Active Directory Questions


DNS Issue in Windows 2003 Enviornment
Enviornment Variables: Company Network Running Windows 2003 on 2 Servers for DNS. Using Private IP’s Internally, NAT through PIX 515E Firewall to Cisco 2610 Router with 2 T1′s load balancing to different networks. clients running DHCP. The configuration was working. Something has affected DNS resolution to certain domains and hosts. The only factors that have [...]

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2004  1:39 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Microsoft Windows
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Annoying policy issue…
Okay. Here is the story. I have an OU set up called Staff Members. I have a policy set up within the Staff Members OU called Staff Members Policy. Within the policy I have deleted the Windows 2000 adm files and replaced them with the Windows XP adm files. By the way, we’re running 2000 [...]

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2004  10:44 PM
Active Directory
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How to disable idle time logout situation on our new W2K3 server
We are in the process of moving from a legacy NetWare 4 server to a Windows 2003 Server box. Currently, we have some data on each server, so users are logging into both. They still use the Novell client to log in (as well as logging into the Windows box). As we’ve attached users to [...]

Answer Question   |  December 1, 2004  1:02 PM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Microsoft Windows, Windows Server 2003
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Monitor Internet Bandwidth
Good day, we are using windows2000 smallbusiness server in our organisation with Exchange,Dns and Isa server configured. 1. I want to monitor the internet usage by the users. 2. I want to take a report on monthly or daily basis how much mb/gb utilised By Each User. Thanks for u’r reply in advance.

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2004  1:55 AM
Active Directory, Administration, Application management, Auditing, Availability, Backup, Backup & recovery, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, BroadVision, Business Objects, Call Centers, Clarify Inc., CLB, Client management, Clustering/High availability, Component Load Balancing, Content filtering, Corporate portal applications, Customer relationship management applications, Data analysis, Data center operations, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing/Business intelligence, Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Datacenter Server, DB2 administration, Desktop security, Desktops, DHCP, Distributed File System, DNS, E-business, E-mail applications, ERP, Exchange, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Exchange Server ActiveSync, FAT and NTFS, Fault isolation, Firewalls, General Directories, Graphical User Interfaces, Handheld, Hardware, Help Desk, Information risk management, Integration/Connectivity, Intel servers, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Licensing, Lotus Domino, Mail protocols, Maintenance, Major Vendors, Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Netscape Mail, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network requirements, Network testing, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Office Applications, Operating system platforms, Operating systems, Outlook, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance management, Performance/Tuning, Planning, Policies, POP3, Protocol analysis, Remote management, Reporting, ROI & cost justification, Routers, S/MIME, Security, Security management, Security products, Sendmail, Server consolidation, Server management, Server-based/Thin-client computing, Servers, Services, Software, Software distribution, Software Quality Assurance, Spam, Storage, System monitoring, System utilities, Tech support, Technical support, Third-party services, Vendor support, Virus protection, Web services, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003
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Event viewer err Msg.
Good day, 1.In our organisation, we are using windows2000 smallbusiness server with EXCHANGE , ISA server and DNS configured. but all the client pc’s are given static ip address instead of dynamic ip. will this create any problem ? daily i’m receiving many application error logs.particularly 2 type of source error is repeating continuosly. (a).MICROSOFT [...]

Answer Question   |  November 23, 2004  2:38 AM
802.11 networking equipment, Active Directory, Administration, Auditing, Biometrics, configuration, DataCenter, Digital certificates, DNS, Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Firewalls, Forensics, Help Desk, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Installation, Intrusion management, Maintenance, Management, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Network security, Outlook, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Server management, Servers, Service and support, Services, Single sign-on, System monitoring, Tech support, Third-party services, VPN, vulnerability management, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, WINS, Wireless
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Schema attribute permissions recovery
Hi guys, I’d really appreciate if you could help me with problem described below. The “Full Access Deny” permissions to “Authenticated Users” have been mistakenly applied to one of the schema attribute in the forest. The attribute is the extinsionsAttribute6 from exchange add-on. Apparently nobody can access this attribute any longer to restore the permissions [...]

Answer Question   |  November 13, 2004  5:17 PM
Active Directory
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decision to upgrade to active directory
I currently have 3 servers, NT4.0, running exchange 5.5,, 2000 advanced server for healthcare app in terminal services and 2000 pro for some data storage. Moving to active directory, 2000 advanced pro or 2003, trying to decide between moving to active directory and basically starting over. Not moving any exchange data, 2000 term server will [...]

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2004  8:04 PM
Active Directory
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New Active Directory Domain Issues
We have just created a new Win2K AD Domain and the Win2K Server seems to running well. WE have several PC’s and a standalone server that we have joined to the domain, the problem is that when we reboot the standalone aerver and try to login to the domain we get an RPC Server unavailable [...]

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2008  9:14 AM
Active Directory, DNS, Microsoft Windows
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Seperation of AD and Exchange Organisation
I am currently working on a project where a company is seperating one of its entities out from all others. Their current structure is all in 1 AD forest and 1 Exchange Organisation. We need to build a whole new forest and Exchange Organisation for this entity. We dont have a problem with creating new [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2004  1:20 AM
Active Directory, DataManagement, Migration
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Network speed issues
Hello, i have a pretty general question. My place of work recently upgraded from Netware to a Windows 2003 Domian with a new powerful server on a gbps connection. Everything seems to be fine except at certain times net work browsing slows way down. This server is mainly a file and print server as well [...]

Answer Question   |  November 6, 2004  4:44 PM
Active Directory, DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, TCP, WINS
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Clear Eventlog for a particular users
Hi there. I would like to know if it is possible to clear the security logs stored in the Windows 2000 Event Viewer for a particular user regardless of the audits which are enabled for that particular user. Please let me know whether this is really possible in a Windows 2000 Active Directory environment and [...]

Answer Question   |  November 5, 2004  5:25 PM
Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Microsoft Windows
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Easy Login Script question
Hey guys just a quick question about login scripts. I have a share that requires you putting in a username and pw so with a login script how would i finish it NET USE P: gx200-2lshare Then what? this will connect the drive but when you double click it asks for a username/pw. Anyone know [...]

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2004  1:26 PM
Active Directory, Lotus Domino, Networking
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Wake on LAN / Magic Packet broadcast doesnt work through PPTP
Hi, I have a network, where I want to use WOL from a remote PC. It works when I send a packet from inside the network (or on the server). If I connect via PPTP from a remote windows XP PC, I can?t wake up the PC on the LAN. I suspect the broadcast packet [...]

Answer Question   |  October 13, 2004  2:10 PM
Active Directory, Administration, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, IPv4, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Network testing, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Security, TCP, UDP, VPN, Wireless
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Windows 2003 Terminal Service sessions will not logoff
I manage a 2003 Terminal Server. Normally, we have 30 active sessions at a time. We run several apps including Office, Pervassive SQL client, Attachemante, and several other small apps. Users access this server from XP and 2000 clients. The server ran perfectly for many months. About 2 months ago we started having a problem. [...]

Answer Question   |  November 14, 2010  5:15 PM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Hardware, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Remote management, Servers, Windows, Windows Server 2003
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AD 2003 Domain Controller Placement
Moving from NT4 to AD2003 .. design stages. What are some rules of thumb to gague whether or not a remote location needs a controller on site? WAN design is hub-n-spoke. location populations range from 3 to 103 users. bandwidth is 56k FR up to T1′s In NT4 we went with a 10 user cut-off. [...]

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2004  3:49 PM
Active Directory
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AD Group Policy Documentation
What is the best and most expedient way to document Group Policy Settings either policy by policy or (preferbly) all policies for a domain as we are a low budget goverment team and would prefer to use something available with the 2000 Server or Server Resource Kit programs. It does not have to be super [...]

Answer Question   |  September 16, 2004  7:19 PM
Active Directory, Auditing, Implementation, IT architecture, Planning, Tech support
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