One OU should have stricter password password policies than the others
We want one OU on a 2003 AD domain to have a strict password policy that will lock out a user for 10 minutes on the third bad password. I would also like to alert the administrator on duty. How can we do this?

Answer Question   |  October 18, 2010  4:30 PM
Active Directory 2003, Active Directory Domain, Active Directory security, AD, Organizational Unit, OU

How to configure outlook to reply with the same email address as the recipient address with multiple accounts
Our client has 1 SBS server with Exchange. Each user (obviously) has their own email address. The business has multiple branches/offshoots – most of which also have their own domain name. (This is so the company can easily be split up if and when the owner wishes to do so.) For arguments sake lets say [...]

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2009  9:06 PM
Active Directory, Exchange administration, Exchange configuration, Organizational Unit, Outlook, SBS

Lotus notes
is there any limitation on server creation under one OU (organisational unit)

Answer Question   |  July 16, 2009  9:21 AM
Lotus Notes, Organizational Unit, OU

Hide disabled user accounts in AD folder permissions
I want to hide disabled users from the Advanced search option when adding security permissions. I have several disabled user accounts that I don’t want to delete, but don’t particularly want to see every time I change permissions on something. Also I don’t want to hide them in the “Active Directory Users and Computers” tool [...]

Answer Question   |  May 20, 2009  10:41 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users and Computers, Organizational Unit

Move or delete a protected OU
The default option “Protect container from accidental deletion” was selected when I created an OU in the wrong place. So how can I move or delete the OU now? Thanks. Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2009  8:43 PM
Active Directory, Network administration, Organizational Unit, OU

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

How many OU can be created in Lotus Notes?
How many OU can be created in Lotus Notes 7

Answer Question   |  December 3, 2011  4:31 AM
Lotus Notes 7.x, Lotus Notes directories, Organizational Unit, OU

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

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

Printers assigned by GPO don’t show
Actually, this is more complicated. Running Win2003 Srv R2. I created a GPO that assigns a printer to a particular OU. In the OU I put a Group that has a certain number of users. When the user logs on to the machine, though, the printers don’t show. HOWEVER, if the user logs on remotely [...]

Answer Question   |  September 12, 2008  2:15 AM
GPO, GPO printers, Group Policy, Group Policy Objects, Organizational Unit, OU

Setup a user to manage user accounts in one Organizational Unit and no others
How can I setup a user in MS2003 to manage user and computer accounts in a single OU? They should not be able to move users between OUs.

Answer Question   |  July 17, 2008  6:36 PM
Organizational Unit, User access, User account management, Windows Server 2003

Block Net.exe and *.xls Files
AOA Dear all, i am using server 2003. I have made different OU in our domain. Now i want to block net.exe and other program like *.xls,*.doc files. The purpose of these files is that i want to block net send command centerally. please tell me complete procedure how i am block these files extension [...]

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2008  9:26 AM
Active Directory, Organizational Unit, OU, Security, Windows Server 2003