Sysvol and Netlogon share not replicating
I was wondering if anyone else has seen this before. AD replicates perfectly fine, just Sysvol, Netlogon and GPO's won't replicate. After extensive research and looking at error logs I've decided I...
View ArticleUnable to map network drive via GPP.
For the longest time, I had a z drive mapped to \\serverA\scans\%USERNAME%. I decided to move the scans to serverB so I made a change in GPP drive map to the following path....
View ArticleHow to set home folder owner when created?
When I manually create users using active directory users and computers the user home folder gets created with the owner set as administrator. Is there a way to set the folder owner to the user when...
View ArticleCache AD usernames and passwords without logging in
Hi Everybody, Is there a way to cache usernames and passwords on a computer without having that user log in? I'm shipping PCs joined to my domain out to some remote employees. There's no DC where they...
View ArticleMember Servers in the Computers Container
I'm seeing some server computer accounts in the Computers container in AD U&C. Shouldn't all non-DC computers running a server OS be automatically added to the Member Servers OU? Perhaps someone...
View ArticleGPO Changes Not Applying
I’m having an issue updating some group policy settings. My desktops (all Windows 7) are configured to check for updates at 17:00 via group policy. I updated the group policy to check for updates at...
View ArticleShutdown Options & Group Policy Management
I have a set of public computers that I want to remove ALL shutdown, switch users, log off, restart, and lock options. These are public computers that we have and the computers are turned on and off...
View ArticleMajor problems after DC upgrade from 2003 to 2012
Hello all, After replacing a server 2003 DC with a new server 2012 DC (with a new name), everything seems to be working fine, except with one specific model of workstation. All of our HP All-in-one...
View ArticleRemove MS 2008R2 DC That Has Been Off-Line
I have a 2008 R2 DC that has been off line for several months. Was at an off site office. It has been shipped back to me. Being that this system has been off-line for a while, what would be the...
View ArticleActive Directory Error Message
In my office we are using Windows Server 2003 for Active Directory, although it is old and in next month we will have an updated windows server 2012, but at present when i tried to open "Active...
View ArticleVPN Access Script
What I am trying to do is simplify the process of granting users VPN access. I don't have the ability to use Powershell (Wish I did). Understandably everything that needs to be done can be done in the...
View ArticleGPO settings, I just don't understand...
I am struggling with GPO's. I think I'm having trouble grasping why and how they work. Can someone smarter than me please explain? I have a thin client, all by itself in an OU, that needs to have...
View ArticleDuplicate SPN for MSSQLSvc
Recently been receiving these duplicate SPN messages on one of the DCs. I'm not sure I understand the problem, as these are all valid instances/listening ports, and none of them are running under an...
View ArticleDomain Trust??
I just noticed an issue with one of our offsite P2P VPN locations that is part of our domain and was hoping someone could shed some light. While I was there, I was trying to setup a new laptop that I...
View ArticleMy Active Directory account is being locked out by a member server.
I just had a post over an odd issue with a user of mine and now I'm having one of my own. On Friday I noticed my AD account kept getting locked out. I unlocked it and figured it was my iPad or iPhone...
View ArticleActive Directory DR TEST with VEEAM
Hi all DR testing is to be carried out shortly. We use 3 ESX hosts with Veeam for backup. AD has 2 domain controllers 1 physical one virtual. Currently the virtual DC holds all the roles etc and is...
View ArticleWindows 7 pc locked out, cant login using active directory
one of the pc,s on the network cant login any user to the active directory as there is no option for that. the login screen only shows details for one particular user and even after entering her...
View ArticleActive directory sites and services
My organization has offices spread over 2 countries and in some countries of those countries we have 2 to 3 sites. There is an active site-site IPsec VPN connection between all the locations. We are...
View Articlevb script to export the AD users and their properties into text file
i have a VB script to export the AD users and their properties (employee ID,email addres, address,homefolder). outfile file will be in text format.. Script works fine, but the script exports all the...
View ArticleAccount Locking out randomly
I have been having an issue for a few weeks (ever since i change my network password) where my account keeps getting locked by my domain. I am using windows 7 and my server is Windows 2008 R2. I...
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