Windows Server Active Directory

meaningless error ???! adding win 7 to mixed 2003/2008 domain

singularity - 29 May 2010 2:44 AM - 5 messages

hello. i'm getting the error below when i attempt to add a windows 7 workstation that was in a workgroup called "WORKGROUP' to a domain that consists of one 2008 DC and two 2003 DCs. --------- "changing the primary Domain DNS name ofthis computer to "" ...

Vbscript to create sites on a windows 2008 DC

Dipti Seth - 28 May 2010 6:51 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I am trying to use this script provided by MS to create a site on my windows 2008 DC: However, it does not work. I get an error saying:There is a naming violation for line: Set objSite = objSitesContainer.Create("site", strSiteRDN) ...

Windows 7 does not prompt to change expiring password

braydonsdad@gmail.com - 28 May 2010 6:07 PM - 2 messages

We are currently upgrading all of our users to windows 7. One thing we have noticed is that they are no longer getting alerts to reset their password before it expires. If they log into a Server 2003 or ...

domain trusts setup, how to sync WINS?

Andrew Story - 28 May 2010 2:56 PM - 5 messages

Hi there. I've got two Win2k domains with trusts setup. How would I go about syncing thw WINS servers? I need to browse between different sites etc from the trusted domains. Also, when I access a resource on the trusted domain (from either domain) I ...

Remove a Fail additional DC

TuanRS - 27 May 2010 9:51 PM - 3 messages

Hello all, i had two servers with Windows 2003 R2 SP2 One is main Domain Controller and second on is additional server A problem occurred in additional domain controller and ultimately i had to format and i installed windows 2003 OS. Now i'm not able to register this ...

Is this supposed to be?

ed - 27 May 2010 9:43 PM - 6 messages

Hi all, windows 2008 R2 I tried to add domainadmin group to the local administrators group, it tells me that the group is in the local administratrs group already. But, I ony can see the local administrator is in the administrators group. How ...

GPO folder redirection

davidberq - 27 May 2010 9:10 PM - 3 messages

I am running a server 2003 AD domain, with Vista client computers. I would like to use the folder redirection GP for the vista computers. I only get the options to redirect Application Data, Desktop, My Documents, and Start Menu. ...

2008 R2 FSMO Role Distribution

da crusher - 27 May 2010 8:43 PM - 6 messages

Hello All, We are running 2003 DC's at a 2003 Domain Functional level with a single parent and child domain (All DC's are GC's) - and are working to introduce 2008 R2 DC's but stay at the existing 2003 Domain functional level - with the ...

AD LDS replica of ADAM

drm - 27 May 2010 7:53 PM - 7 messages

I am trying to create a replica of an ADAM instance (Windows 2003 sp2) under AD LDS (Windows 2008 sp1). I am using the same domain account that I used to create the ADAM instance. I can use this account to ...

AD Backup & Recovery

Rahul - 27 May 2010 2:31 PM - 3 messages

Can you point to any good article which talks about Windows Server 2008/2008R2 AD backup and restore strategy. Is there any recommendation like weekly full backup and rest everyday systemstate backup?? ...

Re: Windows 2008 Active Direcoty error

chrisrob300 - 27 May 2010 1:22 PM - 3 messages

Hi I am trying to log on with terminal services; with administrator. I have active Directory. It was working till i installed ad. I think I need log on locally. Chris -- chrisrob300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chrisrob300's Profile: [link] View this thread: [link][link] ...

Multiple Group Query

yankz23 - 26 May 2010 9:29 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I am using Exchange 2007. I am looking to perform a search in Active Directory for users who are not in specific groups. Is there a way to perform this search with multiple groups in 1 search to see who is not in these groups? Ive been searching the net but haven't really found an answer. ...

ntdsutil snapshots

Candy - 26 May 2010 4:12 PM - 4 messages

When i create a snapshot, i cant see it in c:\ until and unless i mount the snapshot. Where is the snapshot located before mounting? snapshot: create Creating snapshot... Snapshot set {1e715787-0c30-441a-ac21-4b96c51849c7} generated successful** snapshot: list all ...

Event Logs for domain controlllers

RC - 26 May 2010 3:18 PM - 3 messages

Is there a way, other than editing the registry to move the event log (%systemRoot%\system32\winevt\logs\xxx.evtx) from its current location to a secondary drive on the system? Only looking to do this on my domain controllers. ...

AD 2008 auditing and monitoring

RC - 26 May 2010 2:24 PM - 2 messages

Question: I am looking for pull in a new monitoring and auditing system for AD but I am unsure what to use. Any recommendations. Some of the data I absolutely want to pull: User account create/delete Account Lockouts Computer obj join and deletes ...

Subnets - Sites and Services

minor22 - 25 May 2010 5:37 PM - 5 messages

What are the benefits of adding subnets under sites and services? I have noticed a few setups were subnets are added and others were they are not added. Can someone explain why I would want to add subnets. -- minor22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ minor22's Profile: [link] View this thread: [link][link] ...

Windows 7 AD problem

mem2382 - 24 May 2010 9:27 PM - 9 messages

Frustrating issue here: I have a windows server 2003 AD infrastructure. I Windows 7 as my company computers. I have 1 user (user A) that, when logged into the network, loses control of his screen when user B starts typing. ...

Re: DCPROMO seems to be stuck - Windows Server 2008 R2

scdavis - 24 May 2010 4:14 PM - 2 messages

Got a similar one - One 2003 DC/GC, installing second server -2008 x64. This machine happens to have two NICs - one with static address, the other disconnected but assigned by DHCP. DNS server is pre-installed on the 2008 machine, it resolves via the 2003 machine (i.e. NIC config is like: ...

ADPREP

Candy - 23 May 2010 10:46 AM - 3 messages

How can i confirm that the ADPREP changes have been replicated to all domain controllers in the AD Forest. ...