Windows 2008 domain and NT 4 clients
All Windows 2003 domain controllers will be replaced with Windows 2008 R2 domain controllersDomain functional level is Windows 2003 will be upgraded laterThere are few NT 4 and Windows 2000 clients...
View ArticleCross Forest Group security Scope
Hello,I need a confirmation about this documentation on windows 2008R2 server:Group scopehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755692(WS.10).aspxI can't find a related document in windows 2008R2...
View Articleselective authentication trusts
We have a domain trust between DomainA.com and DomainB.local.DomainA.com is an external non-transitive incoming trust to DomainB.local and DomainB.local is an external non-transitive outgoing trust to...
View ArticlePorts to update DNS Info
Hi!I need to assign permissions to my SSL VPN users to update their DNS and DHCP records on the domain controller whenever they connect through ssl vpn client. What ports are needed for this and is it...
View ArticleHow to perform the merge of two users in Active Directory
Hi all, I need tomergethetwoaccounts in ActiveDirectory.The version ofActive Directory2008 R2,aftermigrating fromExchangeServer, I have seenthat I have twoaccountsof thesame user inActive Directory,...
View ArticlePreventing roaming profiles automatically migrating from XP to .V2 Windows 7...
We are currently running Windows XP SP3 clients with a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain. We are migrating our estate to Windows 7 and want to give the users a "clean slate" by giving them a brand new...
View Article2012 schema upgrade
Hi,I have ran adrep /forestprep and adrep /domainprep in our 2008R2 function level domain to allow for windows 2012 domain controllers, but do I need to run adrep /gpprep as well?<o:p></o:p>
View ArticleAccount Lockout in Active Directory 2008 R2
We've implemented Account Logout policies in our Windows 2008 R2 domain with these settingsLockout duration: 30 minutes Lockout threshold: 15 invalid login attempts Reset account lockout counter after:...
View ArticleEvent id 1864 NTDS Replication
repadmin /showvector /latency dc=forestdnszones,dc=mydomain,dc=com servers are continously getting this error i have check the replication thats is working fine bu when i run the repadmin...
View Articlequery AD for a list of all Exchange enabled account on an especific exchange...
Dear all,I need to produce a list off all users emails that reside on my exchange01 server that has an enable account and expot it to a txt file.Could you please help me?Thansk in advance
View ArticleTool to run health check for my active directory 2003
I want to make a health check for AD 2003, the main reason is we want install a second Domain controller to dristribuite the AD roles. Now with tools or command with its sintaxis, must i have to use...
View Articlestop server 2008 r2 from ad athenticaiton attempt
I have an off directory machine 2008 r2 that I am looking to stop its attempts to authenticate on the AD. Might be a silly question as some of the most basic can escape us all. What service will stop...
View ArticleActive Directory User Object Property "User cannot change password" uncheck...
I have the situation that need to set "User cannot change password" to all users, I check this option on User Properties, so past about 30 minutes uncheck itself, this occour to all users on domain,...
View ArticleWindows Time Parameter Question
I'm going to move my PDC emulator role off of a W2K3 server to a 2K8 R2 server, so I started looking into Windows time and looking at how our Time is currently setup, and I'm confused.My current PDC...
View ArticleLDIFDE Problem
Hi, I'm working on the 70-640 training kit. I'm having trouble getting 2 accounts created with LDIFDE, checked for typos and can't find any. It gives me an add error starting on line 1. Says attribute...
View ArticleComputers objects suddenly just disappeared from AD and no where to be found.
HiWe are just beginning to rollout Windows 7 and if you have read my previous posts I had all sorts of AD issues when joining the company, it was a complete mess!AD is slightly in better shape than...
View ArticleNeed To Modify All Active Directory Profiles
Hello,We are running Server 2008 R2. We need to modify all the user account properties in Active Directory (about 100) to add things like email addresses, phone numbers etc. Is there an easy way to...
View ArticleRepliction issues. Creating policy on 1 DC, not seen on another DCs.
HiI 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 ArticleIs possible to convert a RODC to writable DC without demoting the RODC?
Hello to all, I have some RODCs and would like to convert them to writable DCs on the same domain. Is possible to convert the RODC to writable DC without demoting the RODC (I have DHCP and WINS on...
View Article2 New servers 2008. Zones not create.
I add a new server (DC2) to domain.Before addingon theserverS2(main server 200864bit)I startedfrom thecd2008R2 adprep:adprep32 /forestPrep adprep32 /domainPrep adprep32 /domainPrep /gpprep adprep32...
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