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Why can't I log onto my new DC?
My home environment has a 2008 r2 level domain, two DC's, one functioning as DHCP as well. I added a 2012r2 DC to the mix, transferred DHCP to that server, demoted one of the 2008 r2 DC's, removed DNS...
View ArticleTrust existing domain or add new domain to existing forest
My organization is beginning to take on the internal IT work for several school districts in our service area in addition to managing their wide area network and video conferencing infrastructure. In...
View ArticleGP preferences not working.
I've deployed printers with group policy from out 2012 print server. Trouble is, I can't set the default printer with GP preferences. I go into printers and select New>TCP/IP printer>Update. I...
View ArticleForcing a custom power plan via GPO?
I've created a brand new power plan with exactly the settings I want our workstations to have, but ran into a little snag when forcing it to be locked in place via GPO.However, when going to set the...
View ArticleActive Directory Folder Redirection Not Working for Older Users
I set up an Active Directory Domain Controller with CentOS ans Samba (not Windows Server) and it works great but its acting strange.. I had setup the domain with the same configuration before and the...
View ArticleGPO - Password Policy Update - Windows Server 2008
I'd like to update the password complexity in our domain, as it is currently disabled. Will changing this force all users to update their password, will it have any kind of negative impact, or will...
View ArticleMy credentials lost in Spicworks is causing AD domain account lockout
Ok, I vaguely remember plugging my AD domain account credentials into Spiceworks a couple months back, and after a password change, have since been experiencing account lockouts. My AD administrator...
View ArticleWindows 2008 AD took long time to boot
I have following scenario.Windows 2008 R2 base Active Directory DC (DC1), which is hosting DNS+ DHCP too. (previously it was on windows 2003 32bit, i migrated it last year on 2008 r2 64bit). Also there...
View ArticleActive Directory permission mapping
Hello all,Is anyone familiar with an application that can scour active directory for groups and give me an output of which is in each group. Then if it can also check out file shares and see which...
View ArticleDeploying IE settings via Group Policy
I'm having trouble deploying settings for IE via group policy.The domain has 2 DC's one 2008R2 & one 2012R2. The 2012 server has all the FSMO roles. These 2 DC's seem to be talking with each other...
View ArticleLogon in on wrong domain controller
Hi guy's,we have 5 domain controllers 2 in the main office and 3 in other country's im at the main site where ther are 2 dc'swhen i look where im logged on cmd "echo%logonserver%" its everyday an other...
View ArticleDomain controller is update GP
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\abc.com\SysVol\abc.com\Policies\{22E2677B-5D52-4FFC-B4A2-E6DC280E12DE}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not...
View ArticlePrinter GPO takes a while each logon
I've noticed that my log on time can take up to a minute as my printer GPO seems to be the culprit. I'm deploying printers in User Config > Prefernces > Contorl Panel. I have the settings...
View ArticleHow to manage NTFS permission Group wise in My Organization
I have more than 18 security group in my Organization , its become very difficult to manage individual NTFS permission per user , kindly suggest how to manage the NTFS permission group wise and how to...
View ArticleGPO Forever and Ever
I'm having some trouble with GPOs in Windows 2008 r2. I'm finding that when I set up a GPO and then decide to change it, the change is ignored. For example, I setup folder redirects for My Documents...
View ArticleHide Drives for non domain administrators on a RemoteApp terminal server?
I have a RemoteApp terminal server that I'm starting to use more and more. I'd like to Hide access to the C & D drive when the user browses and application or windows explorer. Any creative...
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CMD settings by GPO
I'm trying to apply some standard command prompt settings across all our PCs using a GPO, but it's not working.The issue is that the Registry key is called "%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe" (full path...
View ArticleSetting up Windows 2012 R2 AD for SMB ?
We are a small business office with around 40 employees and 40 PC's.We are currently on SBS 2003 ( domain active directory) and all PC's are windows 7 professional 64-bit.SBS 2003 is only AD,DHCP for...
View ArticleStart Menu roaming with profile even when disabled?
So I've finally got roaming profiles and folder redirection up and running in my test OU.The problem is, as soon as a profile is converted to a roaming profile, it's taking the entire start menu with...
View ArticleUser profile folder name issue?
Our GPO redirects a users documents and such to "\documents\" however when i create a new user and they login for the first time, a folder is created on the roaming profile called "\my documents\" and...
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