Active Directory Questions


Event ID 4515 – zone exists in more than 1 location in Active Directory
I posed a question a couple of weeks ago and had no response so I’m hoping I just worded it badly. I’m desperate to sort this out so I’m having another try. The first error I got in my DNS log was Event ID 4515 “The zone contoso.com was previously loaded from the directory partition [...]

Answer Question   |  May 17, 2007  7:31 AM
Active Directory, Availability, DNS, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Tech support
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15 pts.

WPA with EAP-TLS not working with IAS
Using win2003 domain controller with IAS to authenticate wireless users. Certificate server configured to hand out workstation and user certificates automatically. AP is cisco 1200. Got nowhere until I manually added a certificate under current user/personal/certificates. Then got this error from IAS: Event Source: IAS Event Category: None Event ID: 2 Date: 5/1/2007 Time: 11:28:41 [...]

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2007  3:53 PM
Active Directory, Software, Wireless
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Lost Global Catalogue
My Windows 2003 PDC recently died but prior to this I had transfered the operations master roles including schema master to my BDC. I was convinced my BDC was a Global Catalogue server but didn’t get a chance to check before my PDC died. This happened just before I went away for 2 weeks and [...]

Answer Question   |  February 21, 2008  7:45 AM
Active Directory, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, General Directories, Lotus Domino, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking services, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
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15 pts.

how to untick “mark each selected Exchange Mailbox for deletion”
Hi, I am trying to delete the user account from Active Directory by right click on user and select delete. I get the option “mark each selected Exchange Mailbox for deletion” but it is disabled and by default it is ticked. I want to untick this option so I can keep the mailbox for longer [...]

Answer Question   |  April 26, 2007  5:49 AM
Active Directory, Exchange, Exchange security
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Exchange 2k3 and AD Communication failure
Dear All, I have the following setup all running on Dell PE 1950 servers AD : Win2k3 Standard ( DC, DNS, DHCP ) IP – 10.10.1.6 EMAIL : Exchange 2003 -standard IP – 10.10.1.4 the link below explains exactly the errors I get http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322837 Event Category: (3) Event ID: 2103 Date: 4/21/2007 Time: 6:24:07 AM [...]

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2007  10:18 AM
Active Directory, Exchange, Exchange security, Spam
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Connecting Samba to Active Directory
Afternoon all, I am having trouble trying to get a samba file server to work correctly under Active Directory(Windows 2003). I have gotten the linux PC to connect to the AD network, join it and uthenticate on it. However when I get the server to browse to the linux PC, I get prompted or a [...]

Answer Question   |  April 5, 2007  11:41 PM
Active Directory, Desktops, General Directories, Linux, Lotus Domino, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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Connecting Samba to Active Directory
Afternoon all, I am having trouble trying to get a samba file server to work correctly under Active Directory(Windows 2003). I have gotten the linux PC to connect to the AD network, join it and uthenticate on it. However when I get the server to browse to the linux PC, I get prompted or a [...]

Answer Question   |  April 5, 2007  11:41 PM
Active Directory, Desktops, General Directories, Linux, Lotus Domino, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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Looking for clarification on new IP layout
I currently have a 192.168.1.0/24 network. I have one cisco router with many cisco switches that allow everyone to have a DHCP ip of 192.168.1.X. I will soon have more people then the /24 will handle, so I would like to switch to: 172.16.30.0 subnet 255.255.254.0 mask 172.16.31.255 broadcast That gives me as my starting [...]

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2009  2:26 PM
Active Directory, Cabling, Cisco, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Hubs, IP, IPv4, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Networking, Networking services, Routers, Switches, TCP
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The time is wrong in one of my Domain controllers…………..
Hi, There is something wrong in my domain from one week ago!!! I have two domain controller,the first dc name is DC and second is Mail,both of them is GC and the OS is Win 2003 server R2 sp1 I set the time of Mail and other clients by GP acording the time of DC: [...]

Answer Question   |  February 21, 2008  7:24 AM
Active Directory, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network monitoring, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
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265 pts.

Exchange Migration Issue
I am trying to Migrate Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. I’ve Forestprep and Domainprep, after looking at the logs I get the following error: DC = “CHAOS” In site = “Default-First-Site-Name Right Found: “SeSecurityPrivilege DC = “TURMOIL” In site = “Default-First-Site-Name !!! Right NOT found !!! DC = “PLAGUE” In site = “Default-First-Site-Name !!! Right [...]

Answer Question   |  March 27, 2007  1:01 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, Exchange security, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, WINS
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15 pts.

Branch office logon
Is there a configuration that would allow branch office users to logon when the branch’s domain controller is unavailable without adding a second domain controller at the branch? Single domain, Windows 2003. Thanks in advance.

Answer Question   |  February 26, 2007  10:10 PM
Active Directory, Microsoft Windows
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5 pts.

Windows Server 2000 domain
Briefly, how would you go about adding a new Windows XP Pro PC & User onto a Windows Server 2000 domain?

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2007  4:29 PM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, General Directories, Lotus Domino, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, WINS
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Routing Between Subnets and between networks
1.I have two separe networks 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.1.0 ,they r physicall connected. What should i configure and where to configure so that host of each network can connect to other host in other network. 2.I have two separe Subnets(after subnetting a class B network),they r physicall connected. What should i configure and where to configure [...]

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2007  4:12 AM
3Com, Active Directory, Availability, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, Cabling, Cisco, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Fault isolation, FDDI, Frame Relay, General Directories, H.323, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, Hubs, IPv4, IPv6, LDAP, Lotus Domino, Lucent, Microsoft Windows, MPLS, NetBIOS, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, NFS, Nortel, Performance management, Ping, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Routers, SIP, Switches, TCP, WINS
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Remote Authentication to AD Server
Our main site uses Active Directory, but our small remote sites do not; users up to this point had no need to log on to the domain. Now, we have a remote user that needs to log on to the domain. How do I point him there? What will I need at the AD end? [...]

Answer Question   |  January 9, 2007  10:17 AM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
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IP Address forcing/grouping
I know this may sound odd, but I am having a severe problem with IP addresses at the school district that I work for. Our IP ranges are: 192.168.200.x 192.168.201.x 192.168.204.x Here is the problem: the 192.168.204.x was put in place when a previous technician started implementing the VoIP system on our network. Now, computers [...]

Answer Question   |  December 24, 2006  7:51 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Networking services
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Networking DHCP growth
Okay, probably a simple question for a lot, but my experience has been more along the lines of many offices, with a typical setup of a border router (cisco, firewall (watchguard, new cisco ASA’s, Windows 2003 server DC, exchange server, etc….) I have been doing this a while now and have been working with everything, [...]

Answer Question   |  November 22, 2006  7:39 PM
Active Directory, Availability, Cabling, Career development, Cisco, DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, Firewalls, Forensics, Hardware, Hubs, Incident response, Intrusion management, Microsoft Windows, Network monitoring, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Routers, Security, Switches, Tech support, Training, VPN, Wireless
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User rights,
Key applications/services: Active Directory, Domain controller, Terminal Services, Dentrix. 2 Servers running Win server 2003 standard. Network Setup, server3 hosts database/application called Dentrix. Server4 hosts the client for Dentrix and is a terminal server so that remote users can access program. This client needs to be run as (minimum) poweruser when run on a “normal” [...]

Answer Question   |  November 15, 2006  8:46 AM
Active Directory, Biometrics, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SQL Server
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75 pts.

Changing the PDC from one server to another.
I have an old Win 2000 server which is my PDC now. I also have a new Win 2003 server which is just a member server now. I would like to make the new Windows 2003 server my Primary Domain Controller. Could someone point me in the right direction? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer Question   |  November 10, 2006  12:51 PM
Active Directory, Networking
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Blue Socket Gateway and Certificates
We are currently attempting to implement a Blue Socket Gateway in order to authenticate our wireless clients. I have been instructed by Blue Socket that the certificate used by them will not work through a NAT translation and that I should put this device on the outside of my ASA firewall. Apparently, when the Blue [...]

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2006  5:05 PM
Access control, Active Directory, Application security, Browsers, Compliance, CRM, Database, Desktops, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Networking, OS, Policies, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Servers, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, VPN, Web security, Wireless
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0 pts.