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A domain controller is a server in a Microsoft Active Directory or NT4 domain that is responsible for central authentication.

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What is the best way to repartition the system drive on a Windows domain controller?

I have a Windows 2003 server that is the primary domain controller for the network. It has a RAID 1 array that houses the 'C' and 'D' drives. And a RAID 5 array that houses the 'E' drive. The C:\ ...
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How to configure my backup windows 2003 server to authenticate people when main DC goes down?

I wish to designate a second server to authenticate people on the domain when the main server is down for repair, maintainace, updates installation etc. At the moment, the second it goes to reboot, no ...
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Question about Server 2008 global catalogs and preferred logon servers

We have multiple sites with a global catalog AD DC at each location with VPN tunnels VPN tunnels work as needed nothing wrong there .. When clients at site B attempt to login and then run the ...
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Cannot connect Windows 7 machine to windows 2003 domain

I have an issue with one of my machines. I have a windows 2003 server machine that is the DHCP, DNS, and AD DC. We have about 20 machines connected to this domain successfully but are having issues ...
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Windows domain controller clock sync

How often do computers sync their clock with a domain controller - by default? Or where is this option located on windows 2003? Thank you. Mike
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What are the drawbacks of making all of my windows servers domain controllers?

As the question states, what are the drawbacks of making every capable Windows 2003 or 2008 Server in my organization a domain controller for the domain? Is it just overkill? Will many 3rd party ...
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Samba3 PDC with single user profile per OS

I would like to set up a Samba3 PDC on an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS box for Windows XP and Windows 7 Clients. For my application I do not really need the whole profile overhead a normal Windows domain network ...
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Setting the order in which services are stopped on a system shut-down in windows server 2003

Is there a way to control the order in which services are stopped on a system shut-down? We are having issues with our domain-controller, which takes forever to shut down (if it goes down at all) ...
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How to remove a workstation from a domain with no DC

My Google-fu is failing me for me some reason but I need to remove a machine (Vista workstation) from a non-existent domain and domain controller. It's prompting me for the domain administrator's ...
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How to setup Domain Controller in Windows 7? [closed]

I have Windows 7 Ultimate and some few other XP Pro machines. I would like to setup Domain Controller in some sort of way, (Without having a Server OS I know this is a long shot ) so that my XP ...
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Mock lightweight DC possible?

I need a domain controller in my test environment. I was wondering if it is possible to run a DC service without having a full blown server? Really just need it for adding some test systems to the ...
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How to install Exchange 2010 so it is as independent as possible on our network

We are going through a company merger and people want to do things differently! Current situation: 2 DCs. 1 Exchange Server on 1 of the DCs (not SBS).The other half of the email is handled on a ...
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There are no logon servers available to service the login request

On my home network I setup a laptop running windows server 2003 as a dns server and domain controller. I was able to join the domain on my PC, however if I try to login to windows with a domain ...
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Can't connect to domain controller

I setup a dns server/domain controller on a windows server 2003 box on my local network, giving it a fixed ip address of 192.168.2.9. I called the domain "toth.domain". I then changed the preferred ...
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Can Windows Server 2008 DC be added to a Windows Server 2003 domain without changing the schema?

My production system has two Windows Server 2003 R2 servers acting as domain controllers. Can I add a Windows Server 2008 DC to the existing domain without changing the schema? This is a similar ...
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What steps need to be taken to create the GPO and edit the appropriate settings in the GPO?

A new domain with a new domain controller for the engineering department was recently installed in the workplace. A GPO needs to be created to include various password policies, account lockout ...
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Issue when promoting a second server as domain on R2 2008 [closed]

I'm in an odd situation here. I've upgraded my network to a 2008 domain from a 2003 with out any issue, this works fine and all the FSMO are in one DC, I was about to install a second domain on a ...
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Domain Controller can't receive inbound pings / Firewall can't be enabled

I can ping everything from the domain server but it doesn't show up on any ping sweeps from client machines. Also, the firewall service is off but can't be turned on. It says that there is another ...
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Secondary 2003 Domain Controller from a Primary NT4 Domain Controller?

I'm working on a migration NT4 Server Domain Controller to 2003 Active Directory DC, first step is to install a Secondary DC running Windows Server 2003 on a brand new computer. I joined this machine ...
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Plugging domain controller into another network

I have a W2K8 domain controller network and everything was working perfectly on a network router on 192.168.0.1. It is also a DHCP server. I had to temporarily move the domain controller into another ...
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There is an inconsistency in the DS, suggest you run dcdiag in a few moments, perhaps on a different DC

Performing initial setup: Connecting to directory service on server . Collecting site info. Identifying all servers. **ERROR: There is an inconsistency in the DS, suggest you run dcdiag in a few ...
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run installer on all machines on domain

is it reasonable to automatically run an installer (for an activex control) as administrator on all machines in my domain, using an out-of-the-box windows (any version)?
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unable to logon because of account restriction on Domain Controller

I have a Domain Controller which had installed RSA SecurID software Few months ago we switched from RSA SecurID to Gemalto smart cards. This DC was the last machine with RSA software installed ...
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Domain Admins vs. Administrators in Windows AD DC [closed]

Having read in the Microsoft Docs article Default groups the description of these two groups: Domain Admins Members of this group have full control of the domain. By default, this group is ...
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Is the context of local user of AD-joined machine a domain machine account or of local machine account?

I am a developer and curious how Windows server machines are used. A) I believe that they show interactive login screen but run without any user had ever logged-in. Correct? In context of definition ...
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Create SAMBA node trust relationship to Windows 2003 PDC server

I am having problems creating a trust relationship between an OpenVMS/IA64 node running V/IA64 8.3-1H1, TCPIP 5.6 ECO 5, CIFS 1.1 ECO1 PS11 (SAMBA 3.0.28a) and Windows 2003 server running as a PDC. ...
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Window Server 2008 R2: Can you change the IP address of the domain controller?

Recently configured the IP address of the server 192.168.0.2, then I went ahead and configured its role as a domain controller (This process also configured the DNS). Now I would like to reconfigure ...
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Windows 2003 - How to reconnect a 2 month offline domain controller

Will I have a problem if I reconnect a 2 month offline domain controller on the network?
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Reformat Primary Domain Controller

The current network configuration is as follows. 5 Servers Server 1: Windows Server 2003 R2 (Server in question to reformat) Primary Domain Controller + VPN + WSUS + DHCP + DNS Server 2: Windows ...
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Questions on how a secondary DC works

I manage a single domain controller and I am planning to implement a backup domain controller for what are very obvious reasons, but I have some questions: 1) If I switch off my secondary dc and then ...
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How can I see everyone that is logged on to a Domain Controller?

We have 2 DCs, one main and one backup at another site. we had some issues with our main DC and i believe a lot of people were pushed over to the backup DC. is there a way to see everyone who is using ...
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Samba Domain Controller - is DNS required?

I am looking into setting up a Samba domain controller using Ubuntu Server, for some Windows XP/7 clients, and I have one important question: Given the importance of DNS in a Microsoft Active ...
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ntfrs and security folders on Domain Controller

every day Domain Controller backup reports some warnings about these files: C:\WINDOWS\ntfrs\jet\ntfrs.jdb C:\WINDOWS\ntfrs\jet\temp\tmp.edb C:\WINDOWS\security\Database\secedit.sdb C:\WINDOWS\...
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Domain Controller's Forward Lookup Zone Disappeared

Our Domain Controller's Forward Lookup Zone for our Active Directory domain just disappeared. Our backup Domain Controller had a copy of the zone, but since the primary server was accessible but had ...
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Tracking file permissions changes on a Windows server

Some-thing or Some-one is changing file permissions occasionally on files on my Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller. I'd like to track these changes. Initially I thought one could do this with ...
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How to find which services/tasks in a domain are using domain credentials?

I've got an old service account that is attached to an undetermined amount of scheduled tasks and services across 7 or 8 servers. Unfortunately, this account was created by a previous employee who ...
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Unable to connect to domain controller from laptop

i have a windows 2003 domain controller and am unable to get one of my laptops to join to it. When i try to change from workgroup to domain it connects, asks for for a username and password and after ...
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How to bring another DC up with all roles when first DC is no longer available

I am so upset of this as i am not getting a proper answer anywhere. Let me make it clear the same scenario again. I have a DC named DC-1 & another DC named DC-2. both DC-1 and DC-2 are the name ...
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Why shouldn't a domain controller be suspended or paused

I've seen it mentioned on Server Fault as well as in a Technet Blog that you should never pause or suspend a domain controller. While searching through Microsoft's documentation on the subject, I only ...
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Two Windows Server domains, two users, same permissions

I work for a small company, owned by a bigger one. I have a user in my parent company's domain: DomainA\MyUser. Now we have bought our own server and want our own domain. I have created a user in the ...
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Moving server farm into an AD domain

I'm researching the feasibility of moving our small (but not tiny) hosting infrastructure from stand alone servers each with unique local usernames and passwords, to a more intergrated active ...
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Merging Multi-Platform Domains

I really did not know how to title this one its quite a complicated one. Or I am just completely overlooking the solution telling me I need to open my eyes. Scenario: Two Companies, Company A and ...
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Windows 2008 R2 DNS cant resolve own SOA

We have two Domain Controllers for our network. They both run DHCP, DNS, and ADS. They are both VM's sitting on MS Hyper V Server 2008 on separate physical hosts. We had our primary DC go down a week ...
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Old operational master still thinks it is the "one"

I have a domain with 3 AD servers for now i'll just call them: AD01 (Win 2008 GC, Operations master) AD02 (Win 2008 GC) AD03 (Win 2003 GC) A couple of months there was some hardware issues with ...
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Move Domain Controllers Back To the "Domain Controllers" Container

All of our Domain Controllers were moved out of the "Domain Controllers" container. We would like to move them all back to the the default container, but are worried about the side-effects. I am ...
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Windows 2008 Domain Controller - Backup (BDC) to Primary (PDC)

I have created a new domain controller with my single domain forest. I have also made it DHCP and DNS ready - all 3 services have synchronised with the existing W2K8 domain controller. I even ...
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Instructions to setup primary and only domain controller

Where could I get best step by step instructions (with some simple explanations) how to setup domain controller on Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core? I don't know what do I need? Do I need DNS as ...
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How to unjoin the computer from domain in XP

Initially i had joined my XP to domain. Now i have removed the OS with Domain COntroller. Now i want to join my xp to workgroup and when i do that it ask me for username and passowrd and then it ...
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SQL Server Windows Auth Login sees Domain as untrusted

I've had someone set up a domain controller on windows 2008 on one server, and sql server 2008 on another. The domain seems to be working fine, I'm logged on as a domain user on both servers, nothing ...
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Replacing a W2K3 Domain Controller - what do I need to know?

I have a network of around 70 machines, currently with two DCs both running Windows Server 2003 (DC0 & DC1). DC0 is a five year old Poweredge 1850 and has recently become increasingly flakey, and ...
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