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A standard share for Domain-based logins for Windows-based PCs

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How does group policy know when the network subsystem is ready?

I'm trying to troubleshoot some group policy startup processing issues on domain joined, remote computers that establish a Zscaler/VPN connection at startup and before logon. This causes a short delay ...
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NETLOGON trying to register with incorrect DNS server?

So, I have a Domain Controller DOMAINSERVER, and a second domain controller DS1. They are part of the domain office.mydomainname.com, and all was well in the world; DNS server was working great, ...
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Group Policy Error/DC Issues

We've got an issue in our domain environment with 2 of our On-Prem DCs (including primary DC) missing content in the SYSVOL folder. Current Setup with missing folders Correct Domain Folder Content Our ...
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Demote old 2008 R2 server not possible because clients keep using old 2008 server as the logonserver

I recently got a new client who has a domain with two domain controllers, one running on Windows server 2012 R2 and an older 2008 R2. I would like to remove the old 2008 R2 within the domain and move ...
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Samba Domain Unavailable

I have an Ubuntu machine that acts as an NT4 style PDC with samba 4.3. Clients are all windows pro (7 an 10) machines and till now we haven't any problem in joining clients and log in domain users on ...
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FSMO errors on new Domain controllers

I have a current DC that is on server 2012. I recently added 2 more dcs that are running server 2016. We are having issues with the netlogon share replicating across to the new dcs. When I look at the ...
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How can I re-authenticate a Server when a NETLOGON (5719) error occured, when the machine lost connection to the DC and the connection returned?

Greetings Superior minds. I hope you can spare some valuebale time to assist me with this problem for I have limmited knowledge on Servers and Domain Controllers. Background: I have SCADA software ...
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Laptop Built-in Fingerprint Logon to Domain Joined Computer

Is this possible: I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 running Active Directory. I have installed Windows Biometric Framework and made the changes in Group Policy to allow Fingerprint Signon The Laptop ...
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NETLOGON EventID 5723 for Managed Service Account

I'm receiving NETLOGON errors EventID 5723 which states: "The session setup from computer [AccountName] failed because the security database does not contain a trust account [AccountName] referenced ...
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Netlogon Share Missing from Domain (server 2012 R2) (DFSR)

I recently took over a windows domain environment and found AD in poor health. I managed to fix most of the issue, BPA shows no errors, everything seems to be working well. Sysvol is replicating ...
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Windows SBS 08 domain controller is missing \\Localhost\NETLOGON share

One and only working logon server in the domain. When I run DCDIAG, it returns: Starting test: NetLogons * Network Logons Privileges Check Unable to connect to the NETLOGON ...
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Samba 4x netlogon scripts not executing on Windows 7

I am in the process of migrating a domain configuration to another server, I am able to connect to the domain, and log in, plus get my X: drive, which is just the users home drive. The previous ...
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SQL Server VM keeps losing connection to Domain (DNS Issue)

I have a Virtual Domain setup under VMware with 1 DC, 2 IIS Servers and 1 SQL Server. All running Server 2012. On the SQL Server I randomly get The system failed to register host (A or AAAA) ...
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Run Log-on Script with Admin Rights

I created a batch logon script that checks and removes old versions of a specific piece of software and installs the newest version. Both the install and uninstall process use an .EXE file. The script ...
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Store GPO Scripts in Netlogon or Policy Folder?

Is it best practice to store logon scripts centrally in \\DOMAIN\Netlogon or in the policy folder they get put in by default, eg. \\DOMAIN\SysVol\DOMAIN\Policies\{DE22B6FB-315E-4C55-BF06-A7709913CD9E}\...
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MS Active Directory without dynamic DNS registration

I have a running Active Directory with a non Microsoft DNS Server. The DNS Server is the authority DNS Server for the AD Domain Zone. All required DNS records for AD exists in this DNS zone. So far ...
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Netlogon - Domain Trust Secure Channel issues - Only on some DCs

We have a 2 domain environment. We were having issues with slow connections, authentication failures, and hung resources only during OFF-PEAK hours when there were very few users logged on. The ...
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Account Lockout Mystery

I have a rather frustrating issue involving a single user in Active Directory whose failed logon count on the PDC jumps up to 5 every 10 minutes or so and gets locked out. Now the "mystery" part is ...
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Windows Hosts DNS query for _ldap._tcp.domaincontroller, is this normal?

To make this easier to wrap my head around, here's what I'm using in my examples: deecee = my domain controller dctoo = another domain controller internal.foo.bar = the full DNSDomainName of my ...
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Server 2003 Missing NETLOGON Folder

I've just started working for a new company where there was perviously no-one really managing the IT environment, and it's quite a small company that has only one Domain Controller (plus other servers ...
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Windows 2008 r2 Netlogon & sysvol

I have recently added 2008R2 server in my existing environment. I have 2 existing DC's before adding this one. But, Netlogon & Sysvol folders not showing in this new DC. Although, DNS & AD ...
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Can browse sysvol but not netlogon with Samba 4.1.5-SerNet-RedHat-7.el6 on CentOS 6.5

I have three servers: a Win2003 box running as the first AD DC, a 64-bit CentOS 6.5 box running Samba 4.1.5 x64 in AD DC mode, and a 32-bit CentOS 6.5 box running the same version of everything but 32-...
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Login script not running

I have a server running Debian Wheezy, and Samba 3 running the Domain Controller. The clients are Windows 7, and mostly work. One issue I'm having on one computer is that it will log in, and present ...
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Login script not executing on all stations

My server is Debian-based, running Samba as the Primary Domain Controller. I have verified the permissions on the netlogon share (drwxrwsr-x) and the login.bat (-rwxrwxr-x) file, to allow all users ...
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Mutli-DC Environment DNS Error 4015

We recently added a new 2008 R2 DC to an existing 2003 forest with one 2003 DC. We haven't raised any functional levels. The 2003 DC was powered down (it hadn't been demoted yet, but all the FSMOs are ...
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How can I find which logon script is being run?

I'm having an issue with network drives. Suddenly some computers and users aren't getting their mapped network drives from the logon script. I am NOT a domain admin, I don't have permission to login ...
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Windows domain software deployment not applying at startup - NETLOGON error 5719

I've recently tried to push out software (and updates) through windows server 2008 gpo. I did not work for quite some time and I wasn't getting any indication that it was even trying to install the ...
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Force replication of Netlogon

I have added a batchfile to the the NETLOGON directory for some start-up scripts. The script is tiny in size. I have waited hours for the files to be replicated to the other Domain Controllers but ...
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NETLOGON Warning Event ID 5781

I have Server 2003 SP2 Standard Edition. This past week it has been logging an event called NETLOGON Warning 5781 at various times of the day. When this happens client computers lose access to the AD ...
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An attempt was made to logon, but the network logon service was not started Server 2008 R2

On my main 2008 R2 domain controller: When I boot, the screen goes black (monitor light goes amber) RDP logon to the server says "An attempt was made to logon, but the network logon service was not ...
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VBS Logon Script

Could someone please provide some assistance with VBS scripting? Here is what I have modified so far; Const GROUP1 = "cn=GROUP1" Const GROUP2 = "cn=GROUP2" Const GROUP3 = "cn=GROUP3" Set wshNetwork ...
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Secondary domain controller not processing log on requests

So I have a weird bug that pauses the netlogon service periodically on my primary domain controller. When this happens users cannot log in to the domain. I have a secondary DC offsite that is a Global ...
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AD installed on subdomain, registration failing for parent domain

Our Active Directory domain is installed on a subdomain (us.example.com). The parent domain (example.com) is for mostly linux servers located at our datacenter - for our website and other public ...
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Netlogon is missing?

By coincidence I noticed the "Netlogon" share on a Windows 2003 server is missing. Could you please explain what Netlogon is and how can I restore it?
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What is precedence of NETLOGON drive mapping vs Active Directory home directory?

If a) a user's logon script maps a user's home drive to a home directory and the same homeDrive but different homeDirectory are set on the user object in Active Directory, which method takes ...
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Computers not authenticating to RODC in their site

I've got an RODC in our local site and a PDC in our co-location facility. I run SET on any of the computers in our local site and they all say LOGONSERVER='PDC'. They should all be authenticating to ...
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Cannot access shares via full domain name on Server 2008R2

I have a strange issue. We have a 2008R2 PDC and BDC. I can join the domain fine and everything seems "normal". However, on some of the other 2008R2 servers, I am unable to do things like a ...
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Where are the netlogon files physically stored?

I have umpteen backups trying to restore my scripts I had in the netlogon share but when I go to them the folder is empty. Does backup not back those scripts in netlogon up? Is there somewhere I ...
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Logon script in Active Directory

I am having a weird intermittent issue for only some users. I have a logon script that maps shared drives and issues a diisclaimer everytime the user logs on to a machine. The problem lately is that ...
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How to repair multiple KDC an Netlogon errors

I have several erros in the system event log of my single Windows 2003 SP2 domain controller. Multiple member computers on the domain are listed in these errors. I am seeing two similar errors for ...
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Where's the netlogon folder stored?

Where will I find the netlogon diretory on a Window 2003 domain controller?
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NetLogon and RPC Errors

Situation: Co-located DCs connected by T1 to client working location. The T1 is averaging at about 2/3 usage. All 1 Active Directory. I am trying to deploy a start-up script to clients at the ...
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Troubleshooting (or tracing) Windows network logon problems

I've got a situation where a client computer (Windows Vista) doesn't seem to be sending the right password to a server (Windows Server 2003). The event log records the logon failure, but as far as I ...
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Vista / Windows Server 2003 Mapped Drive Logon Failure

I have a Windows Vista (Ultimate) machine which connects to a Windows Server 2003 machine for just one thing: a mapped network drive. There is a user account on the Server machine which exactly ...
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What's the best way to set-up a user's printers using NETLOGON.bat?

What's the best way to set-up a user's printers using NETLOGON.bat?
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