domain controller

Hi All, This is not anymore a new question here but it seems others do have different issues on arriving to this problem. I installed AD before and everything worked out fine until i decided to demote the DC and remove and reinstall AD and DNS. After reinstalling again the AD and DNS, and...

Dear at Microsoft Answers ,,, I have created RODC in my office connected to my PDC , the installation steps i took from Microsoft docs and Alternetive Websites ... The issue is that the RODC can Add/Modify/Delete Users & Groups , how to prevent that ? i want the RODS be able to read only . HINT...

Hello everyone! I have a domain controller that manages around 10 machines at the moment. The DC name use to be company name.co.uk, which was the same as our website. This meant that when trying to access our website from DC computers, it wouldn't load due to the conflicting DNS records...

I am glad to see that encryption finally works between SAMBA file server on a Linux machine and Windows client. It did not work with Windows 7 clients. It definitely works with Windows 10 clients. Here is the proof: In case you don't know, SAMBA can also be used as Active Directory Domain...

Dear all, I'm configuring my domain controller (Windows Server 2012 R2) to be synchronized with pool.ntp.org but the w32time source still remain Local CMOS Clock. - The PDC is a VM (VMware 6.0) and there is only this DC in the domain. - I tried to use VM client to sync with NTP server and it is...

Hi All, I have this issue with a farm of 5 Domain Controllers (Windows server 2012 and 2016). DFSR is not replicating SYSVOL folder to any of the of the domain controllers. Here is a quick topology of the servers. DC01 - Primary Domain Controller DC02 - Child Domain Controller DC03 - Child...

Thanks in advance for your time. I have been unsuccessfully trying to backdoor back into my domain controller (Win Server 2008 R2), but maybe there's a utility or solution I haven't tried yet. Both mine and my backup admin's domain admin accounts are locked out (with no timeout, as this is a...

Hello Forum, I hope someone on here can help. I work in a large secondary school and for sometime now we are having on going issues with our staff having to wait an extremely long time to logon to the school Network. Most often this issue is very intermittent and drags on from computer to...

In my virtual setup I have 3 servers on the same domain. My domain controller (ServerA) has DNS and ADDS roles, one of my other servers (ServerC) I'm trying to make where it can manage DNS on ServerA using DNS console.. Yes they all can see one another. Do I need to add the DNS role to ServerC...

Hi guys, Today I tried to test backup/restore of single domain controller. The test was performed on virtual machine Windows Server 2012 with the following roles: AD DS, DNS, DHCP and Certificate Authority. Below are the steps I did: 1. Created backup of System state. 2. Deleted disk with OS...

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Would it be possible to put any type of log / audit in place to see who is using the Active Directory? I'd just like to run it for a week before we shut down the Active Directory. Please explain how to setup the audit?

Hope someone can help me I have Windows 2003 server and domain control at home. Which has been working fine for years? All of my laptops/pc has been able to connect to it in the most part as they are joined to my AD. I however I got a new laptop a month ok which had windows 8.1 home installed...

I have been 'googling' for sometime looking for an answer to this issue but would like to ask for help here. What I am trying to achieve is to setup roaming profiles, folder redirection and offline files with all 3 working together. The system involves a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller...

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Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in how group policy receives and applies connection data when a...

Original release date: November 19, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2 Overview A remote escalation of privilege vulnerability exists in implementations of Kerberos Key Distribution...

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Dear All, Laptops on my Office are connected into My Server Domain . Every user has their own user and password to log on into domain (server). But I have problem if the user were out from the network (not connected to the domain) the user still can use their laptops. I need to know how to...

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