At work we will start testing Windows 7 within the IS department Q2 next year. Our current AD forest is still in mixed mode 2000!!! So I have some cleanup and upgrades todo on that before I start working about windows 7 GPO’s. I just need to retire and move the roles of the old [...]
Posts Tagged ‘active directory’
Windows 7 – Do I need to change my Active Directory for new Group Policy features?
October 31st, 2009
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Slow logon? Look at these items
September 25th, 2009
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The Directory Services Team at MS has wrong two very good blog post about troubleshooting slow logons for workstations.
Here’s a clip from So you have a slow logon…? (Part 1)
Outdated drivers: Your network interface card (NIC) should use the latest drivers installed.
Outdated operating system (OS) patch level: Your operating system should have the latest [...]
How to tell what version of AD you have.
May 14th, 2009
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There are quite a few ways to tell. Here are a few I found.
The correct version of the ADPrep.exe tool for Windows Server 2003 R2 is 5.2.3790.2075. You can verify the operating system support level of the schema by looking at the value of the Schema Version registry subkey [...]
links for 2009-02-18
February 18th, 2009
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Wiisic – Play mp3 music on your Wii!
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Understanding Function Levels in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
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Quick dcdiag tip
December 4th, 2008
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If you run dcdiag and get a failure on the systemlog, it means you have errors in the system event log. You can clear the system event log (make sure you save it) and then your dcdiag should show success for the systemlog.
I ran into that issue today, thanks to petri.co I found [...]
Active Directory Users and Computers Saved Queries
August 8th, 2008
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Wow, check out these great ADUC saved queries from Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com
Does anyone use the Saved Queries with in the ADUC?
I do, and I love them.
Here are some that might help you out.
Just Right Click on Saved Queries and Choose New and then Query.
Name the Query accordingly and then click on Define Query…
Then Find [...]
Automatic creation of user folders for home, roaming profile and redirected folders.
June 30th, 2008
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Here is great step-by-step instructions on creation of Home, roaming profiles, and redirected folders.
I need to review this and see what impact it would have if these locations are over the WAN. I’d also like the redirected ‘My Documents’ to be the same place as the home drive. Then I need to setup offline folders [...]
Active Directory Health Checks
June 9th, 2008
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We plan on having an outside company come in and do a AD/Exchange health check before we work on our domain migration project. This article will give me a head start on all of this.
Health Checks on Domain Controllers
I get asked over and over about what I do when I’m performing a health check [...]
Two ways to set the time to the PDC emulator
May 30th, 2008
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Using w32tm:
To sync time:
Go to the PDC emulator role for the forest, open a cmd prompt and type
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:peers /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update where peers are the IP address of time servers. If you have time servers for other network equipment use those.
Then type:
Net stop w32time & net start w32time
Then, on the other DCs [...]
Top 10 Security Settings to make directly after Installing Active Directory
May 12th, 2008
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Most of these tips are very basic. But we all need to start somewhere.
The initial settings that you should make to get Active Directory secure for your network before you dive into setting up the entire structure.
1.Create an Administrative Account for Yourself 2.Set a Complex and Long Password for the [...]
