Scan issue
We currently have several locations. We swap out Terminals all the time. I have a terminal that is somehow pulling AD information that doesn't exist. Most of my terminals are correct. This particular...
View ArticleHow do I leave deployed printers but remove the GPO that deployed them?
I needed to move all printers to a new print server. I set up a GPO to deploy them on the new 2008 server and now I'd like to delete the GPO, no need for it to sit there cluttering things up. But, of...
View ArticleGoing to a domain/AD environment
I currently work for a library system. We currently operate at 8-10 sites (I have a range because I'm not sure if all sites would be included). We have more than 300 computers split between staff and...
View ArticleHow do I stop users muting sound?
We have some users that keep muting their sound, probably to play games on the internet! We need to ensure that they can't do this for operational reasons. I can't find a group policy to do this so...
View ArticleFind Group Policy Loopback Processing via Script or Utility
Does anyone know of a utility or script that can point out all the GPOs with loopback processing turned on? I think I can create a powershell script to do this, but don't want to recreate the wheel if...
View ArticleNeed to deploy file via GPO
I have a need to deploy a single XML file to every PC within the organization. However, I can't get it working, even after forcing a gpupdate on the target systems. I've tried: Deploy via GPME ->...
View ArticleAny plugin that shows IP addy of signed on AD user?
I've been looking around but it would be nice if there was a plugin or a way to look up a users ip address thru active directory in spiceworks, via a logged on username. Host name most of the time...
View ArticleSamba 4.0 released, Free Active Directory Compatible Server
https://www.samba.org/samba/news/releases/4.0.0.html Awesome!
View ArticleSamba 4.0 - AD replacement?
http://www.samba.org/samba/news/releases/4.0.0.html So what do you think of the Samba 4.0 announcement? Anyone ready to replace their AD implementation? Or go with OpenChange and get rid of Exchange?
View ArticleHow can I remove inactive computers from domain
Hi everyone, I'm trying to get rid of inactive machines that are showing up in our active directory/spiceworks inventory that are no longer plugged in or in use on the network. Is there an easy way to...
View ArticleApplying default printer via GP
I have a user that has one printer that is set to his default when trying to print but its not longer in existence and we have it locked down to where they can't add printers etc. but in group policy...
View ArticleHow to get list of all effective rights/permissions on Active Directory objects
Hello, I'm new to Spice Works and was hoping to find an answer to a question that I have been struggling with for the past week or so. I have been recently asked by my management to furnish a list of...
View ArticleQuickly check credentials
Hello everyone, i have a simple request. Is there a quick way to find out if a password you have is correct on a domain using AD? Basically i have a number of accounts and passwords which i need to...
View ArticleDFS mapped drive shows hidden share
We've Windows Server 2008 R2 and configured DFS (let's call DFS$ as example of hidden share name). We have a logon script mapping a drive X:\ \\DOMAIN\DFS (DFS namespace). But in some win7 computers...
View ArticleRestict users to only one computer
In the organization I work I was asked to allow the domain users to be able to login only to their computer and not to every domain computer using their active directory ceredentials . To accomplish...
View ArticleHow do I check GPO msi install for 250 computers?
Is there anyway to check whether a certain package deployed through a GPO installed for 250 computers? I need to see which computers failed to install because I'm seeing it intermittently across the...
View ArticleDeploy Printers via GPO? Which one?
I need advice on this. Since we have a mixture of XP and Win7 machines, I wanted to know if deploying printers via Computer GPO or User GPO? Which is the one is best for this kind of environment?...
View ArticlePermissions Help
I am trying to run a script that will unlock locked users in AD. The script is ran from a feature in our Intranet but I can't get it to sucessfully unlock a user. I am confident that the script is...
View ArticleUser from Active Directory keeps locking out
We have a user that the account keeps getting locked. I've checked through logs, rebooted domain controllers and the account still persists to lock out. I grabbed the MS Utility and I've pulled these...
View Article2008 R2 GPO Management from 2003 R2 PDC
I have a 2008 R2 64 serving out RDP sessions. The problem is that my test user can see shutdown, run, control panel, etc. I've extended the schema with adprep on the 2003 PDC and installed GPMC on the...
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