AD client utilizing network bandwidth more than 200 mb per day,
Hi Guys,We have more than 20 location, our 3 dc are located in Datacenter. From every site there are 5-6 systems utilizing network bandwidth towards DC's on 445 port. For this month, network...
View Articledcdiag /test:dns server differ from ipconfig dns configuration
Hello, I'm having replication issues on Windows 2003 server whose cause is DNS failure. I ran dcdiag /test:dns, and I get an invalid forwarder that points to an invalid DNS server. However, when I...
View ArticleWindows 2008 default groups and their privileges?
Hi,I googled for a while, and I failed to find the permissions associated with those default groups, i.e Enterprise Admins, Organization Management.Anyone know the default privileges associated? Thx.
View ArticleClient Authentication Issue...
Guys, Is MaxConcurrentAPI will be the resolution of NETLOGON error found at Domain Contoller - increasing and adding this to Windows Registry domain controller to resolved the issue of Client...
View ArticleAdding UPN Suffix Question
My internal domain is foo.local and external domain is foo.com. Right now I can logon as FOO\USERNAME or USERNAME@FOO.LOCAL. If I add a new UPN suffix of foo.com and make that the default suffix for...
View ArticleChange machine name via domain controller?
Hi,Is it possible to change the machine name of a client via domain controller?
View ArticleMigrate computer local groups to domain
Hello, is it posiible to migrate computer's local users & groups [ workgroup environment ] to AD domain users & groups ? ADMT can transfer from domain to domain but not from workgroup to domain...
View ArticleActive Directory Replication Problem Error 1256 and 8524
Dears, I have the following problem,I hope someone would be able to help me here. I have a forest of one parent domain (ZMC) which has two domain controllers (ZMCDC01,ZMCDC02), and a child domain...
View Articlecan't log into domain controller username password error
I can log into the Windows 2003 DC's but not the 2008 2 - Windows Server 2003 DC's and 1 - Windows Server 2008 DC. The 2008 server is the one I cannot log into. I'm Getting: DNS Events: 4000, 4007,...
View ArticleNew Custom Attribute "Year Group" ADUC 2008
Hi all, I've read a thousand articles on this but want to get this right in my head before making any changes. We'd like to have two new attributes to be displayed as columns within ADUC The two...
View ArticleRestrict user attribut view
Hi all,I would like that one account can only see the user attributes below userAccountControlnamedisplayNamecnmailSamAccountNameProxyAddressesobjectSIDobjectGUIDI've use DACLS to restrict the rights...
View ArticleRODC Servers DNS service stops and DHCP gets unauthorized
I am facing a problem on the RODC servers located on remote locations from the main office which affects both DNS and DHCP. When this services are down the critical business serices goes down including...
View ArticleBulk change of the fomat of users phone numbers in AD
Hi, how do I do a change of about 1000 users phone number format from (xxx) xxx-xxxx to xxx.xxx.xxxx We aren't changing any phone numbers or adding any phone numbers, just the way they are displayed....
View ArticleShould I create a new GPO for a domain password policy
Hello guys and thanks for your time and expertise.My domain/forest functional level is server 2003 - hoping to go to 2008 but never seem to have the time.Iv'e been tasked with creating a domain...
View ArticleUpgrade Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 & R2 Active Directory to 2012
Dear Sir, We have many customer asking for the upgrade procedure from previous version of AD to version 2012. Do it has any official document to mention it?-Upgrade Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 &...
View ArticleUsername in Upper case or Small letter?
Dear Expert,<o:p></o:p>I face an issue probably you may have some solution for my problem.<o:p></o:p>I work for a big company,<o:p></o:p>The problem is we are going...
View ArticleGrant only permission to change hostname?
Hi,I'm trying to grant the privilege to change hostname of a PC that joined this domain, what privileges should I give to it? I already tried to give Full Control on the "Computers" object in Domain...
View ArticleSERVER IS NOT RESPONDING or IS NOT CONSIDERED SUITABLE...
Hi,I have 2 DCs. One is dc2003 running windows server 2003 sp2 and all of operation masters are running in it. Another one is dc2008R2 running windows server 2008 R2. After I run dcdiag.exe in...
View ArticleChanging Password Lockout Policy
I migrated an old 2000 AD to 2008r2. My users accounts get locked out permanently if they put the wrong password in twice, where do I turn this "feature" off??? Remember this was based on 2000.Thanks!
View ArticleEvent ID 11 Error
Getting the following on my PDC.Source: KDC, Event ID 11, Computer: MGAPDC"There are multiple accounts with name MSSQLSvc/<mydomain>.com:1433 of type DS_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME."It's Windows...
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