Placing an exe on all domain users desktops
Forgive my stupidity here. My mind has gone blank with this... I have a small .exe that i made in VB. i need to deploy this to all domain users desktops. simple as that. One exe to all desktops. how...
View ArticleAdd "Manager" to AD View
We've recently gone through a major restructuring at our office and I'm trying to view the employee's manager in the "Active Directory Users & Computers" view. When I try to add a column, the...
View ArticleCannot find policy that is deploying printers.
Recently I have come into a company that previously deployed printers via GPO. These printers appear on all the computers in the district. The issue is all these printers are no longer around. I...
View ArticleScheduled Task GPO deploy error 0x80041318 SCHED_E_INVALIDVALUE
I am trying to deploy a scheduled task via GPO that runs interactively as "NT Authority\Authenticated Users" with Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows 7 clients. When I attempt this, I get an error, and...
View ArticleActive Directory Users and Computers Opens Slow in server 2008 R2
Hello Champs,Caught in a slow situation. Just Migrated from 2003 to 2008 domain but my ADDS service opens slow. The attributes of object are also slow to appear even on the DC itself while on 2003...
View ArticleActive Directory Functional Level and Windows Nt 4.0 PDC
Ok… so I recently took over a network that has been “band-aided” together over the course of an 18 year period of time. There’s some REALLY OLD (but “critical”) software running on it including an old...
View ArticleActive Directory Contact bulk import
alright I've been browsing the internet and spiceworks forums trying to find a utility or script for importing contacts into active directory.I have found some utilities for Active Directory users,...
View ArticleFailed DFSREvent test and SystemLog on DCDIAG please help!!
Hello, I need some assistance.... We ran a power outage test at our main office and our pizzabox server which controls the domain controller for the office failed to power back on. Luckily I had a...
View ArticleDFS Recovery
I had my original DFS on my DC but due to some problems that DC server is offline and will not come back on. I had to make another DC be the DC but file services role was not installed on the new DC....
View ArticleDomain controller in limbo after a rename
I have two servers running in the same domain. SVR 1 is a DC and DNS server, SVR 2 is only a DC. I renamed both of the DC's and now SVR 1 is recognized by itself as being in the domain but it does not...
View ArticleFrom 2000 functional level to 2012. Best steps to proceed.
I have a real mix of servers that I have inherited at my new job. Currently we have a 2k3 DC and a 2k8 DC in a 2000 Functional level domain. In the mix as well is Exchange 2007. Now it seems I can...
View ArticleHi, is there a way of setting up outlook email signatures with Active Directory?
I'm need to setup email signatures with information from Active Directory without any ideas on where to start. Can anybody help please?
View ArticleDomain controller replication
Hello Everyone, I have a couple of domain controllers setup (server 2008 R2). I was wondering, is there a way to have a domain controller only get it AD updates from one specific domain controller?...
View ArticleAfter Subnet change GPO deploying printers stops deploying printers to PCs
So none of us in the IT department were involved with the server roll out at our organization just over a year or so ago, and two of us weren't even working here at the time. We have a group policy...
View ArticleHow to remove a drive mapped by GPP when a user no longer qualifies
Hi I have mapped some drives using GPP and targeted by Security group. I have noticed that after I remove a user from a group the drives assigned via that group membership stay mapped. I have used...
View ArticleProblems with Active Directory passwords?
Hi All I ran into this weir problem today with our AD Servers. If I try to change a password in ADUC, I am *unable to change the password and ADUC reports ok. Hower if the User tries to log on with...
View ArticleGroup Policy Password Complexity Requirements
Hello All: We would like to change our Password Policy here at our office. Among other items I CAN change easily (ie length, expiration....) - I would like for the actual complexity requirements to...
View ArticleDon't know where to start. Damaged DC.
As written on the title, I don't know where to start to get my problem fixed. It all began yesterday when suddenly my secondary DC had login problem and the message was telling me to start DC in AD...
View ArticleOutlook 2013 saying it's not default mail client when it is
How do I configure Outlook 2013 as default mail client for all users across a server using terminal services? I am using terminal services version of Office 2013. OS Windows Server 2008 R2. Issues:...
View ArticleHow long after updating Forest, does it take to show it's new functional level ?
I've just updated my Forest from 2003 to 2008, and wondered roughly how long it takes for AD to reflect the new Functional level for the forest ? It all went well - no errors, but AD still thinks the...
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