Exchange 2010 - retiring an old DC and introducing a new DC
In our environment, we have one Exchange 2010 server (with all roles consolidated) and two DC's. One of the DC's is physical and we would like to virtualize it. From what I understand, best way to...
View Articledesktop group policy
So I am attempting to create a group policy forcing the background to be a specific wallpaper as well as locking the desktop and removing all desktop shortcuts They will be admin accounts, but due to...
View ArticleComputer-side Policies not applying to new computer in existing OU
I work at a school and we recently upgraded from server 2003 to 2012 (well, 6 months ago). All of the OUs, accounts, GPOs were migrated over and seem to be working fine.A few weeks ago, I re-imaged...
View ArticleIE 11 - Group Policy
Hi,I have a 2008 r2 server, I use for citrix. I am unable to set any IE 11 settings in the Group Policy editor.Group Policy editor is installed on that server, as is IE 11. I thought that the adm files...
View Articleldif delete operation
Hi,I imported an ldif file using ldifde and the import worked perfectly fine. Now, when I try to delete the objects that were imported using the ldifde utility, I am not able to do it.I modified the...
View Articleproper way to remove a dead domain controller
Good morning,I've been searching and unfortunately I can't word my searches to save my life today. Could someone point me to a step by step proper way to remove a domain controller from AD ... which...
View ArticleGPO Question
Is it possible to create a GPO that disables certain user accounts temporarily lets say during off peak hours and then enables them back during peak hours?
View ArticleAny Way to Shorten the Length of Time a Windows Client Looks For a DC on Login?
I have been adding my army of remote laptops to the domain (they used to be stand-alone). One thing that I get complaints on is the amount of time it now takes to login.I am assuming this is because...
View ArticleAdding users to security group via email address
Hi All,Quick question:Is there some way to use Net Group, or another cmd/powershell to bulk add users to security groups using only their email address?I was using something like:@echo offFOR /F...
View Articlewho created a user
I have a windows 2008AD and need to know who created a user in the AD.Is there a powershell command that will tell me this?
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GPO Deployed shortcuts not deployed consistently
I am trying to deploy a number of shortcuts (to websites) and files (RDP Links) via GPO, this should be simple, but the results are proving very inconsistent.On some computers they all appear just fine...
View ArticleHow to setup LDAP for contacts
I've got a bunch of Yealink phones and softphones that need a way of retrieving contacts. Should I use OpenLDAP or Active Directory (Win2008 r2 domain controller)?
View ArticleDomain Migration
Hi friends,I will tell you one scenario .....I have two domain 1 is abcd.com and other one is xyz.comright now both are independent domain...i want to migrate xyz.com as a chaild domain of abcd.com or...
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GPO Help
Hi,I've just been reviewing a GPO and noticed that it is not working.Its a Windows 7 Pro x64 machineI logged in as a pupil and they could access Control Panel even though the GPO is enabled to restrict...
View ArticleStartup Script User Permissions But Run As Admin?
One of our BI applications we use, has its own "version control application" (vcp.exe") this program checks dependencies and pulls down and install any needed files, or support programs. It has a /r...
View ArticleGP Extensions Failing (a list)
So we have a new blade running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and nComputing. When students log in they are not consistently receiving the short cuts we have setup on a local share.I setup a Custom...
View ArticleActive Directory - Deny a user from applying GPO on single workstation
Server 2003 Active Directory environment.I have users in a remote location that load their profiles from a local server share. This is achieved through a GPO to redirect their profile folders at log...
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Default Group Policy keeps getting corrupted Error Parsing File
I am at a loss why this happens. I can fix it by restoring the GP from backup.
View ArticleRestoring AD after functional level raised
I am in the midst of upgrading our domain from 2003 to 2008r2. I have already removed all of our 2003 DCs from service & now have Active Directory 2003 running on 2008R2 DCs. I now just need to...
View ArticleActive Directory DNS Configuration in a Single Forest Multi-Tree Root Domain
I've walked into a new environment and have been tasked with resolving active directory issues. The first glaring thing that appears out of whack is DNS. I've been trying to manually get it back into...
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