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Where to place GPO

Hello I want to audit account logon events, but I am not sure if I
should link the GPO on the OU which contains the domain controllers or
the OU where I have the computer accounts I wa

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12/13/2009 11:35:47 AM

AD, DNS and DHCP question
I've got a few questions that I'd like to get help with.

First: This is my setup
AD -|
C1 -|
C2 -|---> Stand Alone ISA Firewall (With DNS and DHCP server) --> Internet

145

12/1/2009 1:50:25 AM

Help - Discover inactive account in AD
Hi,

I need some help to do a administrative job:
- I need to find out the inactives account that was not in use for 90 days.
What does the command can I use?

Thanks

11/30/2009 11:42:16 PM

netlogon using wrong DC

I have an odd scenario. I have a DC (win2003 but ADPREP'd to 2008) we'll
call DC1 that needs to be turned off.

Because of the odd scenario, DC2 has forcefully taken over FSMO rol

11/30/2009 11:27:53 PM

Problem about using MoveTree to move group from one domain to another

Hi all,

I met a problem when trying to move groups from one domain to another.

My first question is when moving group from domain to domain, must the
group under OU? O

11/30/2009 11:27:53 PM

server core and captures
I have a rather silly question that I must ask.

I always install Wireshark and esp now with the new version Netmon 3.3
on almost all of my domain controllers, dns servers, clusters, et

11/30/2009 10:45:32 PM

Group Policy to govern Font and typeface on all company Documents
Windows 2003 server SP2, Office 2007, Exchange 2003 SP2.
There is a company need to ensure that all locally created documents on
Word, Powerpoint, excel be with Arial font and 10 Pt. Can

11/30/2009 10:45:30 PM

ADUC v dsget inconsistentcy
I'm trying to enumerate the member of an AD security group with dsget so I
can audit it regularly. The command runs great and I get a nice list of
DNs. However, if I then use ADUC to loo

11/30/2009 10:45:28 PM

Time Sync Problem on AD 2003 domain
Good Morning.

I've inherited a recently created Win2K3 AD domain and am having issues with
time synchronization.

I am getting Event ID 12's in the event log, and the P

11/30/2009 10:45:26 PM

Active directory adn Wins server
Hello everybody

Can you confirm that the following network configuration fon an active
direcory controller is an error? (wins configuration particulary)

DOMAIN-1 Active di

11/30/2009 10:45:25 PM

Windows Time Drift
I've set up a NTP Server on Linux and want to configure all the servers
,domain controllers to fetch the time source.However i want the servers to
update the time in a slow manner maybe sy

11/30/2009 10:45:18 PM

Setting up one server and one client in a linux network
I am trying to test active directory log in on a network with a linux
dns and dhcp server.

I have set up a windows 2003 server, and windows vista client. I now
enter the name of t

11/30/2009 10:45:17 PM

Do I need to open port 137 and 138 from members server to the trusted PDC e mulator ?
Hello,

We have several trusted domain in our company. Some of them are still
using Windows NT domain.
Every domain is trusted with the same Active Directory domain.

Th

11/30/2009 10:45:16 PM

Interace index in registry
Hi,

Where in registry can i find a network interface's interface index?

Thank you

11/30/2009 10:45:14 PM

Code sign template

Hello what's the code sign template used for pls ?

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11/30/2009 10:45:14 PM

add user to a group using adsi edit

Hello I am getting this error when trying to add a user to a group...

C:\Users\Administrator>dsmod group "CN=Accounts
Group,CN=Accounts,DN=homenet,DC=
ma" -addm

11/30/2009 10:45:12 PM

Replicate info to GC server

Hello I have just changed membership of a user and added it him to
another group from the main DC however when I am trying to view the
membership of the same user from an RODC it gives

11/30/2009 10:45:10 PM

Issue with Windows 2008 Joining Windows 2003 Domain
Greetings,
I have an Active Directory domain with two Windows Server 2003 32-bit
machines as the domain contrallers (DC's).

Right now, I'd like to order a new Windows Server 2008

11/27/2009 11:20:07 PM

Windows Server 2008 R2 - Disks layout for DCs in a forest
Hi All

Next week I'm going to install a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 (
well...obviusly :-) no x86 version out there ) for a Root and Child
Domain Controllers in a 30 domains forest.

11/27/2009 11:20:07 PM

GPO to restrict Authentication to NTLMv2
I was recently asked to modify GP so that we would use NTLM v2 in our domain.
We have a 2003 domain that was upgraded from NT. I opened GPMC, backed up
my Default Domain Policy and set a

11/27/2009 11:20:06 PM

GPO Order
Hi,

One questio about GPO order of execution:
- I have an OU and 5 GPO´s attached in it.
Anyone knows what is the execution order of the GPOs?
Can I change the executio

11/27/2009 12:22:16 PM

Web pages to view/modify AD users fields
Hi,

does anyone knows some preconfigured web pages (ASP/ASP.NET with integrated
authentication) to let each user view modify his own AD attributes (Phone,
Mobile, FAX, etc.) ? <

11/27/2009 10:11:14 AM

Group policy is not working

Hi

i am using 2003 server and i applied new group policy to disable
control panel
and linked to OU but its not working on client

Is there any security group i nee

11/27/2009 7:35:49 AM

GPO Error
I have modified a GPO by adding an ADM and got some undesirable results.
I get the following message twice with two different line numbers.

'The following error occurred in
\\...\

11/26/2009 5:23:08 PM

Demoting old DC
I have a Secondary/Backup DC (, Primary Died, computer crashed, it wont
be turned on again) which I promoted to primary (didnt sieze schema
master
role)
and then merged u

11/26/2009 3:40:44 PM

How to Change "Display Name" of a Distribution Group
Greetings,

I need to change the display name of a distribution group from "myGroup" to
"MyGroup".
What I did was -- Right click the Distribution group under A

11/26/2009 2:55:17 PM

Server2003 2008 error !!

Hi, my friends.
i'm from brasilian, mas the best foruns are in the english.
i'm a network administrator, and have a two servers, with server 2003
and server 2008.
first, the

11/26/2009 2:25:50 PM

Authentication against a windows 2003 server
Hej

I'm using a network with a linux dhcp and dns server.

I need to implement authentication through Active Directory on a web
site. I have installed a windows 2003 server,

11/26/2009 10:26:26 AM

cannot log on to DC

Hello,

I am getting this error,

You cannot log on because the logon method you are using is not allowed
on this computer. Please see your network administrator for m

11/26/2009 7:36:03 AM

Domain cannot resolve IP address correctly.

Dear all,

My DC is server01. When I run nslookup command and lookup my domain as
the following. Its result is strange IP address (72.52.194.126) instead
of xx.xx.1.30
I

11/26/2009 6:39:15 AM

11/26/2009 5:23:33 AM

11/26/2009 4:34:19 AM

Computers not refresh DNS entry right away when IP changes
we have computers that are built on a lab subnet, then put into
production when it is finished. we've found that when we move the
computers from one subnet to another, they do not register t

11/26/2009 1:25:54 AM

Recover Password
Everyone,

I have a service that uses a user in our 2003 AD, and the password has been
misplaced. Is it possible to obtain the password for this service account
hosted in AD?

11/25/2009 10:27:27 PM

GPO Loosing Settings
Guys,
Strangely I have 2 computers loosing their GPO settings. One of these
computers was installed yesterday and its not retaining it settings while
the other was having this problem

11/25/2009 8:55:15 PM

Strange Replication Issue

Hi all,

i have a windows 2003 Domain with about 60 Subdomains.
Some time ago 2 sudomains were deleted. Now they are
replicated back to the root domain. How can that happen,

11/25/2009 8:35:40 PM

user account rename ..not being resolved correct on file server
This is truly weird. HaS anyone seen this before..

A User account was renamed cosbor -> cmcdon yesterday. User directory ACL
shows cosbor old account, I remove and re-add as cmcdon

11/25/2009 7:55:51 PM

INETRES.ADM
Domain servers are 2003 SP2.
I need to make some GPO changes for IE7 using GPO.
I have downloaded the new INETRES.ADM from Microsoft at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?

11/25/2009 11:51:09 AM

ACCOUNT IS LOCKED REPEATEDLY
Hello MVP guys, I have an AD over Win 2003 R2 SP2, some accounts are locked
repeatedly and someones whit password whit mark never expire, what is the
possible problem whit it.

S

11/24/2009 9:09:15 PM

Default User object security
Windows 2003 SP2

I am trying to fix a problem where delegation of control is not working
properly to usr OUs. I ca't seem to keep permissions on user account objects
that allow

11/24/2009 8:38:06 PM

How does AD Users and Computers tool recognize a user?
How does the AD Users and Computers tool recognize a user from any other
object?

I ask because I've got a user that has all the same attributes as a user
created by the AD U/C too

11/24/2009 8:22:57 PM

Migrate Local Group -> AD Group
Hi,
I have a Windows 2000 Server, member of a domain "AD"
On this server I have created Local Groups, and populated them with AD
Groups.
The permissions on the directorie

11/24/2009 4:58:26 PM

Using a custom attribute for RDN.
I'm not allowed to show personally identifiable information to anonymous
users, and the DN needs to be visible for people to bind against it when
using AD's LDAP interface.

This m

11/24/2009 4:43:12 PM

ADMT command line or vbscript syntax in OU
V31MigGuide.doc is unclear in ADMT command line or vbscript, especially about
target OU or source OU syntax.
We can read the target OU location in command line syntax is /TO:"target_OU

11/24/2009 3:19:26 PM

Event ID 12302
I have two 64 bit W2K3 AD DC's which I am trying to do a system state backup
of with ntbackup. This is failing with the event id 12302 Volume shadow Copy
Service error: an internal inconsi

11/24/2009 9:25:19 AM

Trust Relationship error
Hi,

Please could someone help.

We have an overseas rollout programme and recently while abroad had to
rebuild 19 machines which were shipped and originally built back in th

11/24/2009 9:25:19 AM

Fine-Grained PW Policy Bug
Anyone noticed following. I have configured in Domain Policy minlenght 7
letters and Fine-Grained pw policy 15 letters.

When user with fine-grained settings tries to input too short p

11/24/2009 8:04:03 AM

Windows 7 doesn't report errors as well as 2003!
I tried a simple loop as another way to get the SAM names on Windows 7
(since DSGET didn't seem to work)

for /f "tokens=1,2,* delims==," %A in ('dsquery computer
dc=com

11/24/2009 12:59:05 AM

DSGET not working on Windows 7!!
Hello. I installed the Windows 7 AdminPak and everything seems to work
great (all the MSC plug-ins). the DSQuery command-line tool works
great as well. But... surprisingly and weirdly, DSGET

11/24/2009 12:43:26 AM

move objects between group policies rights
I would like to be able to allow user to manage group policy but not active
directory. However I need the abiltiy for that user to be able to move users
and computer in and out of differe

11/23/2009 1:34:57 PM

Sync DC's time with external clock?
Hello,

I was just wondering how other make sure their DC's time is kept correct as
ours over the months can drift ahead of itself so I change oen DC's time
time to the correct t

11/23/2009 10:41:15 AM

Any MS tool can get all user A/C status in AD?
Any MS tool can get all user A/C status in AD? e.g. account locked out,
password expired, last logon date

Thanks

11/23/2009 4:20:33 AM

after to try add DC win 2008 into AD server 2003, dns problems

Hello. For a situation that has happened.
My domain, Midominio.com example, running on a Server 2003 Standard
Edition, with DNS name resolution server as Active Directory integrated. <

11/23/2009 3:27:10 AM

11/23/2009 2:22:05 AM

access denied when domain admin move organizational unit objects
Good Day

Urgently need asistance in solving an access denied error when moving
organizational unit objects from one OU to another , our active
directory is windows 2003 forest wi

11/22/2009 8:41:39 AM

RWDC and RODC replication time

Hello I just set up an RODC to a different site but replication is
occurring instantly and not using 180 minutes value in the site
replication setting. I noted this by deleting a user

11/22/2009 7:42:03 AM

Demote DC and DCOM error
I am getting an error message in my event viewer after demoting a DC. The
error states "DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer <DC_Name>
using any of the configured pr

11/21/2009 10:13:26 PM

Missing "memberof" ldap attribute
We have users that are missing the "memberof" ldap attribute when they belong
to domain security groups. If you look in the ADUC, it shows the user is a
member of multiple groups

11/20/2009 10:04:13 PM

ADAM Backup Event ID 2089
I am running ADAM in a replication set on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 and am
receiving Event ID 2089. I am running NT backups on the machines and the
backups are successful and the restore

11/20/2009 5:29:33 PM

Tabs missing in ADUC
I have installed Windows 7 pro on a new machine as an eventual replacement
for my current workstation. I then installed the Admin Pack on it so that I
could have Active Directory Users an

11/20/2009 4:43:52 PM

ADAM Backup generating an Event 2089
I have two adam instances installed in a domain. The OS they are running on
is Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. I have been performing NT backups of the
entire "C" drive where ADAM is

11/20/2009 4:43:52 PM

w2k8r2 as member server in w2k3 domain
All;
Apologies if this is old news, but has anyone had issues joing W2K8R2
servers into a W2K3 domain?
rgds and tgif
S

11/20/2009 3:57:15 PM

Set "allow inheritable permissions to propagate..." to folders, subfolders, files with script
Is there a dsacls syntax or vbscript that I can use to enable the
"allow inheritable permissions to propagate...etc" setting to all
folders, subfolders, files? I have about 500 use

11/20/2009 3:08:33 PM

ADAM Authentication Failure
We have an application which queries ADAM (userProxy) for AD authentication,
however in between we have problems where users cant get autheticated for
reasons unknown. When tried to login

11/20/2009 3:08:32 PM

Perils of Turning Automatic Updates off
I don't like my computer rebooting itself because I step away to a
meeting, so I turn Automatic Updates Off. I am then told "Your
computer might be at risk". Why would it be at ris

11/20/2009 2:44:48 PM

AD exports
Hi,

I need to make AD exports per OU incl subtrees. I dont like messing around
with vbscripts. So i was wondering if someone can tell me if there are good
simple tools which can

11/20/2009 1:43:56 PM

AD locale

Hi, I'm a beginner on AD & scripting.

I have developed a simple application which adds a menu item to the
adminContextMenu for the US-English locale. The menu item has been

11/20/2009 12:40:35 PM

Picture in AD
Hello,
I am interested in adding a photo in the AD, I think that I have success
with a Poweshell code.

I complete the following fields:
jpegPhoto,
thumbnailPhoto, <

11/20/2009 9:53:23 AM

How to get the value of AD user attributes in vbscript?
i want to get the field value of the AD user address attributes in VBscript.
just like city, country, etc.
how can i get it?
thank you very much.

11/20/2009 8:06:02 AM

event subscription Access denied

Hello,

I am trying to enable event forwarding from one DC to another. I have
run winrm quickconfig on the source dc and wecutil qc on the collector.
Also I have added the ad

11/20/2009 6:32:00 AM

Determining a computer's AD site
What is the most accurate way to determine what site a computer is in
by examining that computer? I've read that the "HKLM\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters \Dynami

11/20/2009 3:04:50 AM

add rodc problem

Hello,

when I try to add a RODC I get the following error message even after
prompting and giving the right password for the Administrator account

The operation

11/19/2009 10:30:26 PM

AD and (extra) NIC
Hi,

we have a windows 2003 domain with 2 windows 2003 domain controllers. I have
a DC which has 2 NIC cards.

One of the NIC's has a static IP address while the other NIC i

11/19/2009 8:38:33 PM

Synchronize Schema Between ADAM and Active Directory...
I need to synchronize some custom schema modifications made to an instance of
ADAM (Windows Server 2003 R2) and an Active Directory domain (Windows Server
2008 R2). I am using the LDIFDE

11/19/2009 6:56:26 PM

authentication server

When a user logs into a resoure on a member server on a domain with multiple
Domain Controllers(2-2003, 1-2008R2 PRI) how do you know whcih DC is being
authenticated agains? I am ac

11/19/2009 6:41:36 PM

FRS replication problem in 2 DC
In virtual enviroment i have 2 domain controller like DC1 and DC2
DC1: has 1. all fsmo role.
2.dns server.
3.1 nic with ip 192.168.121.5 subnet:255.255.255.0

11/19/2009 10:30:50 AM

ADFS - web server error
I am trying to configure an NT-token based app. The configuration seems to be
fine when checked with the ADFS diagnostics tool on the web server. I do not
have access to the Account FS or

11/19/2009 10:06:31 AM

Transitive Trust
I would like to know if there are issues that I should be aware of if I
change the IP address of a Primary DNS server with a transitive trust to
another forest. Thank you in advance.

11/19/2009 8:23:46 AM

multiple Domains under one domain or multiple forests under one forest
I have to research on below scenario.

Asia regional countries are in separate forests/single domains
Europe has forest and child domains. Europe is separate systems only
connected

11/19/2009 5:53:49 AM

Windows 2000 Upgrade to Windows 2003 R2
Hello, We are going to be upgrading/migrating our 2 Windows 2000 SP4 DC's
environment to Windows 2003 R2 We will have new hardware for the 2k3 DC's
and plan to simply retire the 2k PC's.

11/19/2009 5:53:49 AM

Windows 2008 DSRM
Hello

I am reading http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732714(WS.10).aspx
the article states that I don't have to restart the DC in DSRM in order to
perform an autho

11/18/2009 5:15:04 PM

Authenticated users to join ten machine accounts to the domain
Hi Everyone

By Default authenticated users can join up to ten machine accounts to the
domain, is this still apply to windows 2003 domain, I want to be able to
remove this righ

11/18/2009 8:05:52 AM

Unable to access map drive across domain after pc reboot
Hi,

I have a customer who have two domain. Domain A and Domain B. Both are a
two-way domain trust.

A few user in Domain B can access the file server in Domain A and it wil

11/18/2009 4:42:59 AM

Group Object missing in ADUC properties of "managed by"
I have a Security Global group that needs to be managed by a Security
Unversal Group. however, when I check the properties of the Security Global
Group/Managed By....the Group Object is n

11/17/2009 9:16:13 PM

repadmin
Hello

I am trying to compare the properties of two DC's to compare and check if
they are up to date with each other. The command I am trying to run is

repadmin /checkprop

11/17/2009 6:55:06 PM

Managed By
I have a Global Group and need to assign a Security Universal group to manage
it. When I try to list the Object Types , Groups is not available. What
have I done wrong?

11/17/2009 6:34:42 PM

gpupdate deletes local IE Proxy settings
Hi,

Several user reported, that after some time, workstation restart or
gpupdate, the local configured IE Poroxy settings disappear.

We checked all our gp's but no one is c

11/17/2009 11:26:02 AM

Domain Admin groups - users disappear/reappear ???
Ok, this is a very interesting observation I have made as a result of
a simple script I wrote. The objective was to send an email when a
user is added to or removed from an admin group in th

11/17/2009 10:34:19 AM

Domain rename in windows 2008 parent can child
Hi,

I have two root domain controller sat.au.local. The first root dc that
contains all 5 roles has a CA Authroity installed and configured.

I have two child domain

11/17/2009 6:31:25 AM

Revoked Certificate in AD DS
Hi All,

Does anyone know if why when I revoke a Windows Server 2008 R2
certificate and publish a new CRL, the cert. still appears in the
user's 'Published Certificates' tab within

11/16/2009 10:52:29 PM

password change PDC
Hello a

I am running in a windows 2003 FFL and DFL. I currently have two domains in
the forest. All user accounts live in the parent domain (parentdomain.com) I
also have 3 sepa

11/16/2009 10:52:26 PM

Logon script
I have a number of computer objects in an OU. I want to create a logon script
that sets the default printer for these PCs no matter who logs on to them.
How do I do this and can you give a

11/16/2009 10:52:25 PM

Server Core
Can different Server Roles be installed on a Server Core remotely using
RSAT?

11/16/2009 10:52:22 PM

Domian Local into Domain Admins Group
How do I make a 'Domain Local' security group which contains a Universal
group from another domain, a member of the Global 'Domain Admins' group?

DL's can't become a member of GG's

11/16/2009 10:52:20 PM

AD 1 domain/2 sites with 2 zones windows 2003
Help

My AD on my remote site is not working properly.
Site 1: server 2003 ip 192.168.0.2
site 2 server2 2003 ip 192.168.254.241

I dcpromo forced server2 back to works

11/16/2009 3:06:38 AM

Any danger in using CSVDE in export mode?
Hello,

Need some advice and reassurance please.

I have to export, every day, some attributes of all the user accounts
in our W2K3 AD. I'm using an ordinary user account, not

11/15/2009 7:38:51 PM

add dom cont sp2
selamlar
SBS a additional domain controller olarak kurulan win2008 SP1 server ina sp2
yuklemeye calisirken ekteki hatayi aliyorum.
birde serverda wsus kuruludu ama ne olmussa o servis

11/15/2009 11:00:16 AM

ADAM mapping active and inactive account
In my schenario i have 2 diffrent application having there own authentication
in database. i want inport this users into ADAM. Once imported this users
will be inactive. I will create the

11/14/2009 2:59:58 PM

Export Global Group Members samacountname(s) to Text File
Hi
I need to take the members of a global group and export their
samaccountnames. I'm sure this isn't a huge task. Can someone advise on the
least painless way to do this - i am in

11/13/2009 11:09:28 PM

Upgrade 2003 domain to 2008 whitepapers
Can anyone point me to a good link (Microsoft preferred) for how to
properly take your 2003 Domain and upgrade it to a 2008 Domain? I
appreciate any help, I searched Microsoft's website and

11/13/2009 11:09:28 PM

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