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- Rename Windows Server 2003 domain controllers
- SeriuoslyDid you just tell us how to rename a computer?Come on man!Er...I tend to agreeAnyway, aren't you supposed to use netdom for this ? Are all the objects in DNS updated correctly if you use this simple menthod above ? I read somewhere that they aren't necessarily. I recently had...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Domain names, NETWORKING, tom.robinson@..., computer, domain controller, DNS, computer name, domain, computer account
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- How do I restrict who can log onto a particular system?
- I have a particular computer on an active directory domain and I need to restrict who can log onto it. I have created some active directory security groups (example: group 1 is Finance, group 2 is Engineers, etc.). I need to restrict all Authenticated Users from logging onto a particular...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Workstations, engineer.soldier@..., directory security, computer, Log-on, computer account
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- SQL syntax for querying AD group membership
- I've established a connection to Active Directory through Crystal Reports. Now I need to write an SQL select statement to return all computer accounts and their group memberships. My statement returns all the computer accounts in the target OU, but the MemberOf field is empty. I've included below my...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Programming languages, advertisement, cantrejj@..., computer account, SQL, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-07-22
- new email addresses don't work outside of domain!?
- Hello all,Been having trouble with our SBS2003 server and I'm not sure if it's one problem or a combination of problems. We recently changed the admin password for the domain (too many ppl knew it) and since then anytime I make a new user/email address the address won't work outside...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, JaysonS, domain, computer, computer account, e-mail, e-mail address
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- Delegating rights to move computer accounts into OUs
- Does anyone know how to set up explicit rights to move computer accounts from "Computers" to an OU in Active Directory (domain functional level 2003)? Thanks.
- Tags: leon_chan@..., computer
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Server 2003 computer account deleted and readded; login unsuccessful
- I have a 2003 server sp2 that is going into a colocation, and a replication of an IMAIL server currently in production. The odd thing about this server is that after deleting the ptr records for its host name in the DNS server,resetting the original computer account and then ultimately...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, r4lanmgr@..., Service Pack 2, server, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- User Logon Problem
- Hi thereI have a strange logon problemWe are running Windows Server 2003, with Windows XP Pro as clients. All o/s's are fully updated and we are running a single AD DomainThe user could log on fine yesterday, but today when she tries to logon she gets the following message"The...
- Tags: computer, stuart.perry@...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-20
- RIS - WINNT.SIF
- Updated the drivers on a RIS Image, so of course it lost its winnt.sif info. Long story. So whats the easiest fastest way to get a ris image to use a winnt.sif file?ThanksMichelleUse Setupmgr to create a new RIS answer file.1) Then, Open AD users & computers. ...
- Tags: RIS, Winnt.sif, RIS Image, RIS Server, techmichelle, windows, computer
- Q&A 2006-08-23
- Machines Lose Domain Membership
- We just completed a network migration, all servers are win 2k3 and clients XP Pro sp2. We have experienced some machines losing their domain membership periodically for no reason. A good number of these machines are hubs. We suspect that there is communication issues and/or issues with these machine accounts...
- Tags: domain, rAGING mONK, windows
- Q&A 2005-09-14
- Joining Domain
- Okay this one has got me stumped. The client in question is XP SP1, and was previously joined to domain.com. There were a few issues with network connectivity on the client. So I removed it from the domain (which is W2k domain). Found about 18 viruses all of which were...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, domain, computer
- Q&A 2005-09-08
- Re-joining Servers to a domain
- I was re-joining a server to a domain today to take care of some name resolution problems, and was asked by my boss "by doing that, what exactally does that do and why do things start working again?" So my question is what does re-joining a server to a...
- Tags: domain, server
- Q&A 2005-09-12
- Changing Multiple computer account names
- We may need to rename in excess of 4000+ Computer accounts in our W2K3 AD structure shortly. Can anyone recommend best practice for this? DSMOD, CSVDE, LDIFDE, scripting. Any advice gratefully accepted
- Tags: computer, Computer Account, kenni39, windows
- Q&A 2005-10-18
- Accessing offline files
- From a Windows XP box, I can synchronize files from a Windows 2003 server to my desktop. Initially, this works. When I try to access the files after a few hours, access is denied and I can't get access to them on the server as well. The...
- Tags: Accessing Offline Files, computer, COMPUTERS, hardware, phamous@..., server, Users & Computers
- Q&A 2005-07-20
- Promoting a 2000 as an additional DC
- i have a single domain forest that supports 500 users, i have in total 18 sites (all connected by a x.23 WAN) each site has its own DC as the WAN links are very slow (64k each) the DC also acts as a file server and a local DHCP server...
- Tags: WANs, NETWORKING
- Q&A 2005-03-03
- software deployment issue
- Hi,I'm trying to deploy software to some users, and since they are spread across different OU's I created a group and added the computers accounts in it that I wanted to deploy the software to. But for some reason the group policy doesn't apply to the group I made...
- Tags: computer, GPO, it management, software, taz1nl@...
- Q&A 2005-03-02
- deleting obsolete computer a/cs in AD
- I have been asked to remove the computer accounts of machines that have not been logged onto for 3 months or more in AD. There are over 7000 computer accounts in our AD, are there any tools for centralised reporting of last logon time for computersYou can use AD Janitor...
- Tags: advertisement, computer
- Q&A 2005-01-10
- Bulk-delete stale computer accounts with VBScript and NetPWAge
- Youve probably been looking at your Windows-based domainslately and wondering about all those inactive computer accounts. What are someof them? Are they merely shut down for the day, or have they been permanentlyremoved from the network? If you have hundreds or thousands of computeraccounts, the thought of tracking them all...
- Tags: computer, Microsoft VBScript, password, Randy Barger
- Technical articles 2004-07-21
- Bulk-delete stale computer accounts with VBScript and NetPWAge
- Deleting a large number of inactive computer accounts can be a tedious process. Fortunately, there are ways to handle this task programmatically. This download provides the code to handle any bulk deletion.
- Tags: deletion, Microsoft VBScript, computer
- Download resources 2004-07-19
- How to move objects among domains in Active Directory
- Once your Active Directory tree is established, it can be difficult to rearrange the objects. This is especially true of computer accounts such as workstations, servers, and domain controllers. Talainia Posey shows you ways to make the move go smoothly.Active Directory (AD) should be structured to mimic your company's organizational...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Talainia Posey, domain, computer, MoveTree, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, computer account
- Technical articles 2001-11-05
- Get IT Done: Powerful scripting commands in the Windows NT Resource Kit
- Scripting commands available in Microsoft Windows NTIn “Scripting with the NT Resource Kit, part 3: Commands for local and remote services,” I discussed some commands that performed the same tasks as the commands that I described in “Scripting with the NT Resource Kit, part 1: The essentials” and “Scripting with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Get IT Done, Richard Charrington, domain, NETDOM, computer account, BDC, Microsoft Windows NT, server
- Technical articles 2000-05-12
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