Windows 2012 Active Directory new hardware transfer
Hi Gurus, I have implementation of Windows 2012 Active Directory new and only Domain Controller. I need to roll out Windows Server 2012 Domain controller in 3 weeks. I will be using Windows 2012 (180...
View ArticleActive Directory WS2008 R2 and Outlook for users
We are integrating ADS. At present some users are using Outlook 2007 in their computer (XP and 7) for gmail account. How to migrate it into new user which will be created in ADS
View ArticleInternet Restriction
Hi, I have weird issue in my windows domain ( 2008 server) , i have restricted many users( XP machines) from accessing the internet through fake proxy, the problem is they cant able to access only...
View ArticleDomain Trust issue: Search in external domain prompts for credentials
We are trying to create a Trust Relationship between 2 domains. We have tried both a one-way & a two-way trust. Both keep prompting for credentials when ever we try to search for users in the...
View ArticleBest way to get production DC into test environment?
Running Windows 2008R2 Trying to create a test environment with that mirrors the live. Lab will be Hyper-V Should I p2v the DC? Take image backup using WSB and restore to VM? Build new VM DC,...
View ArticleCan't edit NEW GP objects in AD 2003 - system cannot find the path specified
I'm trying to create my first GP object. We have Server 2003. Our Group Policy Management is done from our secondary alternate DNS server. In Group Policy Management I right clicked on Group Policy...
View ArticleExport/Import Users from Active Directory
I am moving from a 2003 Domain, to a new 2008R2 Domain. Is there a way to export/import users? What happens to the users that already exist? Aaron
View ArticleWhen do Group Policy Changes become available on DC?
We recently replaced our old Win 2003 Domain Controller with a Win 2008 R2 DC. As a result of that, we are now able to use GP preferences. I wanted to retire the .vbs scripts we had been using to map...
View ArticleBroken User Account
One of our pc guys created a user the other day, and now it wont lookup via LDAP (Cisco phone system) so we went into AD to investigate - This user wont sort like a normal one, what!?
View ArticleGPO to Create a mapped drive on DFS
Here is my screenshot. We are using DFS, so I white'd out the domain name. What is the wildcard that I have to use since %username% does not work?
View ArticleIssue mapping drive via Group Policy / Access Based Enumeration
A project I am working on is to eliminate the use of login scripts within SYSVOL to control drive mapping. Drive mapping here is a mess and causes more confusion between departments than benefit. I...
View ArticleHow to automate removal of local shutdown script.
I'm trying to automate the removal of a shutdown script from all machines that cause computers to hang at shutdown (Windows is shutting down... indefinitely). To manually remove it, on each and every...
View ArticleSAMBA File Server With Active Directory Authentication
So this morning our until then perfectly functioning SAMBA server suddenly decided to quit serving our files to the network. I kept getting an error saying that the time differed from my SAMBA file...
View Articleinternet explorer maintenance group policies don't apply
Hi All, One of my main GPO's is starting to act a little weird. I have a group policy in which a home page is set through User Configuration \ Internet Explorer Maint \ URLs. For some reason my...
View ArticleScript to detect whether logged on to domain or locally
I'm trying to test the issues I'm having with our Windows Server 2003, and namely the times it requires a reboot and when you log on to the domain, it times out and logs on locally. I did find the...
View Articlechange computer name description on active directory
Hi All,Brainteasers for you all.How do you or can you change the description of a computer name in AD to reflect on the PC description name or vice versa. i.e:I set a computer description name "...
View ArticleUnknown Scan Repair Issue
Hello everyone! Over the past week or so I have encountered a very strange issue when using this script:http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/1447-jeff-doty It has worked beautifully on all of...
View ArticleHow can i get list of all workstations of last 2 weeks from ad
Hi, i am unable to get the list of all workstations working & nonworking of last 2 weeks . Can you guid me how can i get it Thank you
View ArticleDisable DEP with group policy
My domain controller is Windows Server 2008 R2. I need to change DEP settings on all workstations, and I'm hoping we can do it with group policy. I've read...
View ArticleShould we look at migrating to a .local
Our current domain was originally set up back in the late 90s as domain COMPANYNAME with Windows NT. Over time it migrated to COMPANYNAME.com. I've been reading that it is now best practice to be...
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