Change Active directory domain name after company bankruptcy.
Our company has gone through a bankruptcy that changed it's name. I would like to investigate the options for changing our AD tree to match (1 Forest, 1 domain at server 2003 level). I know the domain...
View ArticleDeploy Printers Through GPO & Set Default Printer
Hi, In our environment our staff move around from room to room quite often, and currently we're using a login script to map printers, but we'd like to move away from this method and use GPO's to do...
View ArticleUnable to connect to the NETLOGON share! on DC02
I have two servers running Server 2012 Standard Both are running AD DS, DNS and DHCP. My issue as stated above is that when i setup the 2nd as DC on my network the SYSVOL and Netlogon shares are...
View ArticleDisplay OS version in AD
Server 2008R2. Displaying OS version column in AD while viewing computers doesn't seem to be an option. It's not available in Add/Remove columns or anywhere. Is there a way to add the attribute to the...
View ArticleSetting the default domain for Outlook credentials
We are moving over to Windows 7 :-( We access our e-mail via exchange servers which aren't part of our local AD - and the AD domain where the mail servers live isn't someone we have a trust with. As...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 on 2003 AD...can't change expired password on login
We've got a few computers that we're adding to our domain. Our DC is on Server 2003 and we're not planning on upgrading that until next year. Everything seems to be fine with 8.1 on our domain except...
View ArticleRegistry failed due to the error listed below
Hi everyone, I need some help trying to solve an issue with Group Policy on our network. This doesn't seem to be causing major problems as the vast majority of our GPO's are definitely working, I just...
View ArticleGroup Policy for Scripts
Hi Guys, On WSK2003 AD I'm trying to implement a GPO that will run a VB Script to create the user's outlook signature when a user logs on. This failed initially and wouldn't run however i found a way...
View ArticleCertificate Authority Migration - 2008R2 to 2012
So I think this is at least a 2 part question: 1. We have a server that is running as a CA. It is a 2008R2 machine and is also a DC. Since I am not 100% sure what the CA is being used for in our...
View Article2008 mode in namespace grayed out even though functional level is 2008r2
hello spiceheads, so about 1 hour ago I dcpromo'd an old 2003 server and it's now a member server. the two remaining dc servers are 2008r2. I raised the forest AND domain functional level to 2008r2...
View ArticleBest way to find who logs into a desktop machine ?
Ok, Scenario: 4000+ workstations, all have generic naming convention: WSDEPT0001 The problem as you can imagine, is that these workstations names are not tied to a specific user and not to a specific...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 11 Compatibility View
Some workstations has been upgraded to IE11 from IE10. We are having major problem, Compatibility View is not working on IE11. There is a Compatibility View setting enabled in GPO on Windows Server...
View ArticleWindows 7 Desktop Background GPO Issue
I'm hoping someone out there can help me. I've been stuck on this issue for about a week. A little information about what I am running. I have a Windows Server 2003 environment with Windows XP,...
View ArticleDomain Name Mis-Match
I'm working on an old SBS 2003 environment and seeing some strange issues with domain name. There seems to be a mis-match on the domain name in various places. On the SBS server, there is one domain...
View ArticleGroup Policy Blocking users from copying files from network shares to removable
So the other day after applying some group policy objects that are aimed at stopping the cryptolocker virus, Group Policy started Blocking users from copying files from network shares to removable...
View Articleraise domain functional level 2000 native to 2008R2?
Hello, I've read here in the forum that it is typically not a big deal to raise the domain functional level if all DCs are on the same level. We began our Windows environment with Server 2003 and have...
View Articleif doamin controller fail in one site then users belong to that site can login?
if doamin controller fail in one site then users belong to that site can login?
View ArticleGroup Policy Deployment (General question)
So, I'm trying to get a Lync 2010 infrastructure up and running. I've done up a batch file that basically says- \\PBGA-DC02\Lync\LyncSetup.exe /install /silent And configured a GPO that adds that...
View ArticleGroup Policy Update Confirmation
Hi All, Server OS - Window Server 2008 R2 Standard ( Domain Controller ) Client OS - Window XP & Window 7 ( Desktop & Laptop ) I have implemented some Group Policy including Group Policy...
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