Audit use of AD account that has domain admin access?
We have an active user who was our previous system admin. His account has been used in areas as a service account for various servers. How can I audit and find where those are being used so as not to...
View ArticlePassword Filter DLL for Active Directory
Hi all, I'm looking for a publically available password filter dll for Active Directory. Back when I worked for a DoD facility we were required to lock down many things and one of the requirements on...
View ArticleGroup Policy not updating not applying to certain objects
I have a Server 2008r2 domain. Most all GPO will apply to our windows 7 computers. I am trying to setup print mapping and I need to disable 3 things in group policy. 1) Only use Package Point and...
View ArticleAD Password Notification is wrong
So I have one user who changed her password in AD, through normal means, yesterday at 10:40am yesterday. I've verified this through security logs on the DC and through the lockoustatus.exe tool....
View ArticlePath Field in the CSV
This is exactly what I need, but I am having trouble using a CSV file. Exactly what should the domain and path fields be to create users such as: cn=edbird,ou=co2015,dc=students,dc=org,dc=edu I can't...
View Articlemoving user redirected folders to a new path.
I have a group policy in place that does folder redirection for my users my documents. I would like to move that location to a new server. What is the best way to go about doing that? Should I make a...
View Articlemapping printers via gpo failing
Hi, I have been trying to map our network printers through GPO, yet I am getting a result of failure (error code: 0x80070bcb). Any suggestion what I am doing wrong or how I could correct this failure?...
View ArticleGPO settings for Windows 8 and Server 2012?
Trying to disable Microsoft Accounts in Windows. Followed these instructions within GPO: Expand Computer Configuration->Policies->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local...
View ArticleWhere do mapped personal drives reside?
Hi, We've got minimal AD experience here and are puzzled by something. We all have mapped drives created for us using GPO's. My question is where do these drives reside? Specifically, we have an...
View ArticleNew to AD... Where to start??
So I have been in IT for about six years, but always working in small companies, primarily fixing computers. Now I feel I am in need of moving our company, which has grown from 6 computers to over 40,...
View ArticleDomain Users can't upload files!
This is a strange one! I've just finished an entire network upgrade. New Win 7 workstations, new 2008r2 server and new software and printers. Just discovered that when a domain user scans an item and...
View ArticleOutlook 2007 GPO enable cache settings not working
I have a client with a terminal server running sever 2008. I want to enable email caching in outlook 2007. I created a gpo and made the setting changes.. applied it to the terminal server OU group,...
View ArticleShould I restrict the ability of browsers to retain passwords?
I am a rather recent hire as a technology director (if a year counts as recent). I have been establishing myself in this position and now am working on setting up real security measures. One question...
View ArticleDomain Controller not creating NETLOGON share but creates SYSVOL fine.
Our site included 1 primary domain controller and 2 backup domain controllers all running windows server 2003. I decided that I was going to make the move to add a 2008R2 SP1 Domain controller to the...
View ArticleDeploy Quicktime via script or .msi GPO install
I am trying to find a way to push out Qiucktime to all my computers. We are a windows 2003/2008 AD domain with win xp and 7 clients. I have tried a basic script It looks for a log file, if not found...
View ArticleLock Domain users out of system for upgrades?
Is there a way to lock domain users down for a period of time to make sure they cant login? I know send out a email telling them but we all know sometimes one or two just dont get it so can I do this...
View ArticleRecovering a Windows 2000 primary domain controller
We currently have 3 domain controllers. Our primary DC is Windows server 2000. One of our secondary DC's is Windows Server 2008 and the other is Windows Server 2008 r2. All three DC's are currently...
View ArticleIs there any tool that can do a W2008R2 cross forest migration,diff forest name
We want a seamless migration, whereby users will not notice any change. User profiles are not centralized
View ArticleRestricting users from uninstalling programs deployed by group policys.
Hi Guys - I was looking to see what the best way is to solve this. We assign software via group policies and install fine. if a user uninstalls this it never seems to reinstall the application. I am...
View ArticleIE10, Favorites, and Group Policy (bless you Microsoft)
I seem to be going around in circles here and cannot find an official answer. I have a GPO that includes IE Maintenance settings to push favourites. Works fine with all IE versions until 10. What is...
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