RE: [ActiveDir] DCPROMO /ADV

2003-12-01 Thread Pararajasingam,Anton
Olly,   You need to do restore the NTDS.DIT file onto the machine you want to DCPROMO and then when you DCPROMO /ADV , at one point the Wizard will give you the option to either DCPROMO over the network or Offline ( at which point you can browse to the .dit file you restored)   Anton

RE: [ActiveDir] Virus software on DC

2003-12-10 Thread Pararajasingam,Anton
McAfee Netshied is what I use, and it works great!   -Original Message- From: Douglas M. Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 December 2003 16:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Virus software on DC   This may be a dumb question, but do you guys have virus scan

RE: [ActiveDir] Applications on 2003 DC

2004-01-07 Thread Pararajasingam,Anton
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] Applications on 2003 DC Chris, I don't know about SQL2000 but you can certainly install Exchange 2003 on a Windows 2003 DC - I am in a test lad working on such a system as we speak;-) If you do require separate boxes but don't have them, then why don't you explor

[ActiveDir] error 8418, schema mismatch on windows 2003 AD

2004-01-16 Thread Pararajasingam,Anton
Hey all,   I have just tried to do a forest prep in the lab which contains two trees(domains) in the forest.   The forest prep process was fine, but I am getting a 8418 "The replication operation failed because of a schema mismatch between the servers involved." On the PDC emulator in

RE: [ActiveDir] A root dc question

2004-05-13 Thread Pararajasingam, Anton
You will also need to be Ent Admin to create and modify Site/Sitelinks and Subnets! What we have in my company is a steering committee that looks after changes to the forest at an enterprise level, although this set up might not be viable to you, it works superbly for us, as we have a place h

RE: [ActiveDir] Logging into a disconnected DC

2004-08-11 Thread Pararajasingam, Anton
Hi Joe, i had a similar problem a few weeks ago on a W2K3 native domain. it turned out to be something really simple in the end - where the NICs were down on the server that the clients could not even ping it! - I know in your case the VPN is down and SO IT WAS in my case!!! - co-incide

RE: [ActiveDir] Printer organization in AD?

2004-08-11 Thread Pararajasingam, Anton
hi, we have a really good working system where all our printers (134 locations around the world) on AD and all attributes are fully populated and more over the printer names are friendly so that a printer in Charleston, black and white, laser will be called "BlackandWhite Laser CHS1" or somet

[ActiveDir] New tree in an existing forest Weirdness!

2004-10-19 Thread Pararajasingam, Anton
Please some one help ME LLL   Today I tried to DCPROMO a New domain tree into an existing forest. It DCPROMO’s alright, but I am having difficulty with DNS! – at the dcpromo stage I asked it to install and configure DNS for the new domain tree and it said it did, but I cant find a

[ActiveDir] MMC snap in question

2003-11-05 Thread Pararajasingam,Anton
Hi,   Can anyone answer this?   Scenario: I have just deployed W03 AD for our enterprise, and in the process of creating a multipurpose management console for our support centre, which I have successfully managed to do for all the AD bits, but does anyone know a way of getting Exchan