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    GP to make a user or a service member of the DCOM group

    Hello Experts, Looking for some guidance on how to make a user or service account a member of local administrator, DCOM, and Performance Monitoring group. Thanks!
    • win2kseries
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    • access control dcom expert advice group policy guidance local administrator performance monitoring user management windows administration
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Migrating from 2008 R2 to 2012 with Domain name change

    Hi, I'm doing a migration from a 2008 R2 domain called "company,com" to a 2012 domain called "ad,company,com". My question is, which would be the easiest way to migrate all user accounts from one to the other? Is there a built-in tool or do I go third party? I already have the new servers set...
    • chperez
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    • 2008 r2 2012 active directory built-in tools configuration data migration dhcp dns domain change domain management it support migration networking server setup third party tools upgrade user accounts windows administration windows server
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
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    Windows 8 Demoting Your Account with Your Account

    So currently I was promoted from a standard user to an administrator, and now wish to demote myself using my administrator account. Is this possible? I tried going into Accounts in PC Settings, but there was no tab to manage accounts. Should I go to the control panel, or do I have get the...
    • goralt123
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    • administrator control panel demote local accounts pc settings user accounts windows 10 windows 11 windows administration
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 7 Understanding user accounts and file permissions

    Hi, Can someone explain this to me. (1) When I go to "Control Panel -> User Accounts". There is only one account "User / Administrator". Yet when I create a folder and look at the Security tab (in folder properties), there is a list of different users: Administrators SYSTEM Users...
    • WinUser
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    • access control control panel file permissions folder ownership permissions management security settings system administrators user accounts user groups windows administration
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Unable to Join Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Computer to Active Directory Domain

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    • active directory domain join networking server issues user permissions windows 7 windows administration windows server
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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    Windows 7 Shutdown script deployed by GP not running

    We have a GPO that has a shutdown script that runs on our XP machines, but does not run on our win7 machines. Our DCs run Server2003. The script is simply a shortcut to an hta file on the hard drive of the clients machines. I have checked several win7 machines and the hta files are present in...
    • AJ1
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    • active directory client machines compatibility configuration dcs deployment gpo group policy hta file script server 2003 shutdown troubleshooting user experience windows 7 windows administration windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Access XP "Workgroup" share from W7 "Domain" machine.

    This question or a similar one has ben asked on here and other places but no one seems to have any idea. So this will probably go unsolved like many other windows 7 issues but here goes. I'm happy to award 8 internets to anyone who has any ideas about resolving this issue. Have a windows 7 pro...
    • Nang
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    • access rights domain domain user file sharing home network it support network browsing network configuration networking remote access security settings technical issues troubleshooting user permissions windows 7 windows administration windows xp workgroup
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Networking
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    Windows 7 What administrative errors are you getting in event viewer?

    My main one is DHCPv6-client..i have 484 of these errors. Also blocked driver....staropen.sys.................any-one any ideas on fixing these errors?
    • pcah9
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    • blocked driver dhcpv6 driver issues errors event viewer network issues staropen.sys system logs troubleshooting windows administration
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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