Windows Domain Logon not authenticating.
Okay so I am baffled. We have an active directory domain and some computers won't let users login. It says their password is incorrect including my own at times and I don't think I forgot my...
View ArticleHide these specified drives in My Computer
Greetings to the well of knowledge...I am trying to use the "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" GPO under User Configuration/Administrative templates. The defaults do not include a couple of...
View ArticleAD Policy to not allow account creation after hours?
Just curious if there are any GPO's that could be put in place to prevent a new AD account from being created if it is outside of normal business hours (definable of course).
View ArticleDenying use of a laptop without AD Authentication
I have a staff member, that for lack of a better term, has sticky fingers (two iPads are gone and she has them). Â Due to no backbone and tenure I can't get my superintendent to address the problem. Â So...
View ArticleSetting a session timeout for users
I've been asked for setting a time for users to be kicked out of their session and then not be able to logon till the next day. Something like "Hey! You're working out of labour hours. Stop and go get...
View ArticleSyncing users with active directory
I have tried many fixes I have found online for this problem, but to no luck. I am hoping for SW to pull users from our domain controller. I gave it admin credentials, I changed scanning to 15 minutes,...
View Articleactive directory 2012
I have active directory created in 2012 server and fully functional.I want to create user for help desk operations like printer adding/software installations etc..please help me.
View Articleproblem extending schema on DC for sccm
Hello,Well it's the start to a 3 day weekend so I thought it would be a good time to try and extend the schema in my Windows 2008R2 environment which is required for SCCM. My DC1 has all 5 FSMO roles...
View ArticleProblem in Trust External Domains
I have Two Different Domains and i'm  planning to migration between the two domains , i created stub zone in the DNS and its working normally , after that i created external trust between the two...
View ArticleHow to grant share folder in domain client computers in for local administrator.
Hi,My Client asking to grant permission via GPO to local admin to create and share folder in domain client computers (Win XP and 7). And also for install and share Printers. Without local administrator...
View ArticlePassword reminders for doamin users...
Anyone having issues with password reminders not working anymore???Is there a new fangled way to evoke a password change reminder out there that's has been proven to work properly??
View ArticleWindows 8.1 policy enabled that blocks NT 4.0 drivers.
When I fired up the computer lab computers at the end of the summer none of them had any printers. When I try to manually add them I get an error message that reads "Windows cannot connect to the...
View ArticleAssigning an Active Directory user with Administrator Rights
Hi,I have an AD Domain set up and everything is working fine. But whenever my users login and try to do Administrator actions on their computer, It asks them for an Admin Account. For them to enter the...
View ArticleProfile issue for when use log in to a specif computer
hi guys,I am getting following error for one of AD user account when log in to specific computer .No issues when I use different AD log in account. This happen for specific user account in this...
View ArticleMS AD / SYSVOL Replication errors and SYSVOL Policies not replicating
We have an issue on a domain where we introduced a server 2012 R2 DC and the SYSVOL Policies are not replicating.I've been tearing my hair out on this issue all day and can't solve it.I have run FRS...
View ArticleSharp MX2600N and Active Directory
I'm really stuck on how to link the printer (In this case the Sharp MX2600N and the new Active Directory network.)The printer comes with a driver that is installed on all the machines running the...
View ArticlePassword Expiry not working
I am using Server 2003 and mainly Windows XP (with some Win 7).I have set a password policy in Group Policy setting pw age, length history. If I view the client machine with reop.msc these policies...
View ArticleErrors with Logon Scripts
At some point last summer the logon scripts that we use to map network drives quit running so seamlessly in the background and would stay on screen with messages like "System Error 85 has occurred. The...
View ArticleDomain level is 2000 mixed
I'm still stuck with a Windows 2000 mixed domain.We still have 1 Windows 2000 Server DC (planning it's retirement right now).I have 2 sites:Main site = 2 Windows Server 2003 DC (1 is FSMO), several...
View ArticleNo Script for IE and in an Enterprise environment
I've been digging around and I can't seem to find a "yes there is and here you go" answer for this. I love NoScript for FF and I've been using ScriptSafe for Chrome. The problem is the most vulnerable...
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