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GPO to lock machines
Hi,I have a GPO that I pushed out to a test group of machines, the purpose of the policy is just to lock the domain machines after five minutes of inactivity.I have scoured so many sites trying to find...
View ArticleRisks involved re-introducing old DC?
We have two domains in our environment, generally handled by two separate groups. Unfortunately, when the other group gets in over their head, it suddenly lands on my plate.They built a domain...
View ArticleCreate Users for Lab Environment
Hello, I wanted to see if anyone could provide a way to create random users for my lab environment. I know I have seen a PowerShell or something at some point that would do this for me, but I can't...
View ArticleGroup policy windows server 2008r2
Please Help!I want to apply a policy to company users to hide or disable "recent Places" that appear when you open (My computer) in the left side menu.. also disable or hide Network Tab in the same...
View ArticleNTFS vs Share Permissions & User Groups
OK so this is driving me Crazy,Heres the Scenario. We were infected with CryptoXXX no worries caught it early and damage was not severe. We restored all folders from backup of the day before. Our File...
View ArticleMigrating AD Information
This may be a simple answer, but it's the first time I will be doing it, and I don't want to do it multiple times if necessary. I want to migrate all the OUs, Groups, Users etc etc from the current AD...
View ArticleActive Directory
Is there any toll / tools i can used to do an active Directory cleanup. Mainly to retrieve non used user account etc.
View ArticleGroup Policy Application
Good day,I have set up a GP which adds certain URLS to trusted sites and Local Intranet to internet explorer security properties.I originally set it up with the user accounts added to the group in...
View ArticleCan't connect to domain
I tried to connect a client to the domain this morning and got an error saying the dns was bad.I rand dcdiag and got the following error:"The host 20cf44b3-6448-4120-8840-b0fdee7befc5._msdcs. could not...
View ArticleRenaming Domain - Question for remote users
I am about to embark on a task I have never had the pleasure of doing before. For business structure reasons I am having to rename our domain to another name. So for info purposes changing "Domain A"...
View ArticleAD USERS log in hstory
hi guysIs there anyway to find out weather specific AD users logged in to specific computer on specific date in past ?
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User Account Profile Picture Windows 7/8 Group Policy
Need to put in place the company logo as the account picture for all users. Using Windows Server 2012. Clients are mostly Win 7 some 8. I've mange to replace the default 'user.bmp' and 'guest.bmp'...
View Articleactive directory replication problems
hi.I have 1 forest with 2 sites and 2 domain controllers in each site.when i try and replicate in active directory sites and services from site A 1st DC or 2nd DC to any other DC in A site and B site,...
View ArticleAD ThumbnailPhoto - Input
Like to get some feed back on adding a ThumbnailPhoto to AD. Has anyone done this within their network? One of the main reason I like the ideal of this setup. Is the AD picture showing up in Outlook....
View ArticlePrinter issues
Ok have done the following so far. I have created 80 users and they all need to print. There is one printer a HP LaserJet P2015n. I connected this printer to the server and shared it t=on the network....
View ArticleMapped Printer showing up on computers
Okay I have wired issue and not sure where to start.We are running a VMware with windows 7 non persistent desktops.When a user logs in we have logon script to map their printers and default to a...
View ArticleGroup Policy question regarding the Change password option.
Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Server'sOur users are notified that password are going to expire but when they try and change it the 'Change Password' option is greyed out. Where in group policy is...
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GP Core Failure on machines across MPLS
I'm getting GP Core Failure on multiple machines:Group Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error listed below.The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.Note: Due to the...
View Articleevent id 1112 when moving home directory to new server
we just moved all our AD and shares to a new server. all users home directories were automatically recreated on the new server the first time they logged on. accept one machine. On that machine the...
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