Disabling easy passwords.
HiI have a password policy complexity requirement in place; but, many users use simple passwords.is there a way to disable certain strings in passwords; such as if the passwords has "Password" in it...
View ArticleRicoh MP C4503 - How to distribute 'on touch' presets with Group Policy
Hi, we are trying to deploy our new Ricoh MP C4503 to client using GPO rules which is largely working as expected. The one remaining problem we are having is that the 'one touch' preset's that have...
View ArticleGPO for Adobe Acrobat Pro only works sometimes
I'm installing the latest adobe acrobat pro (11) via GPO. Some times it works beautifully. Sometimes it doesn't. Some computers come up, it installs and we're good to go. Others it will flash that...
View ArticleRoaming Profiles, User Object, and GPO
When configuring the use of roaming profiles through GPO, is it necessary to set the profile path in the profile properties of a user object to the profile share location? I have set "Set roaming...
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Printer Driver Install
Ok Guys,So I have 4 printers shared off one of our 2008 R2 servers, for most users all is fine but sporadically users seem to be not able to print, after i looked into it i noticed that when on one of...
View ArticleCreate a GPO Scheduled task that uses the local admin account
I'm trying to setup a scheduled task that will run a script weekly on all worksations (specifically Ninite updates). I'm trying to create this via a GPO and I want to use the local admin account for...
View ArticleIntroduce 2012 R2 DC to Windows Server 2003 domain functional level
HiWe currently have two DC's one 2003 and the other 2008, we are now wanting to introduce a 2012 R2 DC to the domain.I have read the...
View ArticleGroup Policy not working
Anyone seen this in the attached photo: When I try to run gpupdate on a host I get this: Updating Policy... User policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encount ered: The...
View ArticleGPO shortcuts disappear
Hi All, I've looked everywhere and can't seem to find a solution to this perplexing problem. I've got a VBS script that put's links to our company phone list, internal web site and our helpdesk on...
View ArticleIs there alternative to - ADInsight is an LDAP- real-time monitoring tool
ADInsight is not any more stable, Microsoft have stopped maintaining the product after the took it from WinInternals. Do we have any other product LDAP- real-time monitoring tool.
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 ArticleRoaming Profiles - Can of Worms -or- Box of Win
Running a multisite Domain with about 200 PCs/Users and considering making the switch to roaming profiles to simply upgrading/moving/reimaging PCs.Right now we migrate the users folders/files to a...
View ArticleRestrict domain user to specific site
For the youngest students we have generic user accounts for each school building. I would like to prevent this domain user from being used at any of the other sites that we have configured in Active...
View ArticleChanging e-mail address in AD
Hello Everyone,All of our servers are running server 2008R2. I'm looking to update everyone's e-mail address in AD. all of the e-mail addresses are one of two domain names, and we just changed our...
View ArticleEditing permissions Directory Services Restore Mode Sbs2k3
So long story short, started at a new client where the sbs2k3 was their PDC. They had some electrical issue, AD database corrupted. We had another server, were able to set up the new PDC on 2008 r2,...
View Articleinternal domain names - .local or .lan vs lan.company.com?
I have read the many discussions about why I should or should not make the change. Simple question. So I change my local domain from company.lan to lan.company.com and my external site and hosted...
View ArticleUninstall Teamviewer-Group policy
Is there a script that someone can share to uninstall Teamviewer on all domain PCs?
View ArticleActive directory domain controller Authentication
We have the main domain controller in the corporate office, with backup domain controllers in remote offices for situations where we lose contact with them. Lately we have noticed individual...
View ArticleRDS shows old domain after changing AD domain names?
I basically followed this guide that I found after Googling the best way to change domain names on Server 2012. Now, though, when I look at RDS, the users that have access to a collection are in the...
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