Generating information from Active Directory
I need to gather the number of windows accounts, user accounts exchange accounts etc from active directory, could you provide scripts or ldap commands for the above?thanks
View ArticlePeople and devices........
Hi all,,We are moving over from a workgroup based setup, to a shiny new domain.If I go into the inventory/people tab, we have over 1800 people listed. This is slightly worrying as we only employ around...
View Articleactive directory upgrade but GPO will be carry over
If we do active directory upgrade, how about GPO data and all GPO settings?These will be carried over as active directory objects?What is the powershell command to promote a domain controller?
View ArticleAudit an account
I'm due to go on holiday, and my (non) Technical Director boss wants to know the admin account password just in case there is a problem whilst I'm away.I have created an administrative access all...
View ArticleAllow Users to Install Fonts
So here's my problem, I am trying to figure out a group policy that will allow my users the ability to install their own fonts without me having to go to their desk every 17 minutes to put my...
View ArticleGPO not update on Computer in the Domain
HI pros,I have a problem with the gpo. Currently my gpo server is windows server 2008 R2 and the staff computer in the domain are using windows 7pro , windows 8 pro. The problem is half of the staff...
View ArticleWindows Update - Admin unable to run
I have a GPO set to disable automatic updates. However, I have always been able to manually run Windows Updates when logged in with my domain admin account. Apparently there was a patch this past week...
View ArticleUnable to perform Admin work when login to Remote desktop servers - Win 2008 R2
I have two servers setup as RDP farm running on Win server 2008 R2. I have setup group policy to lockdown users and assigned permissions accordingly.Since last few weeks, I have noticed that when I...
View ArticleGPO for Unhide Known Extensions Not Working
I have a client that has an environment of both 2003 and 2008 servers. I configured GPO for unhide known extensions from the 2008 GPM but the Windows 7 users not applying it. I'm wondering if it's...
View ArticleGPO Folder Redirection not Working
I have just setup our folder redirection in the Default Domain Policy to redirect to \\Server\Network Users but it is not applying to our computers, even if I do gpupdate /force in the Active Directory...
View Articlecorrupted recycle bin pop up with admin account instead of their username
One of our admin's who creates most of the images started to notice, that when a new user logs into a machine it pops up with the recycle bin is corrupted \\server\home\TECHS_NAMEits not showing the...
View ArticleActive Directory - Adding ADMX messed things up
Windows 2008 Server R2 x64 - Enterprise Edition con Service Pack 1So we have some Office 2013 installations and I wanted to see what Group Policy options were available. So I downloaded the admx files...
View Articlemoving user redirected folders to a new path.
I have a group policy in place that does folder redirection for my users my documents. I would like to move that location to a new server. What is the best way to go about doing that? Should I make a...
View ArticleHow to configure Active Directory for Branch Users
Hi,i am currently using AD 2008 in my local office , however my employer want me know to configure AD for 1 of my branch office with 20 users over there. i have tried creating domain , forest but i am...
View Articleafter disable usb removable storage in gpo 2008 then also it is working all
after disable usb removable storage in gpo 2008 then also it is working all system in ou
View Articlemigrating stand alone active directories in different locations
hello there,I am an it administrator in a company that got lately extended with different branches in different locations.on each location there is an active directory installed (mostly not more then...
View ArticleGo Daddy hosted Domain Controller
As our Servers recently crashed we're thinking to move our all the servers on Cloud. We've subscribe for Go Daddy VPS and configured a Domain Controller. Go Daddy provide us the access with Static IP...
View ArticleSetting up Spiceworks inventory - machines without Group Policy (Home Edition)
Hi,Using Windows home on some of the machines at work in the main office as they have the licences for them. Getting a few errors when adding the machines to the inventories and I think it's because I...
View ArticleGPO Not showing in gpresult
Hi There,I am facing an issue concerning a gpo.I have setup a Group policy to configure a specific wallpaper on all PCs on my network. The problem is, after doing gpupdate/force or even restart the PCs...
View ArticleDomain Controller Scripts
I inherited an active directory that has a few log on scripts for each department that have been working well. I assume they were set up on a 2003 server as 2008 has the preference option. Anyway I...
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