In Microsoft Active Directory and NT4 domains, a domain controller is the central repository for all of the user account authorization information. It allows a person to sign on once and be allowed access to many different resources.
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Determine what is running under a given logon SID
One of my domain controllers is an abnormally large number of windows auditing events. The common thread I have been able to identify is that 90% of these logs share a common logon guid.
These ...
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Permissions for Scheduled Tasks on a Domain Controller
I'm trying to run a Scheduled Task on a 2008 R2 Domain Controller and all was well until I set it into the production environment. I'm running the task as a Domain User that's defined in the "Log on ...
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Listing all windows machines names and IPs
I would like to list all machines names from a domain and their current ip if they are online.
I am thinking of using dsquery on the domain controller to list all machines.
I am wondering:
Will it ...
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Problems running LDAP query on 2008 R2 DC. The same one works on a 2003 DC
If I run the following LDAP sentence on a 2008 R2 Domain Controller,
adoCommand.CommandText = "<LDAP://my2008DC.MyChild.MyPDC.com/CN=Enterprise ...
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How to temporarily stop time syncing with domain controller?
I wish to do some testing on my local machine which requires me to put the date forward a year. So I can test some stuff in SQL Server (i've found it not possible to override the sql server time).
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Remote access dialog doesn't show users
I am trying to set up remote access for her but the computer doesn't have any local users and the computer has nothing except for the computer in the places dialog box when I go to add users to the ...
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WMI Security issue
When I am trying to access WMI from a remote domain controller using WMIMGMT.MSC, I keep getting "Failed to connect to \(remote server) because 'Win32: Access is denied.'. Does anyone have any ideas ...
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Exchange and DC Migration to Windows 2008 R2 Servers
We have a small enviornment, <50 users. Our current envoirnment is Exchange 2003 and our Domain Controller is on a Windows 2003 box.
We plan to replace our DC with a Window 2008 R2 Box and then ...
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Change Domain Controller time +5 minutes
I have medium-sized Windows network of 60 workstations and 10 servers (2 of which are Domain Controllers). One DC holds the FSMO roles including the PDC Emulator. This the DC with PDC does not sync ...
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Error: Mailaddress already exists in Organisation
I have two Domain Controllers for one domain and need to transfer an smtp-address from one user to another. I deleted the mailaddress from the first and when trying to add it to the second user, I get ...
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Changing the network address of a Windows 2000 AD domain
The situation: Two formerly completely separate Windows 2000 AD domains need to be connected to a common router. (The reason why is not important.) Unfortunately (for me), both domains currently have ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2, reinstall without losing AD
I need to re-build a Server 2008 R2 instance, but I don't want to lose all the current Active Directory info, what's the best way to go about it?
The reason I'm rebuilding over repairing is great, as ...
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Active Directory and VPN on single server setup
I've attempted this several times now and never got it exactly correct. I am looking to setup my ML5 server as a VPN Server, Domain server, DHCP Server and file server. However every time i have ...
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processing of Group Policy failed only on 2008 Servers and Name Resolution failure on the current domain controller
Spent last 3 months doing a upgrade from 2003 domain to a 2008R2 domain.
our last DC was rebuilt (5 total) and brought up on line. After it was put on line we have some 2008 and 2008R2 servers (10 ...
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How to debug the integration of a Windows 7 machine into a Samba 3 domain?
We are running a Samba 3 domain (Samba 3.5.6) with a LDAP backend. Lately, we installed Windows 7 on a virtual machine (called schnellwienix) and joined the computer to the domain, following the hints ...
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Additional domain on existing DC
Is it possible to add a second domain to an existing Windows 2008 server? This server is already hosting a DC (dc1). I tried dcpromo and wizard prompted me that existing DC will be erased or ...
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Seperate Network Cards - Clients cannot resolve
I have a domain controller that is also a DNS server for our internal clients it has two network cards within the Machine, presently one of them is disabled and the other is configured in the ...
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Is it possible to use IIS 7 Application Pool Identities on a 2008 Domain Controller
So, let me put the disclaimer in first: I wouldn't typically piggy-back IIS on a domain controller, but that's what I've got and I can't change that in this instance.
I've got a WCF web service I ...
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How do I reset all my internal DNS settings?
I am against the wall here with my internal domain. DNS is a giant mess and I don't know how to deal with it. I am running a Windows Server 2003 domain. My primary domain controller handles DHCP, ...
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Will Windows dcdiag.exe interrupt any services on a production system?
Will the running the Windows dcdiag.exe command-line tool on a Server 2008 R2 system interfere with any services on that machine?
A small amount of CPU and network traffic usage is acceptable, but ...
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Directory Service is unable to allocate a relative identifier
At work, we currently have one domain controller, POLLY. This DC is the RID master. However, there used to be two other DCs, PAULA and PETTY. These are both offline (and long gone), yet they appear in ...
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Hosts cannot ping each other since they have been added to domain. What's going on?
I have three Windows Server 2008 R2 VMs running on VirtualBox on an internal network 192.168.42.0/24. IP addresses are 192.168.42.1, 192.168.42.2, and 192.168.42.3.
All three hosts could ping each ...
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Server 2008 DFS Replication Issues
I have two domain controllers on my network, win2k8dc1 and win2k8dc2.
I am running into event log errors that DFS replication is not able to communicate with the replication partner. This event is ...
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DCDIAG VerifyEnterpriseReferences test failed on PDC
I have two domain controllers both server 2008, and the domain function level has been raised to 2008. We migrated from a single dc running server 2008 previously. If I run :
dcdiag /v /c /d /e ...
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How can I check if my time sync is correct?
I have updated a W2K3 settings according to the steps shown here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042#LetMeFixItMyselfAlways2
The peers list I use is:
0.asia.pool.ntp.org,0x1 ...
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Changing domain password on DC fails regardless of complexity
I have a new Windows 2008 R2 Server (Standard, German). After installation from CD I enabled RDP Access, installed the Active Directory services and executed dcpromo. After reboot I log in via RDP as ...
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Samba 3.3.x throws RPC failed error when trying to login to XP Client
I've got a Samba Server running on Ubuntu 10 that's a Primary Domain controller for a small domain of XP Clients. this server was working on Ubuntu 6.06, and I upgrades (6 to 8 and 8 to 10) and ...
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Seizing FSMO roles from dead Windows Domain Controller
I've seen other questions and documents about doing this, but there are some things that still confuse me. Here are the documents and questions I've seen:
Retire a Dead Windows 2003 Domain ...
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Likewise-open delays Ubuntu Logon when Domain Controller is Down
I previously joined a domain using likewise-open 5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04. Then I left the domain using likewise-open, and switched to using samba to join the domain. Now when I lock the computer and try ...
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Exchange Certificate Issue After DC Installation
Last Friday I installed a new domain controller, and everything seemed to have went smoothly. Removed the old DC and everyone can still login and stuff like that. But since I have setup the new DC ...
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Dynamic Windows installation for different users
I am new in server administarting
also I have one question for all you guys.
Now, I plan to create reintallation system
and I want to ask you
if is posible to install specific software for each user ...
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How to return to Default settings of NTP/Time server on domain with GP
This is an Edit - according to the comments, I may have not been understood/
Facts:
I have a Windows 2003 Domain
PDC Emulator is enabled and working correctly on my DC
I have a GPO that is NOT ...
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Syncing Domain Controller Clocks
It appears some computers in our computer lab having clocks running about 3-4 minutes fast.
As of right now, when we join a computer to the domain, it sets the clock based on our server's Domain ...
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Operating system incompatibility while trying to install dc2
After I installed a fresh copy of Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition on a server and joined it to our domain, I wanted to promote it to be the second domain controller in our domain.
While trying ...
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Server 2008 Audit Failure Event Logs
I am having trouble figuring out what is causing massive audit failures on a server 2008 system.
the event id is 4771
Account Name: Administrator
Service Name: krbtgt/DOMAIN.NAME
Client Address: ::1
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Install lightweight Active Directory on Windows 7 for Development purposes without domain?
Is there a way to install lightweight Active Directory on Windows 7 for Development purposes without domain? I've downloaded the "AD LDS" for Windows 7 and installed it but it seems to require a ...
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Session limit exceeded on domain controller?
I have a Server 2003 machine that runs a number of scheduled tasks as a particular domain user. Every couple of weeks, the user seems to lose its home directory (normally C:\documents and ...
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adding DKIM signature to email where dkim=pass
I am building a e-mailing app and I am using Amazon SES API to send emails and long with that I am adding the DKIM signature to the email which are being sent. Presently the app is in the testing ...
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Moving primary domain controller to new server
I have just purchased a new server that will be the new primary domain controller. I was wondering if anyone knew any articles or tutorials on how to do this change over? I would imagine it is just ...
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Installing Exchange 2010 on a Domain Controller
I know the general answer to that question is a big NO... However, I think my usage scenario is somewhat different to a typical AD + Exchange deployment. I'm planning on running a mail server for ...
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GPO Printer Deployment Ordering greyed out
I have two Windows 2008 Data Centre Domain Controllers, which are used for a single domain. I applied a GPO for an OU. Rules are definitely working. Printer deployment rules are set in "User ...
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Win 2008 Join Domain with PDC IP but no Domain Name of the AD
I would like to write script to allow a workstation to join a domain. I have the IP address of the primary DC of this domain. Are there any commands / scripts that I can use to retrieve the domain ...
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How to transfer/recreate users, domain, active directory settings etc from Windows Server 2003 SBS to 2008 R2 Enterprise
This is the first time I'm doing such a job so, I will greatly appreciate any detail instructions/steps please.
As the title say, how do I transfer OR recreate(from a scratch) users, domain, active ...
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Active Directory Domain Services on remote VPS
I really need help with configuring Active Directory Domain Services on a remote VPS.
Situation
we have a remote Windows Server 2008R2 VPS and i just installed the Active Directory Domain Services ...
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How do I correct an “the security database on the server does not have a computer account” on a domain controller?
I have taken over the management of several machines and domain at the place I work and think I have a corrupted domain "database" for lack of a better term.
When I try and log into the domain ...
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Active Directory Corrupted In Windows Small Business Server 2011 - Server No Longer Domain Controller
I have a rather bad problem with my Windows SBS 2011. First of all, I'll give the background to what caused the problem. I was setting up a new small business server network. I had my job about ...
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Can I remove the DC role from a W2k8 server being an Enterprise CA?
Is it possible to run a W2k8 Enterprise (AD-integrated) Certificate Authority on a server that it not a domain controller - mine currently is a DC and I do not remember whether this was a requirement? ...
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Change Windows 7 login screen to Classic XP Style
I was wondering if there is a way to configure windows 7 to use the xp style domain login. User Name, Password and select local machine or domain?
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Win Server 2008 force kerberos setting
I am currently facing the problem that a linux machine running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with samba and winbindd installed is unable to join a Domain, that is managed by a Windows 2008 DC.
The linux config, ...
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Secure Microsoft Active Directory DC to DC communications through firewall boundaries
We are currently looking to flatten our AD structure a bit to make things a bit more manageable, but we still want to keep our security posture as near as possible to where it is now.
Currently, we ...
