Remove AD User From LDAP
Hello,We have a Barracuda SpamFirewall which, I believe, uses LDAP to verify valid email addresses. When a user leaves, the mailbox is left on the server for discovery purposes. I simply expire and...
View ArticleLogging off from Lock Screen
I've searched online and cannot seem to find a definitive answer for this.In my domain environment, we have the fast user switching disabled. As such, if a user logs into a PC and an admin needs to log...
View ArticleAD Replication: can't because exceeded tombstone life
Hey guys, I got a crap ton of replication messages because the tombstone life is way too long. I can't for the life of me find something that seems to work. SERVER-DC (Server 2K3) is the first dc, no...
View ArticleGroup policy exclusion not working
HelloI implemented a Crypto locker group policy as suggested in the third tear article. http://www.thirdtier.net/2013/10/cryptolocker-prevention-kit-updates/The owner of the company does not want to be...
View ArticleRemoving old PCs from AD
Is there a way to find out which computers in AD have not made contact or been on the network, say for the past 6 months? I need to clean up AD a bit and I'm looking for maybe a simpler solution. Any...
View Articlegroup policy preference printers issue
I have been using GPP to deploy printers for some time now, but I am now having my first issue. trying to deploy a printer that is at a remote site, not server there, but they are connected via BOVPN...
View ArticleGPO to disable On Screen Keyboard
Cannot seem to find an answer to the above. I have recently moved to a new environment and the OSK pop ups during logon. I can disable it per user but would rather create a GPO.Anyone dealt with this...
View ArticleOne credential for multiple networks
I work for an IT service provider and we have multiple clients, each with their own networks. We are able to access and troubleshoot these networks using LogMeIn. The issue that we are finding is...
View ArticleWindows 7/Server 2008 Shared Folder Access Denied for User
Hello, A user is receiving an Access Denied error for a specific folder on a shared drive. -The user is a member of a group that has access to the folder.-The user can access other folders she has...
View ArticleAccess Denied while deleting GPO
Hello Everyone, I am trying to delete a GPO object and its says "Access is Denied". I have logged into the server as Administrator which is also a member of Domain Admins & Ent. Admins.I have also...
View ArticleActive Directory & Cloud migration
We currently have SBS 2011 and its only purpose is for Active Directory and File/Print Sharing. We have a main office and ranch office in 2 different states connected via Gateway to Gateway Tunnel....
View ArticlePreview Pane GPO
We have a client that is using ring central for faxing, due to the nature of this client, the workers need to be able to find things quickly without thinking. We currently have the network printers to...
View ArticleSBS2003 to Windows 2012r2 Domain Migration
Hi,We are attempting to migrate the domain from an SBS2003 server to a new windows 2012 r2 server.Following reading instructions on here and other articles, we have a problem when we shutdown the...
View ArticleGPO Replace File Only When Different
I have a file that I distribute to various workstations using file preferences in GPO. It is copied from a location on the server. The file gets updated maybe once a month or so.There are also a number...
View ArticleDomain Refresh for a Private School
Hello All...BACKGROUNDI work for a private school that has two campuses. (PreK-8th and High School)We have around 150 on staff and 1200 students each with their own account.Currently these two campuses...
View ArticleGroup Policy redirecting RoamingApps
Recently I enabled the folder redirect for RoamingApps.Now it seems a lot of users are experiencing a lot of latency.Usually these are users that logon to workstations at different remote site.Any...
View ArticleChange Certificate properties on a mass scale
We've had issues with authorize.net being blocked. After some digging, I found that the Trusted Root Certificate that authorize.net uses has 'Server Authentication' unchecked. I can check it on my own...
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Software Restiction Policy suddenly not working like before
I implemented a software restriction policy to protect against cryptolocker and it has worked relatively painlessly up until recently. Now all of the sudden my specific path rules are being overridden...
View ArticleDo you want to make IE your default? GPO?
Our users are getting popups on their computers every morning asking if they want to make IE their default. Most users simply ignore it, but it is a bit of an annoyance. It doesn't matter if the user...
View ArticlePreventing users from changing IE favorite folder
I have been tasked with a project as our users favorites have become unmanageable as some are dead links, bad links, etc. I have managed to create a script that takes all users old links, placing them...
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