ldif delete operation
Hi,I imported an ldif file using ldifde and the import worked perfectly fine. Now, when I try to delete the objects that were imported using the ldifde utility, I am not able to do it.I modified the...
View ArticleReliable and comprehensive Firefox ADM/ADMX
Hi all,Have any of you found a decent set of templates to manage Firefox within an enterprise?Currently using Firefox v25 with Windows 7 clients.Looking to amend settings such as Bookmarks,...
View ArticleDomain Migration
Hi friends,I will tell you one scenario .....I have two domain 1 is abcd.com and other one is xyz.comright now both are independent domain...i want to migrate xyz.com as a chaild domain of abcd.com or...
View ArticleAuto Communication in between excel data and Active Directory data
Can we have any tool or software or any script who can make the automatic communication in between my excel to active directory data.Because we have all users details in excel and i need this sheet...
View Articlehow to disable windows 7 indexer using group policy
Hello: I see a lot of windows indexer terminated unexpectedly in the event logs. It's a bit annoying. Since our firm already uses a DMS we do not use windows indexer and I would like to disable it. I...
View ArticleSmall script to add email to AD accounts?
Hi everyone,I have a number of Google apps accounts I sync via AD.. This is, of course, contingent on the mail field being filled in.The domain for the email address is different depending on the OU...
View ArticleUser permissions in active dir to allow USB storage access
how do i change users permissions in active directory to allow them to access external storage, USB drives. Does anyone know what i change to allow specifically me and annother admin to access...
View ArticleBest Practice for Vendor AD Account for VPN Access
We have a vendor who occasionally needs to remote in and administer their server. Thus far when they've needed access, they have called us and started a gotomeeting session. But if they need to...
View ArticleRestoring AD after functional level raised
I am in the midst of upgrading our domain from 2003 to 2008r2. I have already removed all of our 2003 DCs from service & now have Active Directory 2003 running on 2008R2 DCs. I now just need to...
View ArticleNeed to get GPP Files working
So I have Windows 8.1 and I want to deploy a custom Start Tiles page. I have the custom appsFolder.itemdata-ms file created and I know it works. I am trying to get the GPP Files option working to just...
View ArticleActive Directory - Deny a user from applying GPO on single workstation
Server 2003 Active Directory environment.I have users in a remote location that load their profiles from a local server share. This is achieved through a GPO to redirect their profile folders at log...
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Default Group Policy keeps getting corrupted Error Parsing File
I am at a loss why this happens. I can fix it by restoring the GP from backup.
View ArticleIE8 and IE10 Policies Conflicting
Hey guysFirst post, Ive been lurking over the years and found loads of helpful info here.Basically on our office we have people using IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11.I found out that the IE8&9 group policy...
View ArticleUnable to read the gpt.ini from a domain controller
My default group policy seems to have an issue I cannot seem to track down. If I remove the link, I can update the policy with no errors. If I enable it, I get the processing of group policy failed...
View ArticleStartup Script User Permissions But Run As Admin?
One of our BI applications we use, has its own "version control application" (vcp.exe") this program checks dependencies and pulls down and install any needed files, or support programs. It has a /r...
View ArticlePrimary Domain Controller died... need some help.
Hey all,My primary DC died after a botched Barracuda backup restore. After 5 more unsuccessful restore attempts I'm building it manually. My problem so far is that I can't transfer RID master to my...
View ArticleGP Extensions Failing (a list)
So we have a new blade running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and nComputing. When students log in they are not consistently receiving the short cuts we have setup on a local share.I setup a Custom...
View ArticleConfigure Secondary DC 2008 R2
when running dcpromo it tells me i need to run adprep. i run adprep but it states it cannot run on this platform because it is not an active directory domain controller.we have a primary dc running 08...
View ArticleCant login to domain- User profile service service failed the logon
Hi, i know this topic has been up before but none of the solutions work for me.Here is my case, i have a windows 2008 R2 domain controller, client systems run windows 7 pro.Whenever i create a new user...
View ArticleActive Directory DNS Configuration in a Single Forest Multi-Tree Root Domain
I've walked into a new environment and have been tasked with resolving active directory issues. The first glaring thing that appears out of whack is DNS. I've been trying to manually get it back into...
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