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• Re: Update attribute using ldp

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Can you show the whole error message from LDP? There should be something more detailed. You might also consider doing a search using LDP on one of the objects you wish to modify and have LDP return the "allowedAttributesEffective" attribute. Check to see if the ldapDisplayName of your custom attribute is in that ...
  11 hours ago

• Common Security Identifiers SIDs

  
  MSMVPS.COM — Authority: 599
  The following TechNet Article lists common SIDs. This is very useful when you are trying to sift through the otherwise obscure AD references. Well-known security identifiers in Windows operating systems http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243330 Jeff Loucks Available Technology Subscribe in a reader...( read more )
  11 hours ago

• Global Catalog Server

  
  IT answers — Authority: 458
  New Question Created by Filthgrinder
  13 hours ago

• Sysvol and Netlogon Security Permissions

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Hello Sukhwinder, Do not play around in the default settings of sysvol and netlogon shares or the other folders. What you see is correct. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us ...
  14 hours ago

• Re: DCPROMO seems to be stuck - Windows Server 2008 R2

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Hello r_deckard, Even it sounds the same please create your own posting. Additional i suggest to use the Windows server 2008 R2 forum instead this newsgroup. Please include all detail steps you have done, including adprep logfile and dcpromo logfile. Additional an unedited ipconfig /all from both servers and the DNS ...
  15 hours ago

• Removing users pager field

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Hello, I want to remove visability of the pager field for users. In this field we have a pinnumber unique to every user. When someone opens a contact in OWA or outlook, that pinnumber is visible to everyone. Is there a policy to hide the pager field from the contacts properties? grt Jorin
  17 hours ago

• Windows 9x on Active Directory

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Being the last company on earth to migrate from nt4 Domain to AD, I have a question about windows 9x clients on my AD. Im about to remove my final NT4 BDC, and was wondering if I could step up AD mode from "Windows Server 2003 interim" to "Windows Server 2003", and then possibly right to W2k8_R2. I know most will say ...
  23 hours ago

• Setting Time Format across the domain

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Guys, is there anyway to set the time format yyyy/mm/dd across the entire domain? Win2k3sp2 & XPsp3
  1 day ago

• Active Directory Bulk 2.6.1.0

  
  Engineering Where Your EyE See — Authority: 151
  Active Directory Bulk is a powerful bulk import & modify powerful tool with exchange support. All the changes you operate to your active directory can be undone from the event viewer. You can also create import or modify sheets and save them to txt for later processing. It’s a great utility when you’re ...
  1 day ago

• Re: 2008 domain controller rename

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Hello RC, Even if renaming is supported i would try to avoid this in any case. Also you should follow exactly the steps described in: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...51(WS.10).aspx Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please ...
  1 day ago

• Re: Adding partition query

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  aconti wrote: > Hello what is the difference between adding a partition with the dnscmd > and adding a partition with ntdsutil. > > I think I am confused between AD LDS partition and DNS partition, can > you please explain further > > dnscmd /createdirectorypartition > > ntdsutil partition ...
  1 day ago

• OR in AD cmdlets

  
  Dmitry's PowerBlog: PowerShell and beyond — Authority: 458
  Starting with version 1.3 you can make multiple queries in a single Get-QAD* call. This is possible because a lot of parameters now accept arrays. So, if you are interested for example in all users from London or Seattle you can just do: Get-QADUser -City London, Seattle Wildcards are also accepted: ...
  1 day ago

• Windows Serer 2003 AD to Windows Server 2008 AD

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Hi, We have our root AD on our Win 2003 Server, we have the whole C drive backup everyday. Now we are thinking buying a new server which will install Win 2008, and this server we would like to promote it to the root AD. Is it possible for the Win 2008 to use the Win 2003 .bkf file so that the Win 2008 server will be ...
  1 day ago

• OU Help Please

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  How do you display all the OUs in AD on a Windows 2003 R2 Standard DC SP2 Server? I thought I created one during the install of Sharepoint 3 but it seems to not be there. So what command or interface shows the OU defined? Any thioughts or ideas Thanks Tom
  1 day ago

• Re: How to enumerate a domain group using LDAP?

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  If you are going to use that type of path syntax that uses the full DN, you have to know the actual DN of the group. Guessing wont help. It is generally a better idea to find the group via a search first and then once youve found it, you find the full path from that. You might be better served using the ...
  2 days ago

• Re: Windows Logon Scripts

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Matthew wrote: > Hi, > > On my fileserver I have shares based on usernames of the Active > Directory.. so I got: > > userx001 > userx002 > usery001 > userz001 > > How can i do a logon script that maps P:\ according to the username > please? > > Basically I want that: > ...
  2 days ago

• Domain Controllers security policy

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Dear All, I am facing a issue with my Domain Controller security policy. We have applied the Security settings - Account policies at the Default Domain Policy and configured the Local policies like audit policies at the Default Domain Controller Policy. When I run rsop at the Domain Controller we cannot see any of ...
  2 days ago

• Re: Help with setup of IIS Server

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Hello Bill, Check: microsoft.public.inetserver.iis microsoft.public.inetserver.misc Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm ...
  3 days ago

• Re: Auditing enable new and old values

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  Hello aconti, Which OS version are you talking about? With Windows server 2008 are new auditing options available. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...07(WS.10).aspx Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only ...
  3 days ago

• DNS delegation failure on W2K8 when promoting to DC

  
  Windows Vista Tips — Authority: 173
  I have a test machine, Server01, I am trying out server 2008 on, it has one NIC and is not connected to any existing domain. I have installed DNS and created primary Forward and Reverse lookup zone for test.local domain and 192.168.0 zones. When I run dcpromo, I selected Yes automatically create DNS delegation ...
  4 days ago

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