Restrict a Windows Machine to a Specific Domain Controller
We are running into some long log on queues on both computers and thin clients connecting to a server through remote desktop services. The thin clients are connecting to a blade center but our biggest...
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Access Denied for Network User Folders
I am the network administrator, but I am being denied access from viewing our employees' home directories. I can't even change or view the file permissions. Attached is an image of the error. What...
View ArticleGroup Policy Preferences not mapping printers to terminal server sessions
Hi Guys,I made a post a long ways back here:http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/327890-using-group-policy-preferences-to-change-the-default-pr...I'm still struggling with this issue. To recap there...
View ArticleGP Preferences drive mapping with Replace issue on Windows 8.1
In our environment, we have drive mappings pushed out via Group Policy Preferences, and set to Replace (so we can have it automatically remove them if the GPP is no longer applied). This seems to work...
View ArticleFolder Redirection directs to root folder instead of Documents folder
Yesterday I managed to get Folder Redirection working so that the user has access to the same documents whether they are logged into an XP machine or a Win 7 machine. The last wrinkle I have is that...
View ArticleWhat is the URL that Bing Desktop Wallpaper uses? I need to put an exception in
I have Bing Desktop installed on Windows 7 computers. I also have IE Proxy setting up to 0.0.0.0:80 for blocking floor access to internet. I have wireshark'd and SysInternal's procmon and searched to...
View ArticleDomain Controller Upgrade Issue
Hello, we currently have 2 domain controllers, both on Server 2003 R2. We are about to upgrade one of them to 2008 R2. However, I have an issue. I have found a way around the issue but my boss wants to...
View ArticleGroup Policy Newbie - Restricting Installations while Allowing Device Installs
Hi! During our migration from XP to Win7, we've started linking all of our machines up with Active Directory. We wanted to take the opportunity to improve security a little bit and not allow a user to...
View Articlelsass.exe & TrustedInstaller.exe high CPU and RAM usage on my Domain Controller
I've got a domain controller running Windows Server 2008 R2. For whatever reason I have 2 things going on, lsass.exe has very high CPU usage at 90% to 100% and also I have trustedInstaller.exe having...
View ArticleAdd an entry field to Active Directory Users and Computers User
So because my AD has people in it that left the company YEARS ago, I was thinking of cracking down on this nonsense and creating a structure to get users accounts of departed workers into some sort of...
View ArticleServer logon permissions/AD group permissions
Quick question, is there a way to lock down who can and cannot access a server? I know about RDP permissions, but what about local logon?Secondly, how do I restrict domain admins (I'm enterprise...
View ArticleWindows Update, GPO and best practices (non WSUS)?
What are your best practices for Windows Update? I'm finding that often users are getting hit with reboots early morning frequently. Ive found a lot of information about WSUS, we don't use WSUS, so...
View ArticleLost & Found Objects - How to restore?
Hi Everyone,I recently found a couple objects in my Lost and Found container. I'm the only admin and I don't have any idea how these items ended up there. These are the two objects:Name: Microsoft...
View ArticleAutomating Java Updates
Hello all.As you know Java pushes out updates to its software multiple times per year. Currently on our network users are not permitted to install software on their PC. So normally we make it around to...
View ArticleGPO settings still enables after being deleted
I created a new GPO within the domain which required a password complexity and also disabled the use of USB and CD drives for both User Policies and Computer Policies. I intended to use this GPO for a...
View ArticleThe letter 't' in GPMC
Absolutely mind-boggling issue here:Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. When I'm in the Group Policy Management Console, I cannot type the lowercase letter t. When I push t, it takes me to the top of the...
View ArticleActive Directory Audit
Hi, We manage a very large Windows 2008 AD across different branches. We desperately need to audit privileged activities, but due to the size of the domain, its impractical to enable AD audit across...
View ArticleHaving problems authenticating help desk users via AD
I've configured Spiceworks to use AD to authenticate help desk users. Cannot get it to work. Can someone help?
View ArticleValue of Off-Site idle Domain Controller
Our network has one physical and one virtual Domain Controller (Windows 2008 R2 each)The physical server and the virtual server host are both in the same rack in the server room. It was brought up in...
View ArticleThe trust relationship between..
The domain users often encounter the problem "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain has failed".One solution is to disjoin the PC from domain, delete the pc name from...
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