurated but i don't know if is necesary for AD Is reverse lookup zone necesary...
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