Active Directory Questions


Registry Changes for Specific User
I want to make changes to users registry setting in a non domain environment. Can any one help me in reading the registry value of specific use in the system or remote sytsem on network without domain/AD and write the necessary changes in registry of local or remote machine. The whole process need to be [...]

Answer Question   |  December 1, 2008  8:55 AM
Active Directory, VBScript, VBScript User Registry Changes
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5 pts.

How to Change NTFS file folder permision From Remotely or By Group polices.
Hi All, I have near about 100 system in a Active Directory Domain network . and this all 100 system use in near about 150 user in deferent time . And they Save there data in Local system as well as in File server share folder. I have given right for network share folder NTFS [...]

Answer Question   |  November 21, 2008  7:28 PM
Active Directory, File permission, Group Policy, NTFS, NTFS permissions, USB security, Windows Server 2003
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105 pts.

WinXP Pro PC cannot ping Win2003 DC after Windows Firewall configuration.
I have been fighting with this issue for 2 days and I am going crazy. We have 2 domain controllers, 1 on-site and 1 off-site as a backup. Last week I configured a windows firewall group policy object to open: file and printer sharing, remote access, disable remote desktop, open ICMP for the subnet, allow [...]

Answer Question   |  November 20, 2008  6:49 PM
Active Directory, Domain Controller, Firewalls, Group Policy, Network administration, TCP/IP, Windows firewall, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, XP Professional
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215 pts.

removing exchange server 2007 from the active directory
Hello – our organization had an exchange server 2007 that got wiped. We have a new Exchange server 2007 up and it is running fine however the active directory still thinks the old 2007 server is around and so the new exchange server 2007 has it showing up in the server configuration panel in the [...]

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2008  6:32 PM
Active Directory, Exchange Management Console, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server Configuration
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5 pts.

Adding local admin rights to a new computer when user has access on all other comps on the domain
Hello All, Thanks for taking the time to help me with my problems as i am almost finish. I have two things left to accomplish for now and maybe a few more in the near future. My friends company had a Tech that recently passed away and I am trying to help him out with [...]

Answer Question   |  August 9, 2009  6:33 AM
Active Directory, Domain, Local Administrators Group, Networking, Scripting, Server management, User accounts, User Permissions
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60 pts.

Exchange 2000 and Active Directory mess
I inherited the bulk of these problems due to poor forethought by a previous consultant. He moves on server crashes I get called in with no real history or information, workarounds to get business critical apps going while waiting on parts for other server and now stuck in the quagmire I’m in. Since on installs [...]

Answer Question   |  November 14, 2008  6:09 AM
Active Directory, DNS, Domain management, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2000 Information Stores, SQL Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003
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5 pts.

LDAP hidden contacts
Is there any way that I can quickly find out who is hidden in Active Directory for Exchange recipients, contacts and Distribution Groups?

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2008  11:38 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory for Exchange, Distribution Groups, Exchange Server and Active Directory, LDAP, LDAP hidden contacts
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10 pts.

sso with oracle database on suse 10 and active directory
Hi, I want to implement single sign on for an Oracle Database using the active directory. my configuration is a server running suse linux enterprise sp2 (SLES10) with an Oracle Database 10g installed and a server running windows server 2003 with active directory installed. how do i implement authentication with the active directory on the [...]

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2008  10:08 PM
Active Directory, Oracle, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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5 pts.

Exchange Server information store issues after a domain migration
Due to a corrupt Active Directory (AD) and a single-label domain name, I had to perform a domain migration and rename the domain. I then reconnected the Exchange Server information store to the new domain. However, there still some unresolved issues: ● Under offline address books (OABs), there is a reference to an address book [...]

Answer Question   |  November 19, 2008  6:53 PM
Active Directory, Corrupt Active Directory, Exchange Information Store, Exchange Server information store, Offline Address Book (OAB)
580 pts.

Exchange 2003 migration fails at ForestPrep
I have one Win2003 AD Forest with one AD Domain in native mode. The DCs are Win2003 SP1. After completing all the steps leading up to the actual Exchange 2003 server installation (including ForestPrep), the installation fails at the point of “Configuring registry entries for Microsoft Windows Active Directory schema update”. I attempted to re-install [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2008  4:49 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 ForestPrep, Exchange 2003 Migration, Exchange migration, Forest, ForestPrep
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10 pts.

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5 pts.

Transition From Workgroup to Domain During Building Transition
My company presently occupies 2 buildings in the same city with a third smaller building on the same lot as the main office. The main office houses 51 XP workstations networked through Cisco switches on static IP addresses. We have 2 databases that interlink for maintaining customer data and records. The smaller building is fed [...]

Answer Question   |  November 19, 2008  4:57 PM
Active Directory, Database, File Server, Network design, Network infrastructure, Project management, small buiness, Small Business (SMB) technology project, SMB, Storage, VPN
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40 pts.

Retricting access to users on a specified OU
I want to give access to users on a different domain and restrict access to users on a specified OU. Do I need to setup something on the Firewall, DNS, Site & services or one way trust relationship? Active Directory Windows 2003 on both my Domain (a.com) and the other domain (b.com).

Answer Question   |  November 10, 2008  4:06 PM
Active Directory, Windows Server 2003
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335 pts.

WSUS and GPO: How to get the Domain Admin Account to update from Microsoft
Hello and thanks for looking and possible helping I have a Win Server 2003 R2 Service pack 2 Running WSUS 3.1.6001.65 My Active Directory is on a Win Server 2003 R2 service Pack 2 64 bit My issue is I implemented the Wsus server and the IT Director wants to be able to log into [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2008  5:17 AM
Active Directory, Administrative privileges, GPO, Group Policy, Group Policy Objects, Organizational Unit, OU, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Update Services
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15 pts.

3rd line / network support
Can someone provide me with 3rd line technical questions please working with Active Directory, Exchange 2000/2003 and Citrix Presentation Server 4.5

Answer Question   |  November 6, 2008  4:26 PM
Active Directory, Citrix Presentation Server, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Technical support
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5 pts.

AD Users and Computers search question
I’m the administrator for a small career school chain in charge of the student network. I’ve set up a domain with a DC at each campus, connected by our private WAN. I’ve created a tree of OUs in AD with one for each campus. In each campus is an OU for Faculty, an OU for [...]

Answer Question   |  May 14, 2009  3:13 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory containers, Active Directory Users and Computers, Organizational Unit, OU
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5 pts.

FSMO
What FSMO placement considerations do you know of

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2008  10:07 AM
Active Directory, Flexible single master operation, FSMO Role, FSMO Roles, Operations masters, Single master operation
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5 pts.

I am migrating Windows Server 2003 AD to another Windows Server 2003 with different Forest
i am migrating win2003 server ad to another win 2003 with different forest kindly leet me know the steps

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2008  6:08 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Forest, Active Directory migration, AD, Forest, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 migration
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5 pts.

Trust relationship
I want to let users from Domain A to use resources on Domain B. Domain A reside at a different Forest than Domain B. I want to limit acces to a spicified OU. Question; What should i setup? - Firewall -DNS -Sites and services -Trust relkationsheap Thanks and regards.

Answer Question   |  October 30, 2008  9:46 AM
Active Directory, Active Directory Forest, Domain management, Organizational Unit, OU, Trust relationship
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NVT
45 pts.

How to remove a workstation from the domain but not the network?
I am using an older machine for our driver’s lounge. They only need it for internet. So I need to keep it on the network, but remove it from the domain. I cannot allow these users access to our domain. My problem is that I have removed this machine form our domain and added it [...]

Answer Question   |  November 18, 2009  12:28 PM
Active Directory, AD, Domain, Network, Network administration, Workstations
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50 pts.