Re: [ActiveDir] msi package

an install to make a msi. NEVER MAKE A MSI FROM A MSI ! cheers, Mathieu CHATEAU 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[2]: [ActiveDir] Limit Logon thru GPO

login connected to the shares) Mathieu CHATEAU 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] GPO question

Hello Johnny, you can use the loopback in replace mode which should do the trick (then a user gpo should be in the OU, even if empty) Friday, April 7, 2006, 5:38:20 PM, you wrote: FJ We have a GPO in place for all users to do Folder Redirection of My FJ Documents. We are experiencing

Re: [ActiveDir] Forestprep Failure

Hello BEN, are you in Windows 2000 native mode ? the forest too ? exchange native mode ? Do you have SMS ? it extends the schema as well. Cheers, Mathieu CHATEAU Thursday, July 6, 2006, 7:43:21 PM, you wrote: I am working to perform a domain upgrade from 2000 to 2003 R2 and I am

Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Forestprep Failure

? Do you have SMS ? it extends the schema as well. Cheers, Mathieu CHATEAU Thursday, July 6, 2006, 7:43:21 PM, you wrote: I am working to perform a domain upgrade from 2000 to 2003 R2 and I am running into problems right from the start when attempting an ADPREP /FORESTPREP. The domain also

Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Forestprep Failure

Hello BEN, Just for info, i already had some trouble after doing a P2V of one DC. When i tried to install Exchange on it, domainprep was freezing, trying to contact the other DC which i didn't P2V's. Zeising the role was enough, i needed to remove it from AD. cheers, Mathieu CHATEAU

Re: [ActiveDir] Domain rename [DONE!]

, cheers, Mathieu CHATEAU Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 9:52:53 AM, you wrote: gff hello, gff we are about to do a domain rename soon. gff We Have : gff two DC, Windows 2003 SP1 last update. gff AD in native windows 2003 domain gff Forest in native mode. gff I am a bit worried about: gff -We have 3

Re: [ActiveDir] Can the Gods return to our domain? an ex-DC naming question

Hello Steven, why not choosing another god's name ? :) After all, this is just a name ! Since you can dcpromo down the server, it should be ok. Just be sure to remove replicate link and it's computer object from ADUC...Cleaning DNS my 2 cents, Mathieu CHATEAU Friday, August 18, 2006, 9

Re: [ActiveDir] Enumerating Group type and Mebership...

oup.Members Wscript.Echo "-- Member: " objUser.Name Next Next Fire it with something like cscript dump.vbs dump.txt Just my 2 cents Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 8:49:11

Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Exchange question

f you have a dedicated smtp gateway, then your exchange will empty it's queue on the smtp gateway (will always success) while your smtp gateway will have to do many retries on many domain... my two cents, Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Tuesday, August 22, 2006, 10:14:

Re[3]: [ActiveDir] Exchange question

Just to add that they also put 5000 Mailboxes of 250MB on the server. 50GB / 5000 mailboxes = 10,24 MB of smtp queue/mailbox on average. Of course you will want a minimum size, anyway the number of mailboxes! Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Tuesday, August 22

Re: [ActiveDir] Best Practice for replacing a DC

, -power on the old one -dcpromo the old one (and NO, It's not the last of the domain) -power off You should always have at least 2 DC and 2 global catalog. When all DC are W2K3, you can raise the forest and domain to native W2K3 my 2 cents Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http

Re: [ActiveDir] OU tareq

Hello tareq, use the restricted group make mydomain\Domain users members of the "Administrators" group. Take care of the way you do it, else it will empty the local group before appending domain users. The GPO is computer based Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.bl

[ActiveDir] [OT] CHKDSK NTFS.SYS bugs = Security descriptor issue / resolved

during high disk activity on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 the last version of ntfs.sys is 5.2.3790.2655 MS gave us an internal tool get trough this SD issue. You can read the full story on my blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http

Re: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - via scripting or tool

folder set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") set inbox = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").getDefaultFolder(6) set temp5 = inbox.folders.add("Private",6) hope it helps, Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Sunday, August 27, 2006, 8:57

Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - via scripting or tool

on it. may ask them to put it [private] in the subject instead (it will work for the sent folders) Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Sunday, August 27, 2006, 10:26:59 PM, you wrote: VW VW VW Thanks Mathieu, nice. VW VW VW VW Does this create a folder in the root

Re: [ActiveDir] Auto Logon

Hello Za, try using autlogon.exe from sysinternals. Works in our case. Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Tuesday, August 29, 2006, 2:16:44 PM, you wrote: ZV Domain: Windows 2003 ZV Clients: Xp w/sp2 ZV Problem: The autologon registry hack on 3 of my lab machines

Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - via scripting or tool

than having users opening mails on webmail, which may contain virus co (going through smtp gateway allow more protection against virus, instead of just having the workstation antivirus as the only shield). Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Monday, August 28, 2006, 3

Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - via scripting or tool

it yet) Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Monday, August 28, 2006, 11:00:14 AM, you wrote: vwpn Thanks Brian and Mathieu, vwpn I will tell a little bit more about the background of this. The vwpn customer has asked for a folder called private to be created in the vwpn

Re[4]: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - via scripting or tool

Hello Victor, sorry. Here is the working for the Root folder: On Error Resume Next set olApp = CreateObject(Outlook.Application) set inbox = olApp.GetNamespace(MAPI).getDefaultFolder(6).Parent set temp5 = inbox.folders.add(Added by vbscript,6) Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http

Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Auto Logon

Hello Za, try using autlogon.exe from sysinternals: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autologon.zip Works great in our case. Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Thursday, August 31, 2006, 12:27:13 PM, you wrote: Tried this and it did not work. I do

Re: [ActiveDir] Overlapping AD Subnet Boundaries

will be attached to the secondary site). If it's a /16 and you need router between both site, your configuration can't work from a network point of view. Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: Brian Cline To: ActiveDir

Re: [ActiveDir] Overlapping AD Subnet Boundaries

be on the LAN. The only way to get it work is to use a Layer 2 link between both site. Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: Almeida Pinto, Jorge de [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 11:37 PM

Re: [ActiveDir] Overlapping AD Subnet Boundaries

hi, i am coming from network job, so i am used to sub/super netting somehow :) thanks anyway ! Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 6:47

Re: [ActiveDir] Overlapping AD Subnet Boundaries

i don't agree. the /24 is included in the /16. You won't have layer 3 routing between the two site, at least from the primary to the secondary. Even if it will work from a routing point of view from the secondary to the primary. what's the point ? Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http

Re: [ActiveDir] Overlapping AD Subnet Boundaries

Overlapping AD Subnet BoundariesI know there is not a direct relation, but i don't know if the original poster understand that this can't work if it's the real implementation. I think that someone knowing this wouldn't have post the question. Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http

Re: [ActiveDir] Overlapping AD Subnet Boundaries

if you are really using a 255.255.0.0 Regards, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com - Original Message - From: Brian Cline To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:19 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] Overlapping AD Subnet Boundaries Say I create