Re: [ActiveDir] GP version mismatch between DS & SYSVOL

2005-11-02 Thread Kamlesh Parmar
I don't think, there is a problem with processing precedence.   I have problem that, there is no easy way to revert to stage where that setting was not configured at all.   Did u enforce the domain policy and check the settings in "Internet Options" Problem is when you enforce it, domain policy wil

RE: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-11-02 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
You can change this through a custom group policy object. Put this into an ADM file: CLASS MACHINE CATEGORY !!Browserconfig POLICY !!DisableMaintainServerList EXPLAIN !!DisableMaintainServerList KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentContr

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Access

2005-11-02 Thread Katrin Wilhelm
Hi Kevin,   Not sure but is the DC a server 2003? If so can you use the GP Mgr to simulate the policies on this server? May there is a hint why it doesn’t work out. As so far everything seems to be OK.   Cheers, Katrin Wilhelm (MCSA) CVGT Employment & Training Specialists Australia

Re: [ActiveDir] DHCP ERROR

2005-11-02 Thread Brett Shirley
These are ESE (the database engine under DHCP) events. Did you reACL anything like the root of the volume or the Windows directory? Anti-virus software installed, that is scanning that directory? Are these events persistent, or sporadic? Cheers, BrettSh [msft] On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Ravi Dogra

[ActiveDir] DHCP ERROR

2005-11-02 Thread Ravi Dogra
Hi All, I am getting some Dhcp Errors kindly suggest what could be the possible reason for that... tcpsvcs (656) An attempt to delete the file "C:\WINDOWS\System32\dhcp\backup\old\new" failed with system error 5 (0x0005): "Access is denied. ". The delete file operation will fail with error -

Re: [ActiveDir] NTP response for peer ERROR

2005-11-02 Thread Ravi Dogra
This belongs to windows 2000/xp client machine. Also please update me on how ideally NTP works in a domain. Thanks Ravi List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org

Re: [ActiveDir] Browser Election on Network.

2005-11-02 Thread Ravi Dogra
I have already pushed a policy for disabling browser service on all my desktops. I have windows 2003 server as my DC and windows 2000 and XP as my clients. now how is it possible for a xp or 2k machine to override server 2k3 browser master. Please suggest what should be done to resolve the issue.

RE: [ActiveDir] GP version mismatch between DS & SYSVOL

2005-11-02 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Ok, I tested this myself. I think what is happening is that RSOP is reporting incorrectly, rather than there being something broken in policy processing precedence. For example, I set up the scenario you described below and ran GP Results from GPMC on the user logging into my test client and

RE: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Mark Parris
I think this may be an IIS feature as does IIS not create a user token which is cached the first time a user uses the system and has a default TTL of 15 minutes?   So I think you have to reduce your IIS token caching timeout. This is of the top of my head so and if I also recall it only a

Re: [ActiveDir] GP version mismatch between DS & SYSVOL

2005-11-02 Thread Kamlesh Parmar
Darren, Try this, create one GPO at domain level, and one at OU level, configure the proxy settings at both levels. now, according to GPO processing rules, OU level GPO should win. Now, go ahead remove the proxy settings from domain level GPO. In this case also OU level GPO  should  win. But you

RE: [ActiveDir] NT enumeration

2005-11-02 Thread Free, Bob
FWIW we used to manage NT computer accounts with "an oldcmpNT" writen in PERL using Win32::AdminMisc;Win32::NetAdmin; and Win32::Lanman. There are numerous variants of such things floating around but this should get you started- http://www.roth.net/perl/scripts/scripts.asp?WSClean.pl There's also

RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Access

2005-11-02 Thread Kevin Papula
Does anyone have any other suggestions about my DC logon problems?   Kevin Papula IT Manager Kandersteg, Inc. (717) 730-9815 x10 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Katrin Wilhelm Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:58 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.active

RE: [ActiveDir] GP version mismatch between DS & SYSVOL

2005-11-02 Thread Darren Mar-Elia
Kamlesh- I'm not sure I understand what you're saying about "Not Configured". If I check "Automatically Detect configuration settings" in IE Maintenance policy, then that box is checked for all users that process the policy. If you uncheck that box, the box is unchecked for the user the next

[ActiveDir] GP version mismatch between DS & SYSVOL

2005-11-02 Thread Kamlesh Parmar
You know, there are some settings like, "automatically detect configuration settings" under IE maintenance and  some certificate enrollment settings etc. Which once configured, can't be made "not - configured" as you can do with other settings. This values are either disable or enable, there is n

Re: [ActiveDir] Crashed Root DC HELP!

2005-11-02 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
Did you get the BSOD analyzed to determine the root cause? Fire up the debugging tools? Bahta Nathaniel V Contractor NASIC/SCNA wrote: RH, [1] Aric pointed out what had happened to me in another environment, on another network, during another time period, that issue was not taking place in this

RE: [ActiveDir] Crashed Root DC HELP!

2005-11-02 Thread Bahta Nathaniel V Contractor NASIC/SCNA
RH, [1] Aric pointed out what had happened to me in another environment, on another network, during another time period, that issue was not taking place in this environment. There was no issue in this environment of adding objects. [2] Most of the documentation I reviewed told me that if more th

RE: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Figueroa, Johnny
They are not setting the Must Change Password at Next Login box. Thanks From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil RenoufSent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:51 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: Re: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password I am wondering

RE: [ActiveDir] Crashed Root DC HELP!

2005-11-02 Thread Rocky Habeeb
Guys, I'm sorry. I'm just not following this. Please answer these questions if possible; [1] Nathaniel replicated the root domain to a new DC. Yet the DC in question held (at least) the SM and IM roles and probably all others as he could not add objects as Aric B pointed out. So ... where ar

Re: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Phil Renouf
I am wondering that since this is a helpdesk password reset, are the helpdesk personel checking the Must Change Password at Next Login box. If that is checked then the user won't be able to log into OWA until they change their password themselves.   Phil  On 11/2/05, Peter Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Figueroa, Johnny
I thought about the ALTOOLS and that button you are talking about. However my testing seems to show that this is actually the user's site, not the site where the user last changed their password which would be from within OWA (Exchange site) which is different from the user's. Unless I missed som

[ActiveDir] [Fwd: FW: Active Directory Draft STIG and TIM Announcement]

2005-11-02 Thread Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]
http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/stig/Active-Directory-STIG-V1R01.pdf This Active Directory (AD) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) provides security configuration guidance for the implementation of Active Directory on Microsoft Windows servers deployed within the Department of Defense (D

RE: [ActiveDir] Crashed Root DC HELP!

2005-11-02 Thread Etts, Russell
Are there any other DCs in the root domain?? Russ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bahta Nathaniel V Contractor NASIC/SCNA Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:50 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Crashed Root DC HELP!

RE: [ActiveDir] NT enumeration

2005-11-02 Thread joe
NT4 doesn't allow to query with a filter. You enumerate and filter yourself. The way you would have to do it with getuserinfo is to get a list of all computers in the domain (net view) and then ask for info on each one and parse out the password age. You may be able to do a query like thing

RE: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Peter Johnson
I'm assuming this difference in behavior is due to the fact that an OWA login is not an interactive login through LSASS. A possible solution is to get your hands on the ALTOOLS download from Microsoft. One of the tools in this set is the additional info dll. It allows you to reset the password on a

RE: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Figueroa, Johnny
Thanks, the AvoidPdcOnWan is not on in our environment and there is no firewall between the sites. I am waiting to hear from someone that knows OWA internals, to see if what we see is the case and if there is anything that can be done about it. Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROT

[ActiveDir] Exposing new attributes via AD users and computers

2005-11-02 Thread neil.ruston
Title: Exposing new attributes via AD users and computers I'm testing the addition of two new attributes into the AD schema. [cost code and desk location] I'm happy with the process to add the attributes, add them to the User class and add indexes etc etc. I'm unsure whether these new att

RE: [ActiveDir] Crashed Root DC HELP!

2005-11-02 Thread Bahta Nathaniel V Contractor NASIC/SCNA
Hey all, Thanks for all of your suggestions. I ended up just doing a rebuild and replicate during the night. The statement about the RID master is probably correct, although I cannot remember since it was in 2001. I guess the lesson learned here is that Hardware Troubleshooting done by the h

RE: [ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Mark.Whitby
I'm not an expert on OWA, but as you mentioned in the first part of your message the DC performs the check against the PDC to see if the password has been changed. So long as OWA is using a DC to authenticate a user, which I'm assuming it does, then the DC will handle the PDC check invisibly. Th

[ActiveDir] OWA after resetting password

2005-11-02 Thread Figueroa, Johnny
This is all in an Exchange 2003 and AD 2003 environment. I wonder if I have this right?. When the help desk resets a password in ADUC, that password change is made against the DC that the tool is connected to and the PDC Emulator. If a user logs on to the network the authenticating DC checks the

RE: [ActiveDir] Crashed Root DC HELP!

2005-11-02 Thread Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
Hello Nathaniel, What about the last known good bootoption (might work if you experience the bsod before logon)? Any other possibilities like save boot? If one of these work you can try to find the failing device, and get rid of the driver / whatever it needs to get it working again. What about ch