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Creation of trust fails: cannot continue
I have two different forest with 2 different domains . 1st one called mango.net and 2nd called cherry.net,there is no shared root DNS server and the root DNS servers for each forest DNS namespace are...
View ArticleNTDS Replication error
ADC server replication summary - C:\>repadmin /showrepl repadmin running command /showrepl against server localhost Default-First-Site-Name\ADCMOFTWARE DC Options: IS_GC Site Options: (none) DC...
View ArticleTombStone lifetime attrubute
Hello,I got hit by that navy time server blunder 11/19 talk about y2k biting you on the butt..... all is fine now but the micosoft tech said the #2 DC was "tombstoned' (is that proper use of the...
View ArticleAdd properties ACL with DACLS
Hi all,I'm trying to set the user properties ACL with a powershell DACLS command :The command hangs each time I try to modify a specific property with a syntax command error. It works if I modify all...
View ArticleBulk Creation of user id's & mailboxes in AD2008R2 & Ex2010
Hi All,I trying to create bulk user id's as well as mailboxes by using CSV file & PowerShell Script. It's working fine but it's showing blank in Firstname & Lastname in User Account...
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Windows 7 Roaming Profiles take a LONG time after first logon
I'm having a VERY bizarre case of long logon times for a new branch office running Windows 7 64-bit professional, domain environment, 2008R2 local server (gigabit connectivity). Here's the symptoms: 1....
View ArticleActive Directory Domain Design
We need to create a Windows domain/tree/forest that can/will utilize the following:4 different secure rooms (Room A, Room B, Room C, Room D)1 to 3 servers (2003 R2) that can be utilized (if needed or...
View ArticleDNS Help
Hi all, I am currently in the process of demoting old 2003 dc's which are also dns servers. At the moment we have 6 dc's, three 2003 and three 2008r2 servers. They are all DNS servers.I am using wire...
View ArticleReverse lookup zone resolution in conditional forwarder
Scenario1I was involved in a discussion whether we can get the reverse lookup zone name resolution, if I'm using conditional forwarder.Conditional forwarder: Host to name resolution will work, but will...
View ArticleDomain Controler order network
Hello everybody, I need helpI have only one domain with two domain controllers, I wonder how is the order in DNS servers that are domain controllers, both in primary and in secondary:Today I left it...
View ArticleADFS Test Sign-In Page keeps prompting for login
Hello, I have recently installed ADFS on a server here. I configured everything it seems without error. I can get to the meta data xml fine. I can sign-in to...
View ArticleRedoing AD structure and upgrading to Windows 2012
I work for a school corporation and we are going through a bit of an upgrade here. Here is our current configuration:We have multiple (about 18) Windows 2003 AD forests with the DCs being located at...
View ArticleThird Party Application requires LDAP through firewall - Suggested Best...
Hello all!Thank you for looking at my question. As the title suggests we are rolling out a new software that is hosted offsite. And requires an LDAP connection to to our Active Directory store for...
View ArticleADFS - Information
Hi,Would ADFS work for this situation below?A team at my work have a separate domain which holds a application. They have remote clients which will be part of separate domain (no trusts)The clients on...
View ArticleAD 2003 to 2008 upgrade
Hello, I have a AD2003 domain with many problems. We also have Exchange 2007. We want to create a new forest domain AD 2008 in the same IP subnet and install Exchange 2010. Can I create a new forest...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Domain Rename - Clarification on DNS Preparation Step
I have tried searching for the answer to my question, but am not having luck.I am doing a Windows 2008 R2 domain rename. I have ready every thing I can on the process from the MS Technet pages, the MS...
View ArticleReplication issues on DC
We have 2 domain controllers DC1(win 2003) and Mail1(win 2008). A week or so ago I started having problems with users who could not connect to Mapped drives \\dc1\xyz. if I change DC1 to the IP they...
View ArticleSome issues with my servers syncing to the correct NTP servers?
I'm having some issues with NTP. I've got 3 DC's DC0,DC1, DC2.Currently all computers in the domain are syncing to DC1. DC1 however does not correctly Sync to internet time servers. I've been setting...
View ArticleDOMAINNAME failed test DNS (Help with SRV / DNS Records RReg Failed Test)
I'm running into a problem with DNS server registration. I was trying to follow the below Microsoft Articlehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/241505 But it doesn't really give me much information (That I...
View ArticleWorkstation Trust relationship
Hi ,We had few situations when we had to delete a computer account and create a new PC with same name. We used to delete the account from AD and try to join the new machine with same name. But in cases...
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