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Cannot create a new computer account using the Windows active directory interface
When I attempt to create a new computer account using the Windows active directory interface by entering the new computer name and hitting next, I get a blank dialogue titled New-Object-Computer with ...
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Error with DCHP and wireless router
So I have a user who is connect to are network that keeps getting booted off the internet and are server. In event viewer I see these to messages every time it happens. ...
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Why do I see a heap corruption error from lsass.exe on domain controllers after installing Google Apps Password Sync?
We're moving to Google Apps and have just installed Google Apps Password Sync. We have yet to roll this out to users and are experiencing some problems.
Occasionally after a user changes their ...
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Questions rolling out two new servers
After getting a virus and turning my backserver into our primary I figured it's time time to do the right thing and use both servers in case this happens again.
We're using 1 server for dns, dc, ...
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I keep getting this when typing in nslookup. I`m also having problems connect desktops to domain
I`m trying to connect a server my current domain. So far I just have server 2003 on the system with no roles. This server will act as a backup or a application server in the future.
My other server ...
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Low power Win2012 domain controller for a medium sized business [closed]
Looking to see if its possible to find a highly reliable, dual power supply server that is also ultra-low power. I want to use this as our main Windows DC. The current one is running Windows 2003. ...
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Adding a windows server 2012 domain controller to an existing windows server 2003 domain fails
I want to add an additional domain controller to our existing domain. Right now we have only have one domain controller running on Windows Server 2003. I tried to promote a Windows Server 2012 to be ...
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DCPromo Before or After?
I have an older Windows 2003 Server that is doing moderate duty right now -- small SQL database and an LOB application.
I plan to:
Make it a DC.
Install DHCP/DNS/WINS as backup for the FSMO ...
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w2k3 AD DC Demotion fails with “no other AD DC for that domain can be contacted”
i've a small office with a single w2k3 sp2 DC(bad idea, but it is real), now, i want to make a clean install of that pc, so, i got another one, install w2k3 sp2, add it to the domain, dcpromo and set ...
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Restored Domain Controller does not display any information using dcdiag command
I am testing restoring a domain controller from system state backup to different hardware in a non production environment as a sanity check for our restoration procedure.
When i run the dcdiag ...
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How much time do I have to remove a domain controller that was lost using metadata cleanup?
I am wondering how long after a Domain Controller has been permanently lost, from the domain due to it dying from hardware perspective, do I have before I have to clean up references of it using meta ...
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Cannot Add Windows Server 2012 as Member Server to Existing Domain
We have an existing Windows Server 2003 domain and several other computers are on that network (i.e., we have Windows Server 2008 member servers, other Windows Server 2003 member servers, Windows 7 ...
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frsevent test failed in dcdiag on second domain controller but not on the main one
Hi I have a frsevent test failed on one of my domain controllers in my network. The main domain controller that holds the FSMO ROLES does not have this error when I run dcdiag against it.
Up until a ...
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VPN - DC not available
i have setup a site-to-site vpn and the connection works sofar ( i can ping and rdp to the DC's IP ). But i can not join the domain because it is not available.
Nslookup says "Can't find server ...
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Computer Browser, Firewall services will not start on PDC
Our primary domain controller, a Server 2003 R2 X64 machine, apparently had a virus for about four hours. (Why/how is a different question and witch hunt for later. The virus has been cleaned.) In ...
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Do Windows Domain Controllers broadcast anything to a remote server connected via VPN?
Our Windows 2003 Server web server (my responsibility) is in another city and talks to a database server on our LAN (the LAN is someone else's responsibility) via a VPN. The VPN is established via a ...
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Win Server 2003 Domain
Last week, our Windows 2003 Domain Controller crashed. We tried to restore using BKF files, but the server won't boot. Then one of our staff laptops locked, because it cannot connect to the Domain ...
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How do I get Windows Domain Controller and Ubuntu dnsmasq to play nicely?
I've inherited "ownership" of a network which has a Windows 2003 Server running as a Domain Controller and file server (no IIS or DNS running). We also use an Ubuntu server running dnsmasq as an ...
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Can a Second Domain Controller, with buggy hard drive hardware, cause a corruption to Active Directory?
We have a new Domain Controller that holds all FSMO roles. We also have two old hardware servers, about 4-5 years old each, set up as secondary Domain Controllers (or better described as Domain ...
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Event ID 4013: “The DNS server is waiting for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to signal…"
We have an issue that only occurs after we rebooting our secondary DC and DNS server/DHCP server. It is a 2008r2 x64 server, DC and DNS/DHCP server. Our main DC is 2003.
Event ID 4013:
“The ...
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Primary Domain Server Crashed. Restoring issue
I have two servers. One is primary DC, another is ADC. Now the primary DC got crashed. ADC is serving the purpose now.
I need to format the Primary DC server to make it up. After installing the OS, ...
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Remote additional domain controllers
Is it possible to setup several additional domain controllers (ADC) at remote locations that are connected via medium bandwidth DSL (2-10 Mbit) WAN connections for a single domain ...
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Can't log in to Windows Server 2003 due to domain controller being unavailable
I'm in quite a pickle. I'm trying to log in to one of our Windows Server 2003 servers but I keep getting the error message:
Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller ...
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Adding a W2008 Authenticating Server to existing W2003 Domain?
I have an existing W2003 Domain, simple setup with one DC and a SQL Server (approx 100 users). There are issues with Windows 7 Clients and login scripts and we're now seeing much greater numbers of ...
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Add 2008 DC to 2003 - domain schema upgrade failed
I'm trying to add the first 2008 R2 DC to an existing 2003 domain (upgraded to 2003 functionality). I've followed the steps from microsoft which are clarified by this post:
2003 DC AD upgrade to 2008 ...
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SMTP server force outbound traffic
I'm having some trouble with setting up a SMTP server on a windows server 2003 machine, while trying to send emails using PHP through the internet, but to domain email addresses.
Common info:
I'm a ...
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active directory slow logins
I have a quick question about domain controller requirements. We have about 600 users in 1 large network and a few terminal servers. We have about 300 users logging into their machines around the same ...
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Setting up a simple domain for testing without disturbing my regular workgroup based LAN
I would appreciate it so much if someone could guide me through setting up a small domain with windows 2003.
My regular lan uses a router to issue ip addresses to a few pcs. The router's ip address ...
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Windows 2003 Active Directory Integrated DNS zone not registering non-domain computers
I'm not a networking guy by all means, I'm just a developer who dabbles enough to get into trouble and I'm there. So bear with me... :)
At my office I have a Windows 2003 Domain Controller which ...
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The attempt by user DOMAIN\USER to restart/shutdown computer SERVER failed
I logged on to my domain controller today to find the following event logged in my event viewer
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: USER32
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1073
Date: 3/19/2012
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Is DC demotion affecting RDP connections?
Our Terminal Services Server is Win 2003 running Microsoft RDP 5.2. The RDP connections from outside of the network used to be smooth but they are now choppy and unreliable because the user is ...
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cannot add machine to DC
A have a lab that has some VM's:
SrvDom: main DC / Server 2008 x64
SrvSQL: SQL Server 2008 testing / Server 2003 x86
SrvAppV: App-V testing / Server 2003 x64
and other XP Clients
The SrvAppV ...
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How do I cleanly shutdown a Windows 2003 server, the domain controller, without a monitor?
A service tech was on-site Friday, and among other things, installed a second RAID array (RAID 1) for user data in this Windows 2003 server. It boots from a RAID 5 array. This server is the only ...
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Remove a 2nd Nic IP on a DC
In a windows 2003 DC (with DNS role) I need to remove a 2nd ip (added many years ago by precedent sysadmin and no one know why!) on a single NIC.
This because the domain have a new trust with an other ...
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Need for another Domain Controller
I have two domain controllers (Windows 2003) in one site where most of the department I support resides. There is another building (at another site) where my department resides as well, but they have ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cannot log onto Domain after demotion of primary DC
I had two Domain Controllers (one for 2k, and another 2k3). The 2k server was the primary controller with all the FSMO roles. I transferred those roles, as well as the GC to the 2k3 server. I ...
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Terminal Server on DC: When user closes his environment program there is no logoff, also no Remote Control
I installed Terminal Services on Windows 2003 DC, configured everything and successfully connected as a Terminal user from another ws.
I configured in AD Users and Computer under the 'Environment' ...
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not the expected logon server being used for workstation on domain, i have multiple domain controllers
i just transferred fsmo roles to a new domain controller, my network has three domain controllers all active directory integrated, with DNS active directory zones, they are all global catalogs. This ...
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things to check prior to moving all FSMO roles to a new domain controller before decommission original old domain controller
need to move a domain controller, the first in the forest that holds all the fsmo roles, to another location in a clients building. it will require turning off this dc, call it dc1 for this question. ...
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Can't access printer shared on a Domain Controller - Logon unsuccessful
I recently setup a Windows Server 2003 R2 machine to be a domain controller, kind of to experiment with that whole concept. Originally, it was sharing a printer attached to it to my home's workgroup, ...
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Using ntdsutil to remove dead DC, won't remove all the way
I have a old DC that was never properly demoted and I no longer have access to it (it's offline) I followed this guide to remove the DC from AD: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm it ...
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Domain Controller issues: Can't join Domain, change password, access printers. Why?
For the last week, we have found ourselves in a sticky spot with Windows XP machines on a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory. Our computers can't join the domain, change passwords, or anything like ...
