My domain policies are a mess. I don't know where to start.
I'm a one man IT department supporting 250+ users spread over 4 locations. I've been in my current position for 5 years and gradually had to take on more and more over time as my Not-For-Profit needed...
View ArticleGroup policy editing assistance needed
Server is Windows 2008 R2. All our workstations are Windows 7. I made some changes to the group policy on the server then ran gpupdate on a workstation and received the following error:The processing...
View ArticleRoaming profiles
Can you help me i am in the middles of setting up a call centre and need to set up roaming profiles for each agent as well as getting a firewall. I was thinking of getting a rackmounted server with vpn...
View ArticleLooking for help and ideas to redesign companys AD Structure
When I was hired, the AD structure was big and a mess. I've been tasked to clean it up and redesign it. The problem is that I have a few good ideas, but I can't decide on one, so I was looking for some...
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 ArticleAD account keeps getting locked out on win7
Hi there I need some help.A couple of our users accounts on the AD keeps getting locked.We have an application were users use there PC log in credentials to access it.When doing there annotation after...
View ArticleDomain/Email rename
Hi all,The company I work for has recently undergone a re-brand i.e. new name, logo, office etc. We are looking to change our windows domain name and would like some tips if you guys have any. We have...
View ArticleActive Directory for beginners
Does anyone know of a good certification/training course in Active Directory for entry level users? I currently have a "sandbox" server set up and the below list is what I would like to become...
View ArticleAD LDS 2012 R2 synchronisation
Hello all,I have a 2012 R2 AD DS server as well as a 2012 R2 member server.On the member server, I have installed AD LDS, and have created an instance.The problem I am facing is that I cannot seem to...
View ArticleQuestion about Home folders
I have a question for Home folders for my Domain users I hope you can help me out here. So the way things have always worked before I ever started working here was. All users had a Home folder set in...
View ArticleNeed Your Input for The Survey
Guys,We have launched a survey for IT Pros this week and will be giving away 5 Amazon Gift Cards ($50 each) for survey participants.It's just a quick 12 question survey focused on how you and your...
View ArticleDomain computers loses radomally connection to the printers
Hi,On multiple domains we have the problem that some of out workstations randomally lose the connection to the printer (computer says no printer installed). Mostly after a reboot of the workstation the...
View ArticleTWO DCs but only 1 authenticates
Hello fellow Spiceheads, I have 2 DCs which the PDC will authenticate users but the BDC won't. The PDC was upgraded from 2008 to 2008 R2. The BDC was installed 2008 R2 and then promoted ....
View ArticleHow to add local domain to intranet with GPO
Hi all, does anyone know how to add the domain.local to the intranet sites in IE i added it to policies \windows settings\IE maintenance\local intranet when i look at the settings the site is there...
View ArticleHow to Manage IE 10 Settings
Hello!I'm trying to find a way to manage Group Policy Preferences for Internet Explorer 10, well I thought i would be clever and make a Win 8 VM and use RSAT to access the new IE 9/10 settings in Group...
View ArticleDelegate Control Active Directory
Hi SpiceHeads,I've question :Someone who doesn't have domain admin rights is able to join a computer to our domain (he is a user of our domain but has no installation rights or other rights but he can...
View ArticleHide other OUs in AD Users and Computers once delegate control to specific user
I want to delegate permissions to an junior admin in Active Directory Users and Computers. I also don't want the junior admin to see any other containers than the one that is being delegated to him....
View ArticleReports on Acitve Directy Logins
If I look at event viewer for logins it shows service logins and everything else. Is there anyway to filter all that stuff out and only show actual logon and logoff users and time?This is for a...
View ArticleServer in Site and services post demotion
Hello All,I recently demoted ADC gracefully, everything looks fine, except the server is still under Site & Services MMC. I tried metadata cleanup but i didn't find it under listed servers.Could we...
View ArticlePassword change in Active Directory
Hello spiceheads!I want to change the password age in our network under the Default Domain Policy. When I dig down to the settings and get to the Password Policy in the GPM, it says that the "Maximum...
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