Failed to open the group policy object.
Ok, this is a scary issue. I was editing GPO, it crashed on me and now it will not allow me to access that specific GPO. The error I am seeing is as attached. It is telling me "Failed to open the...
View ArticleAnyone successfully set up Dropbox for Business using SSO?
Just purchased Dropbox for Business, and would like to use our Active Directory for single sign on. Has anyone had success with this?Thanks.
View ArticleConfiguring GPO and terminal servers for remote desktop
Hi everyone, sorry if this is in the wrong place but I am having an issue with users not being able to Remote Desktop into a terminal server. I have the user in the Remote Desktop users group. The...
View ArticleAccount getting locked out though no lockout policy defined
My user accounts are getting locked even though I disabled the policy in default domain policy.owWhat i was wondering is:-I ran RSOP on one xp machine and checked that group policy applied shows...
View ArticleServer 2003 lsass.exe Directory Service Cannot Start 0x00002e1
Hi, After replacing a faulty drive on a customers Server the domain controller will no longer boot. Error message is as above. I can boot fine into Directory Services restore mode. It appears that the...
View ArticleWindows 7 batch file help
Maybe it because I have been working 16 hour days theses past 3 weeks but I can figure out how to write a batch file to save my life. Can some one help me please? I need to do the following:Stop a...
View ArticleHow do I make a logon script file on winxp machine.
Hi there,I am writing this to get some hit for making a log on script file on WIN XP machine.This case is not common, so I am confusing.This Win XP machine is joined "ABC" domain. And every user use it...
View ArticleMonitoring LDAP queries?
Hey bacon-loving spiceheads, your local intern with another question:We're in the process of upgrading our 2003 DC to 2008 R2. We've got everything set up in a testenvironment and it's working great!...
View ArticleGPO for IE10
Hi,Can someone please tell me how to apply a GPO in order to customise Internet Options for IE10?Specifically I want every user in restricted sites zone with two sites restricted. Group policy is the...
View ArticleServer 2012r2 lock screen GPO
Windows 8.1 lock-screen image has been changed via GPO, now i can see the path change in the registry on the target machine directing it to look for the image file (local or network share) and any...
View ArticleWhat Security Based Group Policies Do You Set?
I work in a K-12 school system and we've been working to get our entire system on the domain. Our district has also started their annual policy committee meetings. This year we will be updating our IT...
View Articleactive sync not working windows 7
I have several of my people (myself included) who's offline files are not syncing. (flat out fail). Group policy is supposed to force the sync. I'm an admin and a strange thing happened. I have a...
View ArticleCount Users ACL
Greetings---I am attempting to create a powershell script that will allow me to import a list of folders and will then display a list and count of all users who have access to that folder.At the...
View Articlewsus
how do i configure wsus? I hve never done it before and i would like to configure for my organisation
View ArticleDHCP stops servicing clients / Possible Active Directory and/or DNS issue?
So in the past 2 months we've been having some issues with our DHCP server not servicing clients with IP addresses. One thing that fixes the issue is to restart the DHCP server. However, after a given...
View ArticlePassword complexity without GPO
I have an odd situation. I've inherited an AD setup and for the life of me I cannot find the GPO that has the password complexity settings. there are 36 GPO's and none of them have this setting...
View ArticleGroup policy blocking all my installs
Windows 7 machines on Windows 2008 R2 servers.I downloaded the Cryptolocker Warning papers last year and enabled them to the best of my abilities. So now that my fear of being attacked by Cryptolocker...
View ArticleGPO to prevent certain characters from being used in filenames?
What I'm wondering is: Is it possible to use GPOs to set up a prohibition on certain characters for saved file names, so that when someone attempts to save a file to a server share, it gives them a...
View ArticleThe trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
Tried to login to a workstation with domain and administrator accounts and this message came up"The trust relationship between this workstation r and the primary domain failed" A few client users can...
View ArticleIntergration into Active Directory
Is or can Spiceworks integrated into Active Directory?
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