RE: [ActiveDir] Removing old computer accounts from AD

Title: [ActiveDir] Removing old computer accounts from AD *GASP* Joeware isn't multi lingual? *chuckle* -Dave From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joeSent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:36 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE: [ActiveDir] Removing old

RE: [ActiveDir] OU Delegation

Brian, Could you send a copy off list to me as well. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I take it is a _vbscript_. Thanks, Dave From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harding, DevonSent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:30 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] Reducing number of Global Catalogs

Frank, We currently have a similar topology to yours. All of my DC's are GC's. There is no disadvantage to this regarding replication traffic as you are a single domain. I would continue using your current model of every DC being a GC. Regards, Dave Chianese From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] csv to ldf converter

should work - put your own surname in place of mine and you should see that it edits your own details successfully. Then remove the comment from the second sSQL= line and it should process all mailboxes. The "proper" function is a kludge; will take CHIANESE, DAVID and give you Chian

[ActiveDir] csv to ldf converter

Title: csv to ldf converter Would anybody have a handy csv to ldif macro for excel 2003? The one I have no longer functions. Even a .csv file to .ldf file conversion tool would help. TIA! Regards, Dave

RE: [ActiveDir] csv to ldf converter

Title: csv to ldf converter Unfortunately I need to do a modify and you cannot do that with csvde. I was also looking into ADmodify.net, but cannot seem to get the download for that either. Thanks, Dave From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian DesmondSent:

RE: [ActiveDir] csv to ldf converter

Title: csv to ldf converter I just found that admodify.net cannot do what I want either. Basically if you look at my display name in e-mail here, it is all caps.. so... In a csvde directory export of all users and using a well known excel function (=proper(A1)) I am able to give proper case

RE: [ActiveDir] csv to ldf converter

They are all caps and I want them proper case. Or actually management wants them that way. :) We have this: On 12/13/05, CHIANESE, DAVID [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We want this: On 12/13/05, Chianese, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [ActiveDir] Ntds.dit file corruption

In the Microsoft book it is dead too. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:28 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Ntds.dit file

RE: [ActiveDir] Windows 2000 Server

Replace the hardware and see if the same behavior occurs. If it is dual Nic'd then switch to the other Nic and disable the one reporting the condition. That will show if it is hardware or not at least and then troubleshoot from there. The other conditions where I've seen this happen is that if

RE: [ActiveDir] Strange Error

Do the query on a GC. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A.Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:23 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] Strange Error I am trying to add a User from my root domain to a Universal Group in a

RE: [ActiveDir] moving DHCP Server to another machine

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/new/dhcpexim-o.asp Try the above link. We just migrated 2 DHCP servers with this micosoft utility. Regards, Dave Chianese From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sudhir KaushalSent: Tuesday, November 08,

RE: [ActiveDir] moving DHCP Server to another machine

. "CHIANESE, DAVID" DCHIANESE@phlyins.com Sent by: ActiveDir-owner 11/08/2005 06:22 PM Please respond to ActiveDir To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org cc: Subject:RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] DHCP Reservations

Reservations are a DHCP server function. There is no way to tell if it is a reserved IP from the client side. Regards, Dave Chianese -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Figueroa, Johnny Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 1:15 PM To:

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Lag Site

More so for deletion of objects so you wouldn't have to do an authoritative restore from a backup. David Chianese From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Etts, RussellSent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:23 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE:

RE: [ActiveDir] DC replication

Title: Message run dcdiag /s:servername and netdiag on that server and see what they report. You can then run a netdiag /fix to fix trivial errors. You can pipe these to a file as such: netdiag netdiag_servername.txt dcdiag /s:servername dcdiag_servername.txt Make sure your VPN is

RE: [ActiveDir] Adding Helpdesk Group to Local Admin Group

Title: Message Open up the GPO properties and in the security tab add the Helpdesk group. Give them read and apply group policy for that policy. remove apply group policy from any other group you do not want to get the policy, I.E. Authenticated Users. Regards, David Chianese

[ActiveDir] 64 Bit clustering with HP RX8620 Hardware clarification needed

Title: 64 Bit clustering with HP RX8620 Hardware clarification needed I have a failed scenario in using a software mirror clustering a Windows 2003 64 bit (ia64) Enterprise Edition server. The RX8620 hardware is on the HCL for clustering, however I cannot tell in what configuration. Our HP

RE: [ActiveDir] Display in ADUC

Title: Message Right click on the user object and rename. Regards, David Chianese -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ellis, DebbieSent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:37 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] Display

RE: [ActiveDir] Design Question

Title: Message I would tend to agree with the single domain model. If required later you can always add sub domains to add security boundaries. I would definitely follow the K.I.S.S. rule. David Chianese -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem

the same misunderstanding that you're presuming to correct me on. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of CHIANESE, DAVID Sent: Thu 06/10/2005 21:27 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem Now your comparing apples to oranges... Virtual

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Backup

Title: Message A good cheap solution we had in place before the purchase of our SAN was the Dellnas appliance server. It is a 1U SATA drive array of varying size. We actually still have the NAS appliances in production and use them for temporary storage / backup to magnetic media as it is

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Restore Problem

Now your comparing apples to oranges... Virtual PC is not the same as Virtual Server. The beginning of the thread refers to Virtual Server and VmWare, both let you create virtual machines. Virtual server from Microsoft DOES support running servers in production:

RE: [ActiveDir] Working on policy for IE

Title: Message One thing I noticed in trusted sites GPO is that you should almost always uncheck https sites only, otherwise any non https site added in there invalidates the policy and it never applies, even though gpresult says it does apply. I hope this helps. It does work fine for us.

RE: [ActiveDir] Working on policy for IE

Title: Message What does gpresult say? Is it applying the policy? David Chianese -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cothern Jeff D. Team EITCSent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:37 PMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: RE:

[ActiveDir] AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers

Title: AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers This question is regarding objects in AD sites and services. I see 2 objects in a site that are not domain controllers. The objects are share point servers and each has an object in the built in computers container. The only

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers

Title: Message Typically I have always seen MSMQServices under the services tab (View / Show services node) and it does reside there, as well as Microsoft Exchange. I do not recall ever seeing the server object under the Site / Servers / servername though. Although I do not view this as a

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Sites and Services Question regarding share point servers

Title: Message I just found an article: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/2744bec1-cb37-4d89-b90e-8140f0f7d7de.mspx snip To set permissions for MSMQ Settings objects 1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services.

RE: [ActiveDir] Mail journaling(OT)

At a previous job of mine we used Exchange bifurcated messaging to copy all messages received. inbound from out gateway to a connector that would queue mail all day. At EOD the connector would turn on (Scheduled). This connector then dumped all the mail to a 3rd party archive (Zantaz) via

RE: [ActiveDir] Windows 2000 VPN Server

Possible NAT problem? Whereas the VPN network and the users network cause conflict. Most VPN clients and firewalls have a feature where you can hide the NAT address. DNS is a good call too, maybe have the user try putting in an internal DNS server as their secondary or tertiary resolver.

RE: [ActiveDir] AD diagnostic tools

There are many but the main tools I use are. There are also many 3rd party support tools available on the internet. Replmon.exe (Res Kit) Dcdiag.exe (Support Tools) netdiag.exe (Support Tools) Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Inter-Site Transports

You would use SMTP if you had an unreliable connection or a slow connection where RPC traffic would drop. Also, if replication wasn't required to be timely. RPC traffic is highly effected by latency. SMTP replication would work better on slower or unstable link since SMTP doesn't care about

RE: [ActiveDir] Ldap - linux slowdown in searching

Title: Ldap - linux slowdown in searching Jennifer, I would take a network trace at some interval during the day when you do not see the slow down and then again when it starts to occur. If it is in fact the Linux box causing the slowdown (either due to increased queries or network

[ActiveDir] ISA SSL persistence

I know this is reaching far for an answer from this list but since our ISA array is integrated into AD it's worth a shot for a solution from this group. Anyone have experience with ISA arrays in a domain array and how to make the SSL connections maintain persistence when both nodes of the ISA

[ActiveDir] test, no reply

testing. Please do not reply. This e-mail and any accompanying attachments are confidential. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this e-mail communication by others is strictly

RE: [ActiveDir] test, no reply

] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] test, no reply Oh sre like I'm the only wise arse on this list. I just happen to be the first one to lie down the whoopee cushion today is all. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chianese, David P. Sent

RE: [ActiveDir] Anyone ever convert dnsRecord attribute?

As Al mentioned, why not convert the zone to Std. Primary and take a copy of the zone files that are written to disk. Then revert it back to ADI. I have done this before without incident to supply ourBIND unixservers copies (or pieces) of our zone files. I have done this in the past for

RE: [ActiveDir] AD and DNS

If your DNS zone is Active Dir Integrated then a copy will be retained on another DC running DNS. If you only have one DC running DNS, simply add the service to another Domain controller and let it replicate all of the DNS zone information from active directory integrated zones before

[ActiveDir] Active Dir 2000 to 2003 upgrade

I am looking for a plan for a 2000 to 2003 AD upgrade: 1) Best Practices Approach (articles, url's or documented installs) 2) Personal Scenario's (Tell me the pitfalls you have encountered and how you overcame them) 3) Outcome of your migration Thanks in advance, David Chianese IT - Server

[ActiveDir] 2k Active Directory Metaturd from NT4 domain upgrade

Title: 2k Active Directory Metaturd from NT4 domain upgrade This is a screenshot of a pop-up that is displayed while using the ADUC to view user account properties. There is an associated fix for this pop-up, but I am reluctant to apply it as Microsoft cannot tell me what the removal of the

RE: [ActiveDir] ldifde and/or csdve

Title: Message Exchange 5.5 or 2000? I will assume (I know, a$$-outta-u-me) 2000. Try this article for 2000: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Creating_a_list_of_Users_and_their_email_addresses_in_Exchange_2000_2.html unfortunately I do not think csvde is going to get you all of them, but

RE: [ActiveDir] net time

Title: RE: [ActiveDir] net time net time \\DC1 /setsntp:DC2 NET TIME [\\computername | /DOMAIN[:domainname] | /RTSDOMAIN[:domainname]] [/SET] [\\computername] /QUERYSNTP [\\computername] /SETSNTP[:ntp server list] -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [ActiveDir] net time

PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] net time But you shouldnt have to do that, shouldnt they find the PDCE on their own? -Original Message-From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:08 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE

RE: [ActiveDir] Event Log monitoring tools

I've had good luck with this free CLI tool: Log Analyzer This tool is written for quick analysis of log files from any source - Windows, Unix, CISCO, etc. This is done by searching the log files for desired patterns. By Network Intelligence India Pvt. Ltd. I wish I could

[ActiveDir] Scripting Help

Hello all, I hate re-inventing the wheel and know someone out there already has a script to do these tasks: 1. import users via a bulk import from a csv and/or have an optional (switch) to create one user at a time 2. change password to 3. set the password to

RE: [ActiveDir] Scripting Help

://cwashington.netreach.net mc -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Scripting Help Hello all, I hate re-inventing the wheel and know someone out there already has a script to do

RE: [ActiveDir] AD Telephone Directory

Title: Message Yes, I would be interested in that script. Thanks, Dave -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ken CornetetSent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:19 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] AD Telephone

RE: [ActiveDir] Adsi Edit annoyance

In the View / Filter, Max number of items per container. Default is 1, increase to your desire. Regards, Dave -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Creamer, MarkSent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:36 PMTo: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] AD attributes

I cannot recall ever seeing it remove the object in Sites Services after a dcpromo down to a member server. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Simpsen, Paul A. (HSC)Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:31 PMTo: [EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] OUs by server function?

Title: Message FEATS OF STRENGTH!...FEATS OF STRENGTH!..AHH! For those who don't know, it's from the Seinfeld Festivus episode. Festivus is for the restivus. -Dave (I should really have a string of letters here for effect but my filter keeps taking them out *chuckle*)

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2k ?

the child domain added to the GCs are nothing more than pointers. So, I don't see a problem in making all DCs in the child domain GCs. I hope this eases your decision making process... Cheers! John -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday

[ActiveDir] Exchange 2k ?

We are having a debate on whether or not to make all of our DC's gc's in our new e2k environment. I would like to hear feedback from current e2k administrators. It is my contention that we have sufficient DC resources to NOT make all of our DC's gc's for exchange. Is there any drawback to doing

RE: [ActiveDir] NTLDR Not Found

Title: NTLDR Not Found RAID array degraded perhaps? OS drive not spinning / amber? I would power down, reseat all drives and then look in your RAID config on the controller (Usually Ctrl-M or Ctrl-A) to make sure all disks are present and spinning. -Original Message-From: Juan

RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now

Title: RE: [ActiveDir] SUS does SPs now We abandoned our SUS project until this functionality is added. It was proposed for the next version so I am surprised to see that functionality now. Does it also support Office SP's now as well? Regards, Dave -Original Message-From:

RE: [ActiveDir] New RPC DOS

Title: Message RPC over http is an absolute dream come true. Exchange 2003 boasts this feature extensively. I plan on implementation early 1st Qtr. next year. (Right after our E2k upgrade is completed). Regards, Dave -Original Message-From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] Choosing between Domain Controllers

Title: Message Answer to question #1.) type "set" at the command prompt, look for LOGONSERVER=server name. Answer to question #2.) \\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment\LOGONSERVER I'm not sure about changing the reg key or if it defaults back as the environment variable is loaded.

RE: [ActiveDir] Max Connections?

Check the Maximum users at the share level perhaps. That is the only place I can think of to limit it. The other option is to look in perfmon and see if it is an actual I/O issue. Also, make sure the NIC(s) are set to 100/Full duplex. Hope this helps, Dave -Original Message- From:

RE: [ActiveDir] How to force RID master change

NTDSUTIL.EXE, follow the prompts to seize the roll. NOTE: Once you seize this roll make sure the dead RID is offline and fdisk'd as you never want that server to come back and start servicing DC's with its old RID pool. The new RID master will artificially inflate the RID pool to a higher number

RE: [ActiveDir] Disaster recovery scenario comments requested.

this is about the most flexible and safe DR solution you can have. I am not one for restoring AD from system state dumps. joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chianese, David P. Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:04 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [ActiveDir] Who's online

I use the old NT 4.0 server manager to determine what shares are in use. That give's you some visibility. Dave -Original Message-From: Agung Kuswanto NCS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:40 AMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: [ActiveDir] Who's online

RE: [ActiveDir] Disaster recovery scenario comments requested.

shop here. Don Guyer IS Dept Citadel FCU Ph: 610.380.7072 Fax: 610.380.7008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 1:17 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] Disaster recovery scenario comments

RE: [ActiveDir] Synchronize AD

Title: Message you can always use the Command Line tool repadmin /syncall However, if replication is failing for another reason this will fail as well. -Dave -Original Message-From: Dipowarga Wirawan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:52 PMTo:

RE: [ActiveDir]

Argh! Turn off your read receipt please. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Return Receipt

RE: [ActiveDir] Is this a bug or part of the design

Title: Is this a bug or part of the design Simply hiding the screensaver tab should do it. This way the users cannot even get to the tab and see it to change it. If your using a custom .scr, define that as well. Regards, Dave -Original Message-From: Jennifer Fountain

RE: [ActiveDir] dcdiag error when joining a new child domain

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] dcdiag error when joining a new child domain Well - since I am from Philly and come home quite often - I hope my email helps :) -Original Message- From: Chianese, David P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:48 PM To: '[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] slow guid resolution

Do you have a GC (Global Catalog) in each domain? It is probably an issue of being on a different DC than the GC whilst doing lookups in AD. Doing queries from GC is recommended. I would actually have a GC in each resource domain as well. Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: