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- Restoring user accounts and permissions
- HiI am considering reformatting and reinstalling our domain controller which runs Win2k Server with Small Business Server 2k. The domain contains just the single domain controller, a Dell 2400 Poweredge.I would like to make my job as easy as possible. I do not want to spend ages recreating user accounts...
- Tags: backup, backup software, Blackcurrant, LDIFDE, permission, reinstallation, server, user account, windows
- Q&A 2005-04-11
- NTDS.DIT Extraction Possible?
- Hi:I would like to extract users, specifically, all Domain Admin users from the Active Directory file, ntds.dit. Is this possible? What type of file is this and how is it read?(I want to bypass going through AD User & Computers to get a listing of all users within...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory services, LDIFDE
- Q&A 2004-11-24
- Importing and exporting to and from Active Directory
- As you probably know, setting up user accounts through the Active Directory Users And Computers console can be very tedious. Sure, going through the basic wizard for adding users isn’t too bad, but when you have to start entering addresses, phone numbers, and that sort of thing, the process can...
- Tags: About CSVDE, Brien M. Posey MCSE, LDIF, LDIFDE, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, tool
- Technical articles 2004-01-07
- Configure IT Quick: Manage user accounts with the robust ldifde tool
- Learn how to use it to add, modify, and remove users in your Active Directory tree using the LDIFDE tool.Creating multiple users at the same time can be a tedious task for any administrator, but it's especially challenging when you have hundreds or even thousands of new accounts to create—such...
- Tags: Directory services, Microsoft Windows, Servers, tool, information technology, Scott Lowe MCSE, LDIFDE, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2000
- Technical articles 2002-06-05
Additional Resources
- 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
- Renaming multiple computer accounts
- We may need to rename 4000+ Computer accounts, whilst retaining multiple profiles on each workstation, in our W2K3 AD structure. This is to enable UUIDs for a TS printing solution. Anyone have any advice on the best way to do this. CSVDE, LDIFDE, .vbs ? Anyone had to do this?...
- Tags: administration, computer, kenni39, network, networking
- Discussion threads 2005-10-17
- bulk updating of users in exchange 2000
- Does anyone know if it is possible to create say 200 new email adresses from a list in Exchange 2000.In this case its for a new year group in a school.ThanksIf this is an Active Directory domain, you can use LDIFDE to perform bulk imports/exports:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q237677/ ...
- Tags: bcot
- Q&A 2005-02-15
- Need help..with comman line..
- hello..my company is doing a Active Directory migration.. and i need to migrate about 100 pc. but dont realy have the luxury of a 3rd party software.. i was wondering if any1 out there knows of any comman line utility to add pc's to domain and change ip and its...
- Tags: Desktops, PC
- Discussion threads 2004-11-12
- Bulk creation of DL's in Exchange 2000
- Hi all,I need to create about 500 Distribution Lists (at once if possible!) in a large domain using Exchange 2000. I have all the names of the Lists provided in a text/excel file... any ideas?Much appreciated.Thanks,BenYou will need a script that writes to CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) as you cannot...
- Tags: E-mail servers, Exchange
- Q&A 2006-06-22
- NDS to AD
- I was hoping to get some advise on where to start with a migration like this. I just got hired in a NDS envirement and they are looking to migrate to AD. I am a AD guy but have never worked with NDS and never done a migration, I...
- Tags: advertisement, damccumb@..., migration, Novell NDS, windows
- Q&A 2006-08-19
- import 2000 users
- I have a W2K Server (active directory domain). I have over 2000 users (highschool students) I would like to add to the Active Directory all at the same time. All users would have the same permissions, login script, etc. They would each have their own individual ...
- Tags: rfinley@...
- Q&A 2005-01-25
- server admin
- how to take backup of ACTIVE DIRECTORY USERS in Windows 2003 server.SimpleIf you want to take the Back-up of Active Directory then at the command promp type;ntbackup and press enter it will show you some wizzard and follow the steps. Ganeshonly users to other serversDear Ganesh,I have windows 2003...
- Tags: Servers, cokesrini@..., server, Microsoft Windows Active Directory
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
- Exporting Active Directory accounts
- Does anyone know if there is a way to export (and reimport) AD user accounts and possibly GPOs to a file? At the moment I just have a single domain running, but I want to completely restructure and rebuild the tree. I tried using the domain rename util, but with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, domain, GPO, advertisement
- Q&A 2005-02-22
- Tech Tip: Explore additions to the command shell in Windows Server 2003
- Take a look at Windows Server 2003's additions to the command shell. With Windows Server 2003, Microsoft breathed new life into the often overlooked command shell. There are dozens of new commands, and it's difficult to find a task that you can't accomplish...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows Server 2003 Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Technical articles 2004-07-30
- 10 ways to benchmark your Active Directory environment
- Active Directory Services is the going standard for account provisioning, basic system management, and DNS authority in most environments. But having some accountability to determine what has changed over time can be a challenge. Here are some strategies for achieving accountability in your Active Directory environment. They'll help supplement your...
- Tags: Environment, Domain, Tool, CSVDE, Development Domain, DSGET, objectClass, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Exchange error after disabling account?
- We have been disabling, not deleting employees in Active Directory. I set their account to forward to another email address and then every day I get about 15 error messages in the Event Logs for each account thats been disabled. The error is as follows.Disabled user /o=First Organization/ou=first administrative group/cn=Recipients/cn="theiraccountname"...
- Tags: dustin@..., e-mail, Exchange, mailbox, Microsoft Windows Active Directory
- Q&A 2005-06-30
- Import Into GAL
- I've been trying to figure this one out for a while with no success - I have a client who wishes to take his 1400 name client list from a pst file and put them into the GAL for common access. I have copied them to a shared file...
- Tags: advertisement, e-mail, exchange, GAL, jdgretz
- Discussion threads 2005-11-28
- Cannot join computer to domain
- Cannot join computer to domainHELP!!It's now Monday - 00.05am and several hours ago we finished repartitioning our old DC and had installed Windows Server 2003.We have created two user accounts - each account is a member of the Administrator Group, Domain Admins and Domain Users, and we are unable to...
- Tags: advertisement, Blackcurrant, computer, DC, domain, windows
- Q&A 2005-06-12
- Tech Tip: Avoid mangled Active Directory names
- If you use Microsoft's deployment guide for upgrading to Windows Server 2003, "Upgrading Windows 2000 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Domains," you'll notice that one of the first steps in upgrading Windows 2000 Active Directory (AD) to Window 2003 AD is running the ADPrep.exe utility....
- Tags: Guest Contributor, E-mail Administration Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server, Domain, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, ADPrep.exe, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, E-mail Servers, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- source kerberos event id 4
- hi can anyone help me. i'm getting this on w2k3 running e2k3 Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: KerberosEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 4Date: 1/16/2007Time: 9:49:34 AMUser: N/AComputer: server nameDescription:The kerberos client received a KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED error from the server host/servername.company.com. The target name used was SMTPSVC/servername.company.com. This indicates that the password used to encrypt the kerberos service ticket is different...
- Tags: dries@..., Kerberos, networking, password, server, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
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