Transferring FSMO Roles
What are the risks or problems when transferring FSMO roles from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R2 in different sites with five RODC's replicating from the two domain controllers (2008 R2 was the...
View ArticleCloud based Active Directory... or IDaaS?
I'm new to IT admin and have fallen into this position by default since I have the most tech knowledge out of our small 8-person medical device start up company. Most of the other users at my company...
View ArticleClients Time goes out of sync
I have an NTP server locally. Is there something I need to do special for the clients to sync? It is a domain controller. I run into an issue with servers getting out of sync every once in a while...
View ArticleDitch Active Directory? Go 100% 'Cloud' ?
So, I've been hearing it quite a lot recently, especially since Microsoft discontinued Small Business Server:There have been some people who have drank a little too much "Cloud Kool-Aid". I've run into...
View ArticleUser Activity
Hi,I need to prepare IT Auditing documentation. One part is sample report for User Activity.Is there any sample report for user activity in a company?
View ArticleSite to site active directory what are my options
Hi guys,We have two dedicated servers across two different sites. They host hyper v virtual machines for email hosting etc. I'd like to have hyper v do replication between them and so I have a copy...
View ArticleNeed to get a listing of all users in all OU's in the entire domain
Is there a relatively easy way to get a listing of all users in all OU's in the entire domain. We have an IT guy leaving and he's made mention in the past of "hidden" accounts. I'd like to get a...
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Proxy Versões Posteriores do IE 8
Amigos de Ti,Atualmente estou passando por Problemas, no quesito Proxy nas Estações Win 7 com as Novas Versões do Internet Explorer. Simplesmente, as definições de Página e Proxy não funciona, apenas...
View ArticleSoftware GPO - Install and settings in one?
Hi Guys,Looking to see how people install software and setttings via GPO?I'm currently evaluating all our GPO's as some of them need updating and splitting up a bit.We roll our Foxit Reader and Chrome...
View ArticleTrace Group Policies> Server 2003
I want to know if all policies is correctly being applied on all computers/users Example like a log file show all errors, success, warnings. We have trouble with the time service.Thanx in advance for...
View ArticleRotating wallpapers through GPO
Is it possible to set up rotating wallpapers through GPO? my boss wants a cycle of different company images
View ArticleNew Domain Name
Hey Spiceheads,So I wanted to get some feedback and best practices on how I should go about migrating our .com to a .k12.ct.us domain which is what it always should have been. To give you some...
View ArticleActive Directory Moving computers
If I (For example) have a computer in an OU that points to an Office, But then that PC is moved from that office to another. Is there Anyway I can move it in AD, but also change it's security groups...
View ArticleBest practice for renaming Active Directory's TLD (from .local to .com)
I'm looking for a best practice for migrating from a domain.local to a domain.com. It would seem the only option is: to go from domain.local to temp.local to domain.com so Netbios could stop using the...
View ArticleGPO Woes (IE9 and the all important Home Page GP)
One of our nComputing servers is giving me fits over the Default Home Page group policy. For those who are unaware, nComputing is a thin client / server architecture using terminal services to create...
View ArticleOld Group Policy settings remain on machines
I have a handful of machines that retain old group policy data, specifically incorrect information for the login warning message and trusted sites settings . In particular, these machines point to an...
View ArticleMigrating OU into new Forest.
Hey Guys,Here's the rundown; My company is splitting off from our parent company and we need to remove our Domain from their forest before than. From my reading it seems the best way is to setup a new...
View ArticleLogin error to terminal server
Greetings to the well of knowledge...In the process of building a new terminal server (Win2K8R2), I had been setting group policies. Well, I must have screwed this up real good as I now am getting an...
View ArticleRoaming profiles with folder redirection issue
Hi!First off, to clarify, I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 8.1 Enterprise workstations.I have users set up as roaming profiles with folder redirection. Originally, we were using just the...
View ArticleSome domain users cannot obtain IP address.
I work at multinational company and I've been involved in Asia domain group.So, basically, when overseas employees participate in our office for the meeting.I simply connect our lan cable to their...
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