Windows 7 Domain members dis-joining themselves from AD
We have a Windows AD Domain running at 2003 Native Mode. We have 9 DC's, many Windows servers running 2003, 2008 and 2012 as well as 8000+ Windows 7 Professional Workstations. We use Norton Ghost GSS...
View ArticleGPO Shortcuts
I am running 2008 R2. I am looking for a way to remove all shortcuts except the ones in the policy. I have successfully deployed the shortcuts i need, but I would like to disable/hide all others. Is...
View ArticleGPO - Folder Redirection
So I have a old folder re-direction that is apparent during logon/logoff and you can also see if when you run rsop,msc from a workstation. problem is when I go to the Group Policy Management there is...
View ArticleUsing Group Policy Preferences to change the default printer on one computer
Hi Guys, I have a network that covers three different locations. A main office and two satellite locations (we'll call them location 1 & 2). Both satellite offices connect to the main location via...
View Articledao350.dll fails to register
I am having a weird problem here. I am seeing this error pop up on various unrelated software products I am trying to install across our network. They fail when trying to register doa350.dll, this...
View Articlegroup policy preferences for RDS
I am having trouble getting GPO registry settings to apply when users login via RDS servers. RDS servers = Win2k8 R2 GPO Preferences for User Policy GPO is applying to the RDS servers(computers OU)...
View ArticleSpiceWorks HelpDesk & Active Directory
Dear All, I am still quite a new user of SpiceWorks, whereas I was able to setup nearly anything. I got one "minor" bug in the help desk though. Topic: User login on Help Desk (SpiceWorks Version 6.2)...
View ArticleDC Tombstone lifetime on a 10 users BO, 30 users at HQ. Would you start scratch?
Hello experts, we recently started working on server consolidation project for a new customer. The customer’s infrastructure we found is relatively small and is briefly described below. Headquarter in...
View ArticleMonitor standby options
There is a way how could i set for several computers that their monitors at a certain time to go in standby/shutdown? Thanks Ervin
View ArticleMoving a specific list of users to their own OU
I work for a University and in my new position I am responsible for moving graduates out of the 'students' OU and into the 'alumni' OU. The students OU contains thousands of users, and my excel file...
View ArticleExclude one user from a group policy?
Does anyone know how to exclude one user from a Group Policy? Thanks
View ArticleCan not access shared folders on domain controller
Hi guys I am having a very weird issue. I have a multi-homed Domain Controller which is also the domain control. RRAS is not configured. Everything was working fine till last week but it went into...
View ArticleCreating a Trust, domain names not resolving
Hey everyone, hoping someone can help me out. I'm trying to create a Trust between our local domain and a remote domain. We have a VPN to the remote domain. ( Also, yes local firewall is off on both...
View ArticleKonica printer install with settings GPO
Is there a way for me to install a printer via GOP with parameters set like single sided etc. right now it installs two sided black and white.
View ArticleWindows AD communication with Spiceworks
How come although I can log in to multiple windows servers with my domain account via RDP when I supply Spiceworks the same info the connection simply times out? I know it's not a firewall issue...
View ArticleOutlook 2013 saying it's not default mail client when it is
How do I configure Outlook 2013 as default mail client for all users across a server using terminal services? I am using terminal services version of Office 2013. OS Windows Server 2008 R2. Issues:...
View ArticleSetting passwords in AD from do not expire to expire issue
I have several users that have their passwords set to never expire and I want to change this. I run a weekly report that shoots out emails to users to notify them so I know when they expire. Issue I...
View ArticleScript to remove "dead" Printers
I'm trying to create a login script that will check all installed printers and remove any printers that are inactive. Most of our users have been here for many years and the previous IT support would...
View ArticleLimit OU to Login Only
This may be a little difficult to explain but I will do my best. We want to create an OU in our AD that will house accounts for our clients. We are building a website and we want a spot that will...
View ArticleGPO to automatically create & assign default folder permissions
Recreating folder permissions on 5000+ main folders. Giving each folder 2 Domain Local groups (Read/Modify). Is there a GPO/Template/Tool I can use to make this easier? Like something that would...
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