Lost & Found Objects - How to restore?
Hi Everyone,I recently found a couple objects in my Lost and Found container. I'm the only admin and I don't have any idea how these items ended up there. These are the two objects:Name: Microsoft...
View ArticleAutomating Java Updates
Hello all.As you know Java pushes out updates to its software multiple times per year. Currently on our network users are not permitted to install software on their PC. So normally we make it around to...
View ArticleThe letter 't' in GPMC
Absolutely mind-boggling issue here:Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. When I'm in the Group Policy Management Console, I cannot type the lowercase letter t. When I push t, it takes me to the top of the...
View ArticleGPO settings still enables after being deleted
I created a new GPO within the domain which required a password complexity and also disabled the use of USB and CD drives for both User Policies and Computer Policies. I intended to use this GPO for a...
View ArticleActive Directory Audit
Hi, We manage a very large Windows 2008 AD across different branches. We desperately need to audit privileged activities, but due to the size of the domain, its impractical to enable AD audit across...
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get-wimobject question
Does anyone know why an HP 6300 MT is displaying the below model, out of 130 computers this is the only one that shows this and not the actual model. Any Ideas?Manufacturer: Hewlett-PackardModel:...
View ArticleHaving problems authenticating help desk users via AD
I've configured Spiceworks to use AD to authenticate help desk users. Cannot get it to work. Can someone help?
View ArticleRemoving desktop icons from RDP desktops using GPO
Aside from Adobe Reader we have a program that recreates duplicate desktop icons every time we update the program. Rather than go to the desktop of all of the remote desktops on each server, can I use...
View ArticleFolder Audits 2014 Revisit
I have a customer who has a share that is wiiiiiiide open. They need these (loose) permissions for a minimum of two applications that create folders in this share. Of course, users tend to move, drag,...
View ArticleValue of Off-Site idle Domain Controller
Our network has one physical and one virtual Domain Controller (Windows 2008 R2 each)The physical server and the virtual server host are both in the same rack in the server room. It was brought up in...
View ArticleTemplate/Policy for removing User
Does anyone have a template/Policy they use for removing a user from ADS and Exchange? I do things but want to get an idea from others on terminating accounts and procedures you use. If you have a...
View ArticleBest practices for security and distribution groups
In an AD/Exchange environment, what is the correct way to structure security and distribution groups? I know you want a hierarchy, with the user in a group associated with their work role, then compose...
View ArticleAD user or Group folder permissions
hi,is there any easy way or free software that can give us a report of what permissions that a AD user or group got on network folders.thank you,
View ArticleHow to disable user logon if no connecting to domain for a long time
I am new to admin and need to seek some help. We are using Windows Server 2012. We need to implement some controls whereby users have to connect to the domain server to apply updates and patches also...
View ArticleHow to exclude a specific user from GPO computer configuration
we applied a policy on computers in our company to restrict user to use flash memory or removable disksI want to exclude IT stuff from this GPO when they log on any computerwhat can I do ?
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 ArticleHow to Find Which Programs running in my Domain Computers
I am trying to find which Programs running in my domain computers.
View ArticleRemove Desktop Redirection - files disappear
We are in the process of removing our desktop redirection GPO policies and are running in to some really inconsistent issues with our test group.1) Newer users (date range undetermined so far)...
View ArticleHome folder read only even for user/owner
Hi All,I just moved user home folders from 2003 server to 2008. Now having some difficulty with permissions. All of the users folders on 2008 are set as "read only". The properties dialog allows me to...
View ArticleThe trust relationship between..
The domain users often encounter the problem "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain has failed".One solution is to disjoin the PC from domain, delete the pc name from...
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