Integrating host without being a domain administrator
Hi everybody, I’m a domain administrator and I would delegate some tasks to a classmate. Is it possible to let an user integrate hosts with the active directory domain without being a domain administrator but just having a specified privilege ? Thank you for your answers.

Answer Question   |  August 29, 2012  8:21 AM
Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Domain, Active Directory User Profiles, Active Directory Users, Active Directory Users and Computers

Enabling a Smart card logon to AD using a value in subjectAltName that is not UPN
Hello, In the project I am working on, the client would like to authenticate Smart Cards that have a certificate with a value in subjectAltName that is not a UPN. The value will be an alphanumeric GUID@mydomain.com format. For example: 1891ADDA010@MYFIRM.ORG How can AD be configured to do a one-to-one mapping based on this value [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  9:06 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Smart Card Reader, Smart Cards

Using Active Directory login to calculate time cards
Can we create a simple app that uses AD login and logoff time to calculate users’ time cards? If so how can we do it?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:54 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Deployment

Changing the Users Administrator password in the Active Directory
Can you and if so, how do you change the password to the administrator user in the Active Directory?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  11:30 PM
Active Directory Administration, Dell PowerEdge, SBS 2003 administration, Small Business Server 2003

Adding last login and login machine to Active Directory
Is it possible to add last login time and last login machine to our active directory? How can we do that and what needs to be done?

Answer Question   |  June 21, 2011  2:53 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users and Computers

Setting Active Directory rules
Can we set Active Directory rules that say when a user is able to log in to a domain computer and off hours should display a message telling the user they do not have access to the system at this time.

Answer Question   |  June 6, 2011  2:45 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users and Computers, Domain Administration, User Permissions

Mass disable of users via Active Directory by organizational unit
Can me mass disable users via active directory by organizational unit? If an entire group left the company at one time we need to disable the whole group’s access. Active directory running 2003 and 2008.

Answer Question   |  May 9, 2011  4:55 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

Blocking specific website via Active Directory
Can I block specific websites on our domain via active directory?

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2011  3:52 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory security, Blocking websites, Domain Administration

mailbox access via Active Directory Users and Computers
In order to get access to a subordinate’s calendar, I am told to start by going to the Active Directory Users and Computers tab and to open the Properties window for the user’s mailbox.  Where is the Active Directory Users and Computers tab? 

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  4:19 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Outlook 2003

Windows Active Directory restoring deleted objects
How can we restore any deleted object that are in Tombstone without using any restore method.

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  7:20 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory backup

Active Directory network error: “Failed to Contact Domain Controller”
Occasionally users can not log in to our 2008 Active Directory network. They get a failed to contact a domain controller. We have two AD boxes and when this happens no one can log on. It lasts a few minutes at most. How can we troubleshoot and resolve this issue?

Answer Question   |  January 5, 2011  5:00 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2008, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory errors, Network connectivity

Better way to enroll users in Active Directory
I have just reviewed the steps given to me by my Network Admin for enrolling a new user in A/D and I can’t believe it’s this complicated and requires this many steps. The summary steps are : 1. On the A/D server open the A/D users and computers 2. Add the user entering his name, [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2010  4:46 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users and Computers, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Recovering an administrator password for Active Directory
If the administrator password for an Active Directory box is lost what is the process for recovering it? Can it be done?

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2010  2:48 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory security, Network security, Password recovery

How to query Active Directory for all members of a particular group?
Hi All, How to query Active Directory for all members of a particular group lets say all users of the remote desktop Users group Cheers Shane

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2010  11:13 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Groups, Active Directory query, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Disabling a list of csv ad user accounts and speed up replication
quickest method to achieve this? We need it to replicate asap after as well to prevent unauthorized access.

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2010  2:37 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users

How do I plan for a new Active Directory structure?
Hi all, I’m planing a new Active Directory structure for a multi-national company that consists for six very different business units and need some help, advice, or pointers in making this implementation happen. Each business unit currently has its own Windows NT 4.0 domain and a full complement of IT staff (administrators and help desk). [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  12:28 AM
Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Deployment, Windows NT 4.0

Multiple Active Directory User Accounts per User
Is there anything wrong with having multiple active directory accounts for one user? For example, one account with restricted rights and a second account with administrative rights.

Answer Question   |  September 17, 2010  5:34 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Users

ntds.dit not backing up with Windows 2003 Backup Utility
active directory databaes files ntds.dit not backing up using windows 2003 backup utility

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2010  8:27 AM
Active Directory Administration, Active Directory backup, Active Directory Backup and Restore, Backup, NTDS, Windows Backup Utility, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup

Active Directory reports
Does anyone know of any useful Active Directory reporting tools that could: pull a list of users and there password age, pull a list of users and the OU they are in, or any variation there of to view AD maintanence? This could be a simple batch file or VB script that might output to [...]

Answer Question   |  August 31, 2010  3:47 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory interoperability, Active Directory Reporting Tool, Batch file, VB script, Visual Basic

AD without network connection
We have AD Server in our office and after removing network connection user can login with AD Authentication with their own desktop and data so kindly tell me how this can happened?

Answer Question   |  April 14, 2010  11:47 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Administration, Active Directory Authentication, Active Directory Users and Computers