Getting Event ID 6006 in DFSR Replication logs on DC
I am getting an Event ID 6006 in my DC that is running Windows Server 2012. It is the only DC and when I tried to bring on another DC it would not communicate with it. I have since demoted and...
View Articlehow to deploy lock screen to clients-Windows environment
we are having windows 2008 server, and i want to push a specific lock screen and screen savers to domain users, all of them windows based (XP,WIN7 & WIN8), i will appreciate if someone help me in...
View ArticleServer 2012 and AD with logon Scripts to Win7 Clients
I have installed a windows 2012r2 server to my existing domain and promoted it to DC. Since then a number of win 7 clients are not getting all the correct settings the main one being is that they do...
View Articlepls help me in designing active directory structure
I have a main office named mainfirm. under mainfirm there are many divisions like ed,pb,rb,tb. It is spread in 3 locations loc1, loc2 and loc3.Now i'll explain which division in which location and who...
View ArticleHow do you deploying printers for an office
Currently we deploy them via a GPO and assign the GPO to the site. Then lock the printer permissions to a group and assign the user to that group. The GPO then runs and if the user is part of the...
View Articlevbs logon script
I have amended our .vbs logon script to include a new drive mapping..This log on script is located in the netlogon folder on the domain controller.However after putting in the correct command below,...
View ArticleSAM Transitive/NonTransitive Membership Evaluations per sec
Greetings, spicers----I have a question regarding SAM Transitive/NonTransitive Membership Evaluations per second.Recently, we installed Nagios systems monitoring in our environment and I am currently...
View ArticleMicrosoft Active Directory Steps for openLDAP command
Dear GentsI need to integrate OFSAA application with Microsoft AD; However in the OFSAA guide steps for only openLDAP is given and It is written there for other LDAPs do the same steps...
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Default Domain Password Policy issue
Hi everyone, I have an odd issue that is happening. Here is a little background on my domain. We have a Domain and Forest functional level of Windows Server 2003. We have extended the schema to...
View ArticleGroup policy wont apply to existing users
I have a group policy that forces users to a proxy server for certain websites. Really it is a way to block certain sites like facebook,etc. I force them to a proxy server at 127.0.0.1 for all but a...
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Integrating WordPress with AD
I have a feeling that i am doing something wrong with this Wordpress/AD integration I have tried the top plug-ins that should work no problem with zero success.I should also say that I have not set up...
View ArticleDynamic Access Control
Has anyone been using this in production yet? Trying to teach myself at the moment and it looks fairly intimidating. Wouldn't have thought ill be using it any time soon but is it likely to become a...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 Printers Showing With IP Addresses
So I have a server 2008 R2 DC and I added a few printers and shared them, I also went ahead and list those printers in the directory. When i search from the server for printers using the "Add...
View ArticleScanning just Active Directory
I have a network that has multiple computers on it but all I want to scan is what is included in one Active directory structure. What is the best way to go about this? IP range will not work since it...
View ArticleMapped drives gpo not working for VPN users
Hey there,I have a mapped drive gpo that is not working for Cisco AnyConnect VPN users unless I do a gpupdate /force and have them log off and then log back on again. I do not have this issue with any...
View ArticleServer 2012 Domain Controller - ADUC is slow when run remotely
We currently have a Server 2003 domain controller (Physical box) that is running fine. I just stood up a Server 2012 R2 secondary domain controller (Hyper-V) about 2 months ago. When I run ADUC from my...
View ArticleMSA Service Accounts Failing After Restart?
My MSA accounts are failing to start services after a reboot....Created a MSA for SQLChanged the service to use the MSAIm given the ussual, account has logon as a service accountWhen the server reboots...
View Articlesetting up LDAP for SIP phones
First time dealing with LDAP - here is what I have after looking at various guides, including that for the Yealink phones I'm using.Since I have an existing Active Directory and domain to work with, I...
View ArticlePDQ Question For Batch (EXE) Installs?
I have an application called VCP it is a version checked \ dependency resolver for one of our BI applications. It runs prior to the actual application when the user starts the app and checks all files...
View ArticleGPO Map Drives works every other login
Ok, I am new to group policy, running a SBS 2008 machine. I am having an issue with mapping drives. The drives will only map correctly every other time when the user logs in (Log in, drives are...
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