New Domain
Hello all, i need some advice on the best way to get a new domain created in an existing AD production environment.Our company ABC.com has been recently purchased by new owners. The new owners, XYZ.com...
View ArticleRetire a Domain Controller that's been off for months.
So, we have this DC that we built for a site, but the DC never got used because it was a 6850 and it needed, 220 power, which we didn't have.So it's been off for about 6 months, and to my knowledge it...
View ArticleHome directory missing - Vista?
OS: Server 2012 R2User is TimActive Directory Users and Computers ->User Properties -> Profile -> Home Folder -> Connect X: to \\server\shareIf Tim is logging into Windows 7 computer -...
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Editing Printer Fields in Active Directory
Here is the list of all available fields for the Printer Object within Active Directory. How does one edit the Asset Number for a certain printer?
View ArticleGPO Preference Drive Mapping Targeting Site
I need some clarification if I setup a user preference drive mapping with Item Level Targeting and I target Site does this mean that the user will map if they are physically at that site or if their...
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Old removed child domain still showing up in Entire Directory
For some reason this old removed child domain is appearing here. I don't see it anywhere else though. ntdsutil or in any AD snap ins. Only when you go to browse the entire directory. It used to be a...
View ArticleGPO's on Terminal Server Thin Clients
We are trying to clean up our domain and GPO's. We are dividing each location into an OU, then splitting up departs under each OU, then setting GPO's on the computer level for each department. Hope...
View ArticleAdmin Password Control
Hi Guys, I am hoping someone can help. We have moved to a 2008r2 domain and decided not to use the default groups and try and architect the security with a role based perspective. This has been...
View ArticleDCDIAG Error
Hello,I have been trying to demote one of our domain controllers but it failed and I received an error during the process "the parameter is incorrect". GreatSo I have been running dcdiag on the dc and...
View ArticleGPO Security Filtering
I've created a GPO and linked it to an OU.The GPO is supposed to put a shortcut on the user's desktop. It won't work unless I add the user name in the Security Filtering section in GPMC. I can't add an...
View ArticleThe trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.
We have recently migrated to Windows 7 Pro on our desktops (260 units)and Server 2012 R2for ourdomain controllers (2 Units). Obviously it has been an educational experience with plenty of little...
View ArticleUsers automatically added to local Admin account
I've never seen this before so I thought I would see if anyone else has come across this:Domain controller (Windows 2008 R2) with member server (MS).MS is terminal server and is located in the...
View ArticleReminding Users for Annual Training
A few days ago the HR lady came to me and asked about setting up reminders for upcoming annual training for HIPPA and ISSA training for the users. I was thinking I could set a script to remind users a...
View ArticleRegional Date GPO Not Applying To PCs But Does On PDC
So I tried to set a GPO to change the way the date is formatted. I don't know why the primary domain controller applied to policy to itself but none of the computers on my domain have. It's been...
View ArticleScripts..
I have created a logon script to give user access to a shared folder on a server by creating a virtual drive but the drive just not coming up after many log off and log on attempts.
View ArticleHow to make Ubuntu run a Script at Startup
Greeting All,I got a samba server setup as a DC/AD and every time I need to reboot the machine I have to run a script to start Samba. Can someone show me how to write the script and then tell me how to...
View ArticleGroup Policy Printers: Remove when no longer applied not working
I've set up a test of group policy preferences to deploy printers to users by security group. I've set up each of the printers on a print server with permissions to use controlled by a corresponding...
View ArticleDoes the domain admin need a list of everyone's password?
I just started to work for a company where the policy is for the IT department to keep a list of every user's password. I know that this is a bad policy, but how do I explain that to my boss? The...
View Articlepush printers via GPO on Server 2012
I am trying to push out printers on our new print server .They push fine to some users but not others. I am no expert at this nor GPOs. Printersare setup via Users vs Computersas I have users spread...
View ArticleDelegation issue with "protect object from accidental deletion" and certain OU's
We have a strange issue with delegation of rights in Active Directory (schema 2008 R2).We have an OU structure of Country Users Disabled Users. We've delegated rights out to a team to have them manage...
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