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…….

Answer Question   |  November 14, 2009  7:27 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users and Computers, Network administration

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

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2009  8:33 PM
Active Directory, Hyper-V, Microsoft virtualization, Vista, Vista MMC

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?

Answer Question   |  April 10, 2009  2:11 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory User Profiles

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  April 10, 2009  4:01 AM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS configuration, DNS server, Domain Controller, Domain Controller Migration, SonicWALL, Windows 2000 Server migration, Windows Server 2003

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 AUTHORITYSYSTEM Computer: PCK1 Description: Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO CN={ED0F5B27-8302-4F4F-8548-5811A6A42E49},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=phrachomklao,DC=go,DC=th. The file must be present at the location <\phrachomklao.go.thSysVolphrachomklao.go.thPolicies{ED0F5B27-8302-4F4F-8548-5811A6A42E49}gpt.ini>. (The network name cannot be found. ). Group Policy processing aborted. For more information, see [...]

Answer Question   |  April 9, 2009  9:13 AM
Active Directory, DNS server, Event ID 1030, Event ID 1058, GPO, Gpt.ini, Group Policy, Windows Server 2003

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?

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  2:34 PM
Active Directory, ActiveSync, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 Upgrade, Exchange upgrades, Upgrading Exchange

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

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  6:16 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Installation, Add new tag, DCPROMO, 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

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  1:31 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory User Profiles

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, 4. Add members [...]

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2009  10:53 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2007, Exchange Management Console, Group Policy, Outlook, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 calendar

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

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  6:41 PM
Active Directory, Authentication, Samba WinBind, Ubuntu Linux, VMware, Windows Server 2003

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.

Answer Question   |  March 30, 2009  8:21 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2000, API, JNDI

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. Can this be done [...]

Answer Question   |  March 27, 2009  7:21 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Exchange Mailboxes, Exchange permissions, Outlook, Outlook permissions

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2013  5:15 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory query, Systems administration, Windows, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

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 Servers in the Active [...]

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2009  9:07 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Forest, Application Directory Partition, DCPROMO, DNS, Domain Controller, Domain management, Network administration, Networking, Windows Server 2003

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 child.parent.local on another windows server 2003 computer name SERVER2 using dcpromo. The [...]

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2009  8:50 AM
Active Directory, Child Domain, DCPROMO, DNS, Domain Controller, Networking hardware, Windows Server 2003, Zone delegation

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 box and delete the [...]

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2009  5:37 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory security, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Windows, NTFS

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 tracking [...]

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2009  6:20 PM
Active Directory, Desktop management applications, Domain management, File sharing protocols, FOSS, LDAP, Novell, OpenLDAP, Remote monitoring hardware, Roaming Profiles, SME Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Xserve

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.

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2009  7:18 PM
Active Directory, DNS, Secondary DNS, 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 office and log on using [...]

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2009  11:50 AM
Active Directory, Authentication, IIS, Remote users, SharePoint administration, SharePoint password, SharePoint password change

Impact on Exchange 2007 SP1 when you run ForestPrep and Domain Prep to install additional Windows 2008 DC
I work for an organization ,where active directory is windows 2003 with windows 2003 forest functional level and windows 2003 domain functional level . I have exchange 2007 sp1 running on windows 2003 R2 Enterprise edition with SP2. I’m in the process of introducing 2008 domain controller to windows 2003 domain as TRANSITION Method.I have [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2009  10:27 AM
Active Directory, Domain Controller, Domain Functional Levels, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 SP1, Forest Functional Levels, ForestPrep, FSMO Roles, Windows Server 2003