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GPO for blocking USB drives and media devices
I've got a GPO for blocking this. However, it is not effective. I've attached the settings summary from Group Policy Management. I'm pretty sure it's airtight. I've even got some settings in there to...
View ArticleUser account to manager employee info.
I would like to setup a user account that has permission to update the General, Address, Telephones and Organization tabs within Active Directory U&C but nothing else.Is this possible?
View ArticleDomain PC's will not log in until Reboot
This issue started a few weeks ago. Random users called in saying they have typed in their password several times and they are locked out. When looking at their user account the account doesn't show as...
View ArticleGroup Policy Failed the Login Again
Yesterday, the file share where our Personas are held got full. I added more storage which fixed the issue, unfortunately, not everybody is fixed. They receive an error that 'Group Policy failed the...
View ArticleDomain controller (Vmware) time is out of wack after every reboot?
Pulling my hair out here!Have a PDC win2008R2 running on vmware. After every reboot it changes its time to 854am, which obviously causes some issues....I checked and the BIOS clock on the host is...
View ArticleCryptoLocker / CryptoWall - Have you Tried This GPO Fix?
Have any of you tied the GPO provided here http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/396103-cryptolocker-prevention-kit-updated ?I don't want to apply this GPO to fix one thing and create another problem,...
View ArticleAd computer account record last user logged in?
Does the computer account in AD record the last successful user that logged into it? I am have looking and have not found anything so I am assuming no, but just checking in with the experts :)
View ArticleDisplayName not set on all computer objects
I've noticed that relatively few of my computer objects get the DisplayName attribute set. I wondered if anyone knows when it gets set and what would prevent it from getting set. I can't find much on...
View ArticleActive Directory Query
Hi guys,I really need to know if anyone has or knows about a tool that can query AD to find when a pc last logged in to a domain and who by etc. If someone could let me know if they know of a handy...
View ArticleMajor domain controller issues - possible duplicate SPN records
Good morning / afternoon people of Spiceworks!I'm having some serious issues on my new infrastructure here - to give you a bit of background we have two domain controllers now, DC01 (virtual) and DC02...
View ArticleMultiple domains and sub-domains.
Hey guys,Just a thought on domains and sub-domains, is there any real reason to use them anymore? Any previous use I could think of for them, can easily be replaced with OU's and Sites. Let me know if...
View ArticleCan't login when Primary Domain Controler is offline.
Hi All,First I have done a lot of goggling around and tried various fixes but can't seem to actually fix this.I have a single forest and single domain with two domain controllers all on Windows Server...
View ArticleWhat's your opinion about restricting windows user interface trought GPO?
We're migrating ours DC to 2008 and updating/cleaning up our GPO's,and a debate has emerged, regarding blocking or not user access to certain parts of windows, like control panel.In our current config,...
View ArticleWindows cannot connect to the domain , either beacuse the domain is down or othe
Hello everone.We use 1000 HP Thinclients in our work environment. Thinclient models are HP t5570 and t510 . All thinclients connected to the Domain (Domain.local). Thinclinets comes with factory image...
View Articlemigrate Windows 2003 R2 IE GPO to Windows 2008 R2 GPO
We have old DC which is Windows 2003 R2 and Default Domain policy has IE settings. Windows 2008 R2 DC (win2k8) is holding FSMO. Sometime I am getting branding error for GPO modeling so, I guess I need...
View Articlehow can i copy files via AD to %user%appdata??
hey does any one know how to copy config files via AD to the users to the path %users%appdata\Roaming??? Thanks
View ArticleProblems Importing Group Policy Settings to a Different Policy
Background:I am in the process of restructuring our Production GPO's for our PC's to simplify administration.Problem:I created a Test policy (call it Test - Standard PC Policy) and I want to import the...
View ArticleTo bind, or not to bind, that is the question?
Hello, Not entirely sure what category this goes in so if I am wrong my apologies. I work in a mostly Windows environment, Recently we have been having a lot of requests for Macs (mostly marketing...
View ArticleTwo different domains on same network
I currently have our main domain for faculty, admin, staff, etc. I was wondering if it is possible to create a totally different domain for our various labs and yet use the same network and firewall...
View ArticleStarting over with Active Directory
I've been giving the opportunity to start over with a new AD (2008R2). I want to do this mainly because the current AD (2000) is a mess. At present time the domain is staying the same but may be...
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