changing workgroup to domain
Dear all i want to change my entier infrastructure to work-group to domain..what are the things i done.. my current status was 1.all system in workgroup.2.user data was stored a shared...
View ArticleWhy Can Users Change Passwords When It is Denied in AD?
Whenever I setup new users in AD on our Server 2008 R2 domain controller I check the box that reads, "User cannot change password". Then I find that the user was able to change their password. When I...
View ArticleRecommnded Network card spcification for the machine where i need to install AD
My Dear frinds any anyone Recommend Network card minimum speed/specification for a machine where i need to install Active directory 2008 *i need to install the same on the desktop , *making 250 users...
View ArticleHow can I map a shared folder as Network Drive on Server 2012
I've been trying to map some shared folders (mostly data) as Network Drives and I've followed the instructions from this article but I've failed to make it work. The old Server (SBS 2003) had login...
View ArticleIssue taking away admin rights
A customer of mine is a private school with 2 locations. One of the locations I am forced to use a static address. All the teachers were admins of their machines, but I have been getting larger number...
View Articlewindows server 2003 can talk to windows server 2008
Communication between the two servers has been working for over 2 years. Suddenly that can't talk. I have made sure that are setup in sites / trust to communicate but no go. I installed all...
View Articlescript to change hostname and auto generate Hostname
Dear all, im new to script, i have plan to make standardize Hostname to make it easily traceable by seeing the hostname Like …location+dept+Desktop/Laptop+last 6 digit serial (15 characters) Kindly...
View ArticleRedirecting desktop on 64 bit computers
Hi all, I was just wondering what people do when they have a mixture of 32-bit and 64-bit computers in their organization as far as folder redirection goes for Desktop Icons. Our students have their...
View Articleallow only one active session for user in active directory
when a user logs into one system in the LAN he locks the system and tries to open an another system with the same username and password from Active directory . i would like to restrict the user to log...
View ArticleOutlook Contact Photos Stopped Working
A short while back I used a utility called "CodeTwo Active Directory Photos" to load employee pictures into Active Directory. After some messing around on the Exchange server these photos displayed as...
View ArticleStudent computers
We have recently added our student computers to a child domain on our network. We were using deep freeze to lock down these computers, but now are using group policies to prevent students from being...
View ArticleSBS2008: dc replication fails after vmware recovery
Hey bigger problem here, SBS2008: primary dc, hostname: sbs-serv1 WinServ 2008: secondary dc, hostname: sbs-serv3 we had issues with windows internal database (#ssee). when trying to fix issue, i had...
View ArticleNeed help with GPO to block .exe's in %appdata% folder
I am new to using GPO and need help in setting up a policy to block .exe's from running in the %appdata% folder. I am doing this to deny certain malware from being able to run most notably the...
View ArticleChange Password on Domain
A windows Server 2008 r2 User was setup on Domain with a default password and set to change password after login with default password. User not about to put in new password, the administrator had to...
View ArticleUpgrading Active Directory
Ok, i have a question for my fellow spiceheads - in my organization, all of our servers (save 2) are sitting at Windows 2008 Standard or Windows 2008 R2 - the 2 that are not either of these versions...
View Articlesome global security group members are deleted automatically
some global security group members are deleted automatically from an OU. I need to find the reason of such mysterious behavior.
View ArticleOutlook 2010 Object Model Guard GPO
Good afternoon all, I have a couple of legacy Access DB's that attempt to send emails as the user, when this runs on Microsoft Outlook 2010 they get a message: " A program is trying to send an e-mail...
View ArticleHow to Find the GPO that locking down screensaver?
I've never created or changed a GPO. Someone must have created one (or win sbs 2011 has a default) that restricts my from changed the screen saver paramerters. This is killer agrivating when running...
View ArticleBacking up a broken Active Directory
The server with the FSMO roles is gone. I'm going to seize the roles onto a new server to act as the Master FSMO AD server, but I'd like to get a backup in case something goes wrong. I don't have a...
View ArticleActive directory sync issue
With the Spiceworks install, I was able to successfully pull over all of my users from AD into the "People" section. I have deployed the icon to my users and I run into an issue with some of them....
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