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Essential tools and advice for AD management and migration. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-23&ad=477510 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Get a FREE T-shirt after evaluating ScriptLogic's Active Administrator. http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,25552,00.htm?track=NL-23&ad=477510&scriptlogic =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. ACTIVE DIRECTORY TIPS - Deploying secure domain controllers - Part 2 - Determine which domain controller accounts are locked - Ask Jeremy Moskowitz: Errors after installing AD on Win 2000 2. 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Download Today: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,25552,00.htm?track=NL-23&ad=477510&scriptlogic ____________________________________________________________________ DEPLOYING SECURE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS - PART 2 | James Michael Stewart Improve the process for building new domain controllers and your system will be more secure and reliable than a similar system created without matured development processes would be. Applying those principles to the procedure for building new domain controllers will result in more trustworthy domain controllers. This tip examines the steps for this procedure. >> CLICK here for the full expert tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci953015,00.html?track=NL-23&ad=477510 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FIND WHICH DOMAIN CONTROLLER ACCOUNTS ARE LOCKED | Brian Anderson We have over 50 domain controllers in our Active Directory domain. Occasionally, we get calls from users reporting account lockouts that are happening several times a day. In 99% of the cases, this problem occurs after a user has logged onto a computer, changed his password, and then forgotten to log off. Here's how we find the computer that's causing the lockouts. >> CLICK here for the full member-submitted tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci945966,00.html?track=NL-23&ad=477510 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GETTING ERRORS AFTER INSTALLING AD ON WIN 2000 | Ask Jeremy Moskowitz Dear Jeremy, When I install AD on my Windows 2000 ADS it takes a long time to log in, then this error appears on event viewer: "default group policy object cannot be created - ERROR 80070033." Also, in administrative tools, domain security policy doesn't work and gives me this error: "group policy object cannot be found." 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