moving user redirected folders to a new path.
I have a group policy in place that does folder redirection for my users my documents. I would like to move that location to a new server. What is the best way to go about doing that? Should I make a...
View ArticleZentyal Backup Domain Controller
I'm looking to configure a Zentyal box to be a Backup Domain Controller for a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. I've got it configured to the domain. The DNS is all set. When I go to reset the...
View Articlewindows server 2008 r2 folder redirection
Good morning,Earlier this week I reorganized Active Directory and this morning when some of the users logged in the redirection took place but it appears that some or all of the files are gone. Is...
View ArticleFiltering OS Through Active Directory
I'm pretty sure this isn't possible, but thought I would throw it out there. With the soon coming end to Windows XP support, is there a way through Active Directory to disallow logging in from an XP...
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Deploying new Reg key via GPO NEED HELP!!! Disable Incognito Mode Google Chrome
Hey All!!! I'm trying to deploy a new registry key in the organization. It needs to go under HKEY Local Machine. now the key path is SOFTWARE\Policies (there already there by default) then I need to...
View ArticleUsing Group Policy to Control Firefox Proxy Settings
We're deciding to leave IE behind and switch to Firefox. It's pretty easy to set the proxy settings manually, but they don't seem to set for all users and if they know how, users can change the...
View ArticleMoving DC into a different domain
I have a situation in which a person was not aware of sites and services and created a seperate domain for a remote office ( firstdomain.local, remotedomain.local). He did not setup a trust...
View ArticleCannot Delete DC from Sites and Services
Hello,I am receiving errors 1800 and 1926 in the Event Viewer on my 2008r2 DC. Through much research I have found that these relate to old DC metadata left behind due to the decommission of DCs the...
View ArticleWindows 7 or 8.1 with Windows 2012 R2
I know that Microsoft supports either 7 or 8.1 pro with Win 2012 R2. But I been told that win 8.1 works better and also has added features when added to a Win server 2012 domain. Is there any Truth to...
View ArticleGroup Policy to set policy based on computer, not user config
We have a user policy that sets the desktop background for all students. In one of our ou's, the teacher would like to have an image displayed for all her computers.2008r2 ADWin7 Pro PC'sThanks for...
View ArticleDomain and Forest Functional Levels
We have 2 Windows 2008 R2 Servers and 2 Windows 2000 Domain Controllers. I'm having trouble understanding the domain and forest functional levels. If I replace the 2 Windows 2000 Domain Controllers...
View ArticleHow can I disable downloading and installing with GPO?
So recently some of the students here have been downloading and installing new browsers (Chrome and Firefox). We are looking for a way to completely disable to download and install of .exe files. As...
View ArticleLogon script to map drives based on location
Hi all,We have a handful of employees who move from one office to another. Each office has a specific share on a local file server. I'd like to know if it would be possible to write a script (bat...
View ArticleActive Directory accounts Unlocking and locking
Hi AllGot a quick question for you guru's, I have an admin account that is used for quite a lot of our DMS system however it's got a habit of locking it's self out at random times... is there away we...
View ArticleChild Domain
Hi Team,is it possible to configure a child domain for a remote office then join to exsting domain later. keep in mind that the two offices have different subnets and are not link together.
View ArticleIssie wtihTime Synchronization for all Computers in a Windows domain via DC
hi GuysI has some issue today. My client time and DC time is different few min . I thought all my client get time via DC .I have set a GPO as followsUnder Computer...
View ArticleGroup policy to auto-map drive for certain AD group?
How do I go about setting up a group policy to that anyone that is in a certain AD security group gets the drive mapped?
View ArticleLearning how to use Active Directory
Does anyone know of any good places to learn more about Active directory online? Free if possible. I tried looking on udemy.com and didn't see anything geared towards Active Directory specifically...
View ArticleLinking an AD group to a file path
Hi all. Maybe a silly question. I've created a AD group and want to link it to a file path on our domain. How do I do this?
View ArticleIE Preferences GPO breaking shared mailbox connectivity
Good morning,I'm trying to implement IE preferences from Server 2012 for both IE 9 and IE 10. (Windows 7 32bit clients running Office 2010 and IE 9) To create this GPO I made a copy of my existing...
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