Active Directory

Active Directory/User Drive

OS=Windows Server 2003 We have a drive on our network that is set up for users each user has their own folder. Some users want their stuff more secure than others. So how can I set it up to where user A cannot access user B,C,D,E,F or G? User A has full rights to only user A's folder. Each...

Active Directory Users And Computers

Active Directory Users and Computers are deleted from Start Programs Administrative Tools how i can recover it. can any one help me plz.......

Hyper-V management in Vista MMC tool

I dont have an AD domain in my environment. If i manage hyper-v using the vista mmc tool does my vista laptop or hyper-v server need to be in a domain? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

Old email addresses

Emails are being received by active users that are actually addressed to user accounts that have been removed and no longer exists in AD. Is there a way to clean this up or prevent this from happening?

New Domain Controller and DNS server problems

I'm trying to get rid of an old w2k server that is the DC and DNS server. I added DC and DNS to an existing w2k3 server and it looks like it replicated all the AD data ( I see users and machines listed ) but when I unplug the old server and login to the network at a workstation I don't get access...

Event ID:1058 and Event ID:1030 occur every five minutes on Server DNS & AD

Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1058 Date: 9/4/2552 Time: 14:15:03 User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: PCK1 Description: Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO...

Upgrading Exchange 2003 to 2007

Can anyone provide tips, documentation, and/or lessons learned for a successful migration/upgrade path from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 including any issues with Active Sync?

Active Directory wont install

I am trying to download active directory, i have tried DCPROMO and it says in cant find it, i would lso like to down load windows XP professional and windows server 2003

Export a list of user

Hello All I'm searching a script in active directory that export the list of all users with all attributes thank you

Using Exchange 2007 Management Console to add Saved Group Schedules View to all users Outlook 2007 profiles

We are using Outlook 2007 and Exchange 2007. Rather than have the users follow the these directions: 1. Make sure you're in the Calendar and click on the 'View Group Schedules' button on the toolbar, or click "Actions", "View Group Schedules". 2. Click on 'New', 3. Supply a name for the group, ...

WinBind authentication with VMware host

I need to allow Active Directory users to authenticate to our VMware host running on Ubuntu. Would someone using Samba/WinBind share an example vmware-authd file or point me in the right direction? Thanks much. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Fetching attribute data from AD 2000 with JNDI API

Is it possible that some attribute data that can be fetched using JNDI APIs from Active Directory 2003 may not be returned from Active Directory 2000? I can fetch attribute values for certain attributes using JNDI from AD2003 but am unable to fetch them using JNDI from AD2000.

How to stop a user/security group deleting mail from a SPMA

We have Exchange Server 2003 and our mapi client is Outlook. I am looking to deny a security group the ability to delete emails posted to this account. I have tried checking deny for "Delete mailbox storage" permission for the security group in permissions for mailbox rights. This had no affect. ...

Active Directory How to Identify Inactive Computer Accounts

Hello, I have a lot of computers in my Active Directory that are inactive and/or obsolete. I am searching for a very safe and fool proof procedure which i can use to identify these computer accounts in active directory and move them to a separate OU. I will keep them in this OU temporarily and...

How to Create Custom application directory partition to replicate zone data in selected domain controllers in forest

I am trying to create a custom application directory partition to replicate zone data to specified domain controllers in a forest. For that I create a first domain name domain.net in a new forest using dcpromo on standalone computer name Server2003. The default zone replication scope is To All Dns...

Create a child domain and then delegate the DNS namespace to a domain controller in child domain

am trying dns delegation, I have installed active directory domain name "parent.local" on windows server 2003 server name SERVER1. Ip address is 192.168.0.3. Preferred dns set it itself. The active directory integrated dns zone name is "parent.local". Then I create a child domain...

can't find the parent object of a security group

I have a security group in the NTFS permission of "netlogon" share. I can't remove it because it is inherinting from a parent object. The problem is I can't find the parent object. The parent folder of "netlogon" folder does not have this security group. I can uncheck the inheritable permissions...

Cheaper then Windows Server

So here is the story. I am the IT person for a small vehicle dealership chain that is spread across 4 locations in the city. Each location is presently setup with a VPN connection to the main site which houses a database server hosting all the programs needed to run the dealership like, customer...

How can I create a secondary DNS?

I have created an Active Directory and DNS with the name space jyo.com, now I want to know the steps to create a secondary DNS with the name sharu.jyo.com. Also, I want to know how to make a zone transfer.

How let remote AD users change their own SharePoint passwords

Hello everyone... I have almost 500 AD accounts and their passwrods are currently set to not expire, thus user need not change the passwords. As our security policy changes, their passwords will expired three months. The trouble is that these users are remote users who will never come to the...