How do I enable remote management on Windows 7 using GPO SBS2011
Is there a way to enable the ability to remote (RDC) into Windows 7 and XP PC's using a GPO? Some machines don't have the remote desktop turned on (or, people are shutting it off). And I want to offer...
View ArticleCombining multiple MSI packages into one
We recently purchased a Voice recognition software to handle structured notes for our doctors, the problem is it has 24 MSI packages to install. I created a batch file I can run on each computer to...
View Articlesetting up restarting computers with GPOs.
ok i am trying to settup a GPO on restaring our computers i was trying to follow a guide from technet but i can get past one part on it for the fact i dont see that in the gpo...
View ArticlePrinter deployment blues~
I've been having a great deal of running around this past day, since we have just moved to another office space. All this time, I thought, deploying the printers via GPO was the way to go! During my...
View ArticleAutomatically Install Silverlight for users without admin privileges
On all domain workstations, Silverlight is installed (as it is necessary for a website used company-wide). However, users to not have administrative privileges or privileges to install software. A...
View ArticleXP Mode works for Domain Admins, but not Domain Users
Got some new desktops with Win7 Pro w/XP Mode. Trying to run a couple of legacy applications. The tricky part is that these two legacy apps are run from a network share (that's a can of worms all its...
View Articleshares drive - logon failure: the target account name is incorrect
after restarting one of our servers, no one is able to access the shares drive I keep getting this error: logon failure: the target account name is incorrect we have 3 DCs, one of which (this one is...
View Articlebest method to share password for new user's
I am still not in confident on the method of sending password for new user's(Active directory/ Exchange) Please suggest me the best way to practice. Many thanks,
View ArticleChanging user account login name
Hello fellow spicers, I've been asked to look into the implications of changing a handful of users login accounts in AD. Does anybody know what would break if I did this? My guess is that everything...
View ArticleControl access of Branch users based on IP with GOP
HI,Setup info: HQ in Europe - Terminal server is set up in Europe 7 branches across globa Remote users log in HQ via RDPAgenda: I want to make sure RDP connections comming in from specific IP...
View ArticleGrant AD user local Admin access to branch office DC
I'd like to grant a branch office manager local admin access to Win 2008 DC located at their site. The main purpose is to allow him to restart the server if necessary either through RDC or from the...
View ArticleWMI query multiple computer names ?
I use a WMI filter to exclude a DTAEV client from certain GPOs. SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE NOT Name = 'clientPC-01' Now I have 2 more clients in the meantime. Can I just use the 'OR'...
View ArticleActive Directory - Updating User Info For Admins
I am looking for a way to give our HR Dept the rights to change AD User profiles Title, Location, Phone Number etc only. I don't want to give them access to Active Directory Users and Computers. Does...
View ArticleTips and tricks for total control: The inner workings of Group Policy
This is the 199th article in the Spotlight on IT series. If you'd be interested in writing an article on the subject of backup, security, storage, virtualization, mobile, networking, wireless, DNS, or...
View ArticleTarget security group in Group Policy
I have several dental workstations spread throughout our organization that need a specific drive mapping for the software to function properly. I'm needing to have certain drives mapped when a certain...
View ArticleBatch AD exporting , editing and importing
Are there any decent free tools or scripts that i can use to do the following:- Export users ( ok so i have found scripts to do this to csv) add multiple bits of data e.g Job Title, Office Location,...
View ArticleThis domain controller must register a DNS SRV resource record
I am getting this error for AD DS. I have done everything that the microsoft tips page tells me to do and I am still getting this error. Do I need to manually add a dns entry somewhere?
View ArticleSYSVOL and NETLOGON shares missing. Please Help!
Hi guys! We are having some issues with the SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares in our domain controllers and I don't know where to start troubleshooting. I have read some articles and discussions trying to...
View ArticleJoining a PC to a domain over a VPN
I can't seem to get a Virtual Machine running within Windows Virtual PC to join a remote domain, and this has really stumped me! I've tried the following: Added DNS records for DC / domain into Hosts...
View ArticleHow to Push Group Policy to thin clients?
Our thin clients don't seem to receive GPOs, even after rebooting a few times and waiting a day. I noticed that they don't have the gpupdate tool. They are domain members. OS: Windows Embedded...
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