Change Student Password to Their Student ID in Active Directory
Hi All,I need to change our students Active Directory account passwords to their student ID. We have over a thousand student accounts that we need to do this for.I have figured out how to change their...
View ArticleSurface Pro 3 Win 8.1 Pro doesn't receive local admin password on domain
Hello.We are new to the world of using the Surface Pro, but I wouldn't think joining them to the domain would be any different than joining a Windows PC or laptop.When we join a Surface Pro 3 (running...
View ArticleA workstation is losing connection to mapped drives (SBS2011)
Hello techs,I have a workstation that lost connection to its mapped network folders on the SBS2011 server. I fixed this problem in the past by replacing this computer and now it's happening again. My...
View Articlechanging domains
I'm removing a member server from my existing domain and making it a DC on a new domain with no trusts.I'm curious if anyone has any tricks to remove my PCs from the old domain and automatically add...
View ArticleNEW Domain Controller to Replace Old One
I'm building a new DC for my network and have a couple of questions.I currently have 2 DCs, one is a VM (DC1 also FSMO) and the other a physical box (DC2). DC2 is on aging equipment and needs replacing...
View Articlechild domain decommsion
Hiwe have an office in sydney, with their own child domain. they have only one server in the office with active directory, dns, dhcp on etc. the office is going to be shut down and we no longer need...
View Articlehas anyone used adselfservice plus?
I am having problems deleted unowned license users.
View ArticleThe networking behind cross forest migration
Very long story short, the directors of my company have asked for IT to transition to a new AD forest including newly purchased servers and SAN array. There are about 280 computers running Win 7...
View ArticleCopy GPO to another domain?
HI Spiceheads,Please assist,Is that possible to copy and existing GPO from domain.a.com to domain.z.com they are both different domain but need to run in the same GPO is there any way to copy the GPO...
View ArticleFolder Redirection is redirecting Folders which are not configured for
Hello Everybody,we have Windows Folder Redirection configured only for the Desktop Folder of users. This works fine, e.g. the user Bob has his desktop at\\servername\sharename$\bob\DesktopThis is now...
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WINPRINT not updating on client machines via GPO
I have a strange problem and I need to get a solution in place. On the server the printers are set to Winprint > RAW. However the client machines are not taking that setting. I'm using Computer...
View ArticleMost up to date grou policy ADMX
So, since I'm trying to neuter Windows 10 on our network (and I'd imagine there are GPs for doing just that by now, disabling Cortana, locking down privacy settings etc etc) as a couple users have it...
View ArticleReporting on Mapped Drives for Each User
Hey there - I am currently looking to run a script that will report on the mapped drives on not only the current user, but all users that have logged into the particular PC/PCs the script is being run...
View ArticleHow to change the default number of characters allowed in an email subject line?
I know by default it is set to 256 but is there a way to do this through group policy and if so what settings would I need to change? I have a user who insists on using the subject line as the the...
View ArticlePrevent PCs from Locking via GPO
Good day,I have been trying for weeks to stop our PCs from auto-locking after a period of time. I've read lots, and tried a number of GPO settings, but nothing seems to work.We are running:Server...
View ArticlePrinters working, but getting group policy error (error 513)
Hi all,I've got a print server role running on a Server 2012 VM. It was working great until a few days ago until one of the printers went offline. I restarted the print spooler (no effect), then...
View Articleactive directory the specified account already exists...
Hi guysI'm trying to bulk import a csv containing AD users. On import using the powershell command : Import-Csv .\test.csv | New-ADUser -Enabled $True -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString Pass123...
View ArticleBest tool that will report where the EVERYONE Group is in a network
Can someone suggest a tool that will scan my network and find ALL instances of the EVERYONE Group membership for all my servers?
View ArticleBonus Question - Tracking Password Expiration
Okay Spiceheads... :-)I'm looking for an innovative way to remind users when it's time to change their passwords. Unfortunately, some people miss the helpful balloon that Windows pops up a few days in...
View ArticleLive lockout status tools
my company was using netiq's dra tool for our helpdesk to manage locked accounts and passwords. this tool was extremely expedient in updating with lockout status, bad passwords times/counts, etc, just...
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