Moved AD Users
A while back, I decided to break one of my OU's up and created several under it to organize some users. I decided that I didn't need these anymore and moved all my users back to the primary OU. Now I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Folder redirection offline files conflict
Here's my setup.Windows 7 Pro desktopMy Documents and Desktop redirected to a network share on a Netgear ReadyNAS CIFS share attached to AD.I have some users who float between two PCs on the same LAN....
View ArticleAllow non-admin user to edit ODBC settings in an Active Directory environment.
We have a user that does not require admin rights for anything other than adjusting ODBC settings. I'm looking for suggestions that would allow them to edit ODBC, but still limit them from most (all?)...
View ArticleForensit domain to new domain
Hi,I have 10 windows 7 pcs that are part of the Windows domain. I need to change the domain name and reinstall the server o/s. I want to use Forensit user profile wizard on the pcs. From reading, it...
View ArticlePowerschool Script Help
Hello, I have a script that we use to create our students in Active Directory but it only creates new students and does not update there accounts. I am not very good at scripting and fairly new to it....
View ArticleUser cannot change password
User called me to say could not log in, account wasn't locked but reset password, didn't select change on first login as user uses terminal services and this causes issues here.User was able to log in...
View ArticleAudit Policy Reset
Long story short, how do I set my audit policies back to default?I've found that somehow there's no auditing on a couple of my servers. I read that you can reset them to the OOB defaults with "auditpol...
View Article“Non”-Active Directory Environment
What does this mean? I have been asked the following question, and I am new enough to be afraid of it. Do you have experience within a “Non”-Active Directory Environment?ThanksGR
View ArticleADMT 3.2 Intra-2012R2 Domain Split
Hi Everyone,Its been awhile since I've posted anything here so I hope I'm doing it right.My query is that I have setup a virtual lab to test a domain upgrade and split to seek out the best process and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The trust relationship between this workstation error.......
I have a 2008 r2 domain working in an ESXi server, that server was backed up after the configuration finished. Now there is a little problem appears in my existing domain. then i opened the backed up...
View ArticleCan a users display name in Active Directory be an email address?
Can a users display name in Active Directory be an email address?Instead of syntax First Initial Last Name. Thx.
View Articlepromote ADC to PDC
domain: abc.com 1st machine: name: server1.abc.com os: windows server 2003 Role: Primary domain controller 2nd machine: name server2.abc.com os: windows server 2003 Role: Additional domain controller...
View ArticleConfiguring Active Directory to deploy passwords
I would like to know how to configure active directory to offer 3 generated passwords to the user upon renewal of their network password. I have seen accounts operated in this way, but have never...
View ArticleHow does the synchronization of offline files work for redirected folders?
Does this work the same way as the Sync Center? How is it handled?
View ArticlePossible to restore UNIX attributes on tombstoned AD users?
Recently a number of inactive users were deleted from our Active Directory by mistake. We typically keep the user accounts around but leave them disabled so we can keep track of their associated UNIX...
View ArticleDoes Active Directory have "hooks" or "events" that you can subscribe to?
For instance events like "User Created", "User Disabled", "User Deleted", "Department Change", or "Position Change"? Would it then be possible to call a powershell or batch file when the event / hook...
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 ArticleBest approach for adding a shortcut to the desktop
Greetings to the well of knowledge...On my terminal server I have a group of users identified as managers. They are in an AD group called "Managers". These users have access to run Quicken and they...
View Articlemap shared drives,prinnters not showing up
hi guysI have configured some GPO to map shared drives and some printers .When I check which polices that has been applied using gpresult /r, it showing up the the polices that has been applied.Also...
View ArticleHow to stop desktop icons in folder redirection from changing location?
I have my client setup with folder redirection. They tend to like moving the icons around, however on most reboots (they don't know if the machine was left on during a reboot, or if it was logged off)...
View Article
