How can I restrict an admin to workstations only?
At one of my clients, there is an IT/MIS administrator who is responsible only for desktops and laptops. Recently, it has become necessary to eliminate his access to all of our servers and Active...
View ArticleADMX Update - any known issues?
Afternoon all, I'm looking at replacing the admx templates with the latest R2/8.1 templates from MS. Has anyone experienced any adverse affects to the update/replacement of the templates? Or has it...
View ArticleAD Account Getting Locked Out
We have a user that had their account credentials compromised and was having spam sent from her Outlook Web App. We changed the password and it stopped the spam, but her account keeps getting locked...
View ArticleEvent 2887 :LDAP Interface logged
we have mixed mode domain configuration (Windows 2003 R2 and Win2008 R2). Everyday it logs on each domain controller @ 12:27pm for Event ID: 2887, Source: ActiveDirectory_DomainService, Task Category:...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office GPO settings Denied Security
We have a root level group policy that sets all our Microsoft Office settings and it works fine for our NY office. Now we are opening an office in SF and none of the computers we have added to the...
View ArticleGroup Policy
Hi, I am trying to customize Windows 8.1 start screen and then deploy it through group policy. I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. When I go to the group policy editor none of the...
View ArticleRemoteApp MSI not installing through GPO
Hi All, Weird one... Have an existing server that's doing Fileserver and RDS roles currently, and wanted to split the roles out. Existing server hosts a RemoteApp, which, up until I removed the GPO,...
View ArticleReset Internet Explorer (RIES) and Group Policy
Quick Question that I believe I already know the answer to, but I'm looking for confirmation. If in our environment we use GPO on IE and I reset IE using the RIES function (IE settings -> Advanced...
View ArticleDomain Controller demote/then repromote,now no group policy....
Server 2008 R2 Standard So I had an issue a bit back where some software that doesn't co-exist well on a DC... was installed on a DC. It made a mess of the DC to the point that I demoted it, then...
View ArticleLooking for help with an Active Directory People Report.
Hello, I am in no ways a SQL admin nor do I know the first thing about scripting, this is why I love Spiceworks so much. I was wondering if someone out there could help me with a report. I am looking...
View ArticleChange domain in AD? What are the implication?
The AD server that was built before my arrival has the following domain name: seffa.local Needless to say I want to change for a 3 char like .lcl What are thing to consider when planing to do this?
View Articlewhat is Level 1, Level2 & Level 3 Support?
Hi, Can anyone differentiate what level 1, level 2 and level 3 IT Support's job scopes are? What do those level look like? Cheers Joe
View Articleactive directory
I have tried all sorts of variations to try and sync my active directory, but it's not working. Any ideas?
View ArticleBitlocker keys in Active Directory
My firm’s computers upload Bitlocker keys to Active Directory but when I launch the AD Users and Computers MMC how can I view them?
View ArticleAdministrator credentials prompt
Is there any reason why laptops connected through wireless are not asking anymore for administrator credentials? The accounts logged are common users in a Windows Server 2008 environment.
View ArticlePull list of AD computer accounts, when they were last logged into and the user
I need to pull a list of all computer accounts in AD with the last user that logged in and when that was. I can't use Spiceworks, because my inventory is not fully accurate yet. Anyone have a script...
View ArticleDirect Access
How can I restrict my Windows Direct Access clients from accessing network resources other than their Exchange mailboxes?
View Articledisable cmd for all users but administrators
Morning, in a bit to increase security we are going to disable the cmd prompt for the average user. Now part of the issue is that on all the machines they are local administrators (due to some...
View ArticleGroup Policy Infrastructure Failed.... domain does not exist
AD1: Server 2008 R2 (192.168.10.25) AD2: Server 2008 R2 (192.168.10.26) Client: Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit Trying to get a MSI software installation package to run, however, whenever I link the GPO with the...
View ArticleDomain Admin password Protection
hey guys, we have 5 domain admins in one forest & domain structure 2008R2 , with more than 300 local users and 80 remote users. since the IT director have similar access right ( domain admin ) , I...
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