Re: [ActiveDir] Is it possible to determine who created an AD object?

2006-12-06 Thread Mitch Reid
Server - Directory Services LogicaCMG Nederland B.V. (BU RTINC Eindhoven) * Tel : +31-(0)40-29.57.777 * Mobile : +31-(0)6-26.26.62.80 * E-mail : see sender address _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mitch Reid Sent: Mon 2006-12-04 21:14 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org

[ActiveDir] Is it possible to determine who created an AD object?

2006-12-04 Thread Mitch Reid
We had a few user accounts that were deleted and then recreated and nobody will take responsibility. I used ADSIedit to verify the creation date/time. While auditing is enabled, the Security log rolled and we missed the event (yes I know it's an issue). Is there a way to see who created the the

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases

2006-01-29 Thread Mitch Reid
Of Mitch Reid Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:08 PM To: ActiveDir.Org Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases I'm trying to write a _vbscript_ to pull current DHCP leases from a2003 DHCP server. I can do it with NETSH but I'd like to do it only with WMI in VBS. The closest I could find

Re: [ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases

2006-01-26 Thread Mitch Reid
No, I need to get a count of how many computers are out there. I'm lacking a good authoritative source and want to use the DHCP servers as a count. My script works that runs NETSH (for each scope on each server) but I like to keep everything in VB/WMI when possible. Thanks for the replies. On

[ActiveDir] OT: WMI to retrieve DHCP leases

2006-01-25 Thread Mitch Reid
I'm trying to write a _vbscript_ to pull current DHCP leases from a 2003 DHCP server. I can do it with NETSH but I'd like to do it only with WMI in VBS. The closest I could find was dhcpobj.dll from the 2000 Resource Kit. However it doesn't appear to be able to pull leases. Is this possible?

Re: [ActiveDir] last dhcp question

2005-12-19 Thread Mitch Reid
You could decrease the interval that the backup is created, say to 1 minute. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCPServer\Parameters\BackupInterval http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/3ee35f7b-6b5a-4942-b1cb-9f7462989039.mspx On

Re: [ActiveDir] AD related? not really...

2005-12-01 Thread Mitch Reid
Sysinternals has a free utility that will automate the process: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autologon.html On 12/1/05, AD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have workstation that are not added to the domainand are configured to autologin. The username and password are duplicated on our domain

Re: [ActiveDir] AD related? not really...

2005-12-01 Thread Mitch Reid
It claims it does although I have not verified it. I suppose you could check the registry referenced in: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315231 On 12/1/05, AD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Mitch, Very interesting. The source code is different then the actual executable. I sending an email

[ActiveDir] Can I apply policies locally?

2005-11-01 Thread Mitch Reid
Hi, I'm in an environment where I need to apply/configure policies locally on XP-SP2 computers. I can't use AD. I need to automate this from a script or batch file. I attempted to create a Security Template and use secedit to apply it. However, I can't configure anything user Administrative

Re: [ActiveDir] Can I apply policies locally?

2005-11-01 Thread Mitch Reid
Thanks for the replies. That was what I wanted to know.On 11/1/05, Darren Mar-Elia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Secedit will work for security settings but not administrative template settings. The only way to script getting admin template settings in a local GPOto multiple machines is to copy

Re: [ActiveDir] Biggest AD Gripes

2005-08-02 Thread Mitch Reid
I would like to be able to apply a 'Group' Policy Object to a group. On 8/2/05, joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what are everyone's biggest AD Gripes? I am not talking about gripesabout things that use AD like GPOs[1] or Exchange or NFS or anything elselike that. I mean actual AD really missed the

Re: [ActiveDir] AD alerting tools

2005-05-19 Thread Mitch Reid
You can use a VB script that will monitor event logs for specific codes in real time. You can have the script fire off an email, send a message, etc. Here's the sample from script center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/logs/eventlog/lgevvb17.mspx On 5/19/05, Mike

[ActiveDir] Publishing Printers in AD

2005-05-11 Thread Mitch Reid
To publish a printer in AD, I need to share it out first. Is there a way I can publish printers and have them point to an IP address instead of \\server\printer? I would like to put all my network attached printers into AD and let users search AD to find them. Most printers are in remote

[ActiveDir] OT: Exchange Options

2005-05-05 Thread Mitch Reid
I'm doing some work for a small company (20-25 employees). They have 2 servers. Server1 is an older ML370 - P3 / 933mhz / 2.5GB RAM. It's a Windows 2000 SP4 DC/DNS, has all FSMO roles and has Exchange 2000 Standard. clients use Office XP and a small amount of OWA. Server2 is a 'secondary' DC

[ActiveDir] OT: Patch Management

2003-08-14 Thread Mitch Reid
Hi, we finally 'found' some money to purchase software that will help with patch management. I was wondering if anybody has suggestions what I should look at (and what not to look at). We have about 300 local servers and a handful more across the WAN. They're NT, 2000 and 2003 in an NT/AD