Domain Rename
We Have an Active Directory domain with NETBIOS name GARR and FQDN garr.org. I want to change our Domain from GARR to CUCA with FQDN cucawarriors.net. I know renames are a pain in the you know where,...
View ArticleForce IE home page using group policy - Why won't it work?
We will be rolling out a company intranet shortly. We want to drive traffic to it by forcing everyone's IE home page to it. At present we want to test our group policy on just a small group of...
View ArticleActive Directory Overhaul
I'm looking at restructuring our Active Directory.I'm going to create a root OU called Departments and sub OUs for each one with a User and Workstation OU in each. This way AD is easier to manage and...
View ArticleRemove legacy password expiry GPO from desktops script
Hope everyone is doing well!I was wondering if there is a script I could leverage to remove password GPO's from local desktops? I have a client who has moved everything to a cloud service, and will no...
View ArticleWhen someone messes with the Default Domain Policy...
So yesterday I decided that it was time to update our password policy. I go into the GPMC and... wait, no Default Domain Policy? Hmm, that's odd. I do some research and find out what the default policy...
View ArticleHowto bypass network admin approval for a single program?
So at my new job we have a medical application that requires network access but it requires administrative approval to do so. The solution my boss (and her advisor) has implemented is to just add...
View ArticleReplace 2008 R2 Domain Controller
Hi All,Just wanted to run my plan by the community as a bit of a sanity check. At the main office, I have a 2008 R2 domain controller called DC1 that has all the FSMO roles. This is the unit I want...
View ArticleExchange and Lync Sign on when in different domain
Hi, I recently started work at a company where the Email and Lync servers sit in the parent company's domain based in Europe where we have very little admin access.We have an AD Domain in the UK for...
View Articlehow to find actual profile path of AD users win2003 domain
Hi guysIn use profile I see \\domain.local\site\Profiles\user How do I find local path. I need to find where exactly these profile are stored
View ArticleDomain account Lockout
Hi: this is driving me crazy now. I used so many tools, and I absolutely cannot find the origin of my continous lockouts. Details:domain account : $aboxI changed the password about 4 days ago.After...
View Articlehow to check user profil path from clinets
hi guysIs there is way to verify the user profile path from clients in ADOnce I log in to client computer I need check users profile loading from correct server
View Articlestop old AD DC 2003 test everything goes new AD DC 2012
hi guysi have successfully integrated windows 2012 our one of branch officeNow I wan to stop netlogin services on old 2003 DC and see all the users authenticated via anew 2012 dc before demote the...
View ArticleSecondary Active Directory
i have a server with windows server 2008 r2 and with some GP configuration and folder redirection. so i need to know if i create a backup server for my AD as a secondary AD, does that (second server...
View ArticleEnable Windows Previous Versions for a specific AD group
I would like to enable Windows Previous Versions tab for only a certain group in AD. By default, everyone has access to this tab and should be limited to a certain group. Can this be accomplished in...
View ArticleSoftware Restriction Policies problem
Hello,I use Software restriction policies to block Cryptolocker. And everything was working alright, but lately I had to add a Path Rule that allows one program(magickjack)torun. But for some reason...
View ArticleSoftware installation GPO to only install once
I have a GPO that I needed to install on all computers on a domain but it re installs every time the computers restart or a user logs in. I need the application to only install once on each computer.
View ArticleSynology AD user homes and shared folders
I'm trying to move user home folders and network shares from a 2008 file server to a Synology DS412+. Copying everything over, adding the DS412+ to the domain, etc. was easy. However, only Domain...
View ArticleDomain users slow Logins after shutting down old DCs
Ok so I'm in the process of Upgrading my Domain to 2012 R2 from 2003. Last week I had an issue where our internet slowed down after shutting down my old 2003 and 2008 R2 DCs. the link is here...
View ArticleGPO won't go away
Hello,I've got a Group Policy Object that just won't give up. The policy was used to build a scheduled task. We merged that task build in to another GPO and removed the old GPO. When we check RSOP...
View ArticleAD 2012 r2 upgrade question
Ok so I just decommission my 2003 DCs and Raise the Forest and Domain Level to 2008 r2.Well I just decommission my 2008 r2 DC and Went to try to raise the Forest and Domain level to 20120 r2 on my...
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