Active Directory 2008 R2 Disaster Recovery Fail
Hi,I am trying to recover one of our Active Directory 2008 R2 Servers for DR purposes. I need to be able to restore Active Directory to different hardware.I have 2 x 2008 R2 AD servers on my network,...
View ArticleDC update to 2008R2 from 2k3, Group Policy failed issues
Hello all,Just as a heads up I did review many posts in the forums but I still have not been able to resolve this. Here's a little background of what I've done and where I am now.I recently installed...
View ArticleAD - DNS Issues with Parent and Child DC's
I have a server 2003 DC in a parent domain and a NEW server 2008 R@ DC in a child domain. I am having issues on the Child DC. The mapped drives to the parent DC ask me to login now when I click on...
View ArticleW2k8 : Active Directory Replication Issues
Hello all,I have issues with my Active directory domain network with a single domain controller. I needed to add a new DC but i keep having issues due to Sysvol not replicating.Please see DCDIAG result...
View ArticleCan i delete the ADFS token
For kerberos, i have the application KERBTRAY which shows where I have been authenticated using Kerberos and it also allows me to delete the tickets for those sites.Is there a similar tool where i can...
View ArticleWhich service handle password expiry in windows?
Hi,Does someone know which service handle password expiry on Windows 7/2008 ?I was wondering if that's one of the service running with network service account that checking that user's password...
View ArticleHow to force ADFS to pass all credentials as lowercase
Hi,I have a relying trust in ADFS setup for a SAML 2.0 application.The issue I have is that the NameID attribute required for the claims rule relies on the Name field in AD. Some of the Name fields...
View ArticleWhat causes USN value to increase fairly quickly?
I was just monitoring USN values using the repadmin /showutdvec dc1 dc=mydomain,dc=com and noticed that over a period of 1 hour and about 20 minutes the USN number increased by around 574 for DC2 and...
View ArticleActive Directory self-service password reset and scheduled task tools
I heard new Adaxes 2011.3 has a powerful self-service password reset and scheduled task tools, has anyone tried it? I need full-service Identity Management tool which has this feature. But the tool is...
View ArticleAdprep \ domainprep fails
The below is occurring when we are trying to prepare the Windows 2003 domain for the addition of a Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controller.PleaseAdprep was about to call the following LDAP API....
View ArticleRe-adding a formatted computer to the domain
We have a huge AD structure with 17 ADCs at different and far site locations in the same country, connected via a lease line connectivityIf for example , we have an It person at location A, and he...
View ArticleHelp with ldifde export/import
Hi folks,I need some help with ldifde export/import.The goal is to export users, groups, and OU and import them to a test domain (in 2003 native mode dc's running win 2008r2).I have been using ldifde...
View ArticleNo Key to Generate Kerberos ticket
FIELD='summary' OLD='monitoringObjectName=, name=No Key to Generate ...' NEW='MASTER INCIDENT: monitoringObjectName=, name=No Key to Generate ...'FIELD='description' OLD='monitoringObjectName=, name=No...
View Articlethe directory service has exhausted the pool of relative identifiers
Hey I have Windows 2003 Native Domain Environment and since past 4 days i am having issues with my Active Directory. Currently i only have PDC in my environment. I have restarted the PDC 4 days back...
View ArticleGPO Login scrip location
HiI want to use netsh wlan to import wireless profiles (we actually, I just want the password added as I have the wireless lan defined in a GPO). but I need to provide a path to where the profile is...
View ArticleDirectory Services could not start
“STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could not start because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning. Error Status: 0xc0000001. Please shutdown this system and reboot...
View ArticleActive Directory Management and Reporting
Hello all, I'm looking to invest & implement in an AD management application and would like to know what you guys use? I know I can problably do all these this separately using mutliple tools but...
View ArticleDFS Mapping and rights
Guys,About dfs, how should i offer the dfs to the users? Through a policy? Lets say, my namespace is\\server1\namespace1 should i map the policy with the unc path server1\namespace1 ?Also, about the...
View ArticleAbout LDAP over SSL with a third-party certification authority
Hello,In our company we need to enable ldap with ssl authentication to a third-party software(web).my situation is : A/D internally called company.lan and external url is mycompany.comI read and...
View ArticleHow Track AD changes
Hi,Can we track all AD changes in windows 2008 server using Group Policy.Please suggest the possible methods.BijeshRgds /Bijesh
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