Server 2003 lsass.exe Directory Service Cannot Start 0x00002e1
Hi, After replacing a faulty drive on a customers Server the domain controller will no longer boot. Error message is as above. I can boot fine into Directory Services restore mode. It appears that the...
View ArticleCan a GPO prevent certain characters from being used in network filenames?
What I'm wondering is: Is it possible to use GPOs to set up a prohibition on certain characters for saved file names, so that when someone attempts to save a file to a server share, it gives them a...
View ArticleFolder redirection and administrative templates
Hi, I guess this is sort of a spin-off of a previous question I had asked, which I will link below:http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/426399-appdata-redirection-problemsQuick summary is:A client...
View ArticleGPO to prevent certain characters from being used in filenames?
What I'm wondering is: Is it possible to use GPOs to set up a prohibition on certain characters for saved file names, so that when someone attempts to save a file to a server share, it gives them a...
View ArticleWhat Security Based Group Policies Do You Set?
I work in a K-12 school system and we've been working to get our entire system on the domain. Our district has also started their annual policy committee meetings. This year we will be updating our IT...
View ArticleHow do I make a logon script file on winxp machine.
Hi there,I am writing this to get some hit for making a log on script file on WIN XP machine.This case is not common, so I am confusing.This Win XP machine is joined "ABC" domain. And every user use it...
View ArticleMonitoring LDAP queries?
Hey bacon-loving spiceheads, your local intern with another question:We're in the process of upgrading our 2003 DC to 2008 R2. We've got everything set up in a testenvironment and it's working great!...
View ArticleServer 2012r2 lock screen GPO
Windows 8.1 lock-screen image has been changed via GPO, now i can see the path change in the registry on the target machine directing it to look for the image file (local or network share) and any...
View ArticleThe trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
Tried to login to a workstation with domain and administrator accounts and this message came up"The trust relationship between this workstation r and the primary domain failed" A few client users can...
View ArticlePassword complexity without GPO
I have an odd situation. I've inherited an AD setup and for the life of me I cannot find the GPO that has the password complexity settings. there are 36 GPO's and none of them have this setting...
View ArticleGroup policy blocking all my installs
Windows 7 machines on Windows 2008 R2 servers.I downloaded the Cryptolocker Warning papers last year and enabled them to the best of my abilities. So now that my fear of being attacked by Cryptolocker...
View ArticleInternet connection drops when primary Domain controller restarted
Hi Guys,I have one that's a bit weird. I have a primary and a secondary domain controller, and I know that they're fine talking to one another , replicating etc. So I want to know why, when I restart...
View Articlevbs logon script
I have amended our .vbs logon script to include a new drive mapping..This log on script is located in the netlogon folder on the domain controller.However after putting in the correct command below,...
View ArticleOSX user passwords sync with Active Directory
so over the past few months we have significantly increased in the number of OS X devices we have within our organization. What is the best way to get user accounts on OS X devices to be able to sync...
View ArticleSBS2003 to Windows 2012r2 Domain Migration
Hi,We are attempting to migrate the domain from an SBS2003 server to a new windows 2012 r2 server.Following reading instructions on here and other articles, we have a problem when we shutdown the...
View Articlepls help me in designing active directory structure
I have a main office named mainfirm. under mainfirm there are many divisions like ed,pb,rb,tb. It is spread in 3 locations loc1, loc2 and loc3.Now i'll explain which division in which location and who...
View Articlehow to deploy lock screen to clients-Windows environment
we are having windows 2008 server, and i want to push a specific lock screen and screen savers to domain users, all of them windows based (XP,WIN7 & WIN8), i will appreciate if someone help me in...
View ArticleServer 2012 and AD with logon Scripts to Win7 Clients
I have installed a windows 2012r2 server to my existing domain and promoted it to DC. Since then a number of win 7 clients are not getting all the correct settings the main one being is that they do...
View ArticleAD DNS Issues?
Yesterday, we started receiving sporadic complaints from some of our users that they were being disconnected from their VMWare View sessions. We only got three complaints all day, so we didn't think...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Printers Showing With IP Addresses
So I have a server 2008 R2 DC and I added a few printers and shared them, I also went ahead and list those printers in the directory. When i search from the server for printers using the "Add...
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