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I have a Win2k child domain that is missing the Default Domain
Controller Policy in the sysvol folder on all DCs.  It does still exist
in AD.  I can recreate it using recreatedefpol but as I understand it, ...

We upgraded a motherboard on a Win2k AS domain controller.  Win2k would not
run and fell into a blue screen message; we had to reinstall the OS.  Now, we
cannot get back onto the domain and Active Directory cannot be reinstalled
from the wizard.

Guys
i have a situation.We have a windows 2003 active directory domain running
including exchange 2003 and file and print servers.There are about 500
clients connected to the domain.UIsers have group policies in place like

Hello, I have a strange error. It first occurred about two weeks ago. I was
working on my XP desktop and my desktop profile changed in front of my eyes.
All my icon locations and themes etc changed to the defaults. The other thing
I noticed was the user name in the start menu ...

When users are added to a group which events (application, security, system)
in the event viewer will this be displayed in?
Also if the user was added a while ago is there anyway of finding out when
the user was added to the group and by whom?

Situation: We have two forests: one windows2000 forest (in US)  one
windows2003 forest (in Europe). On each forest we have one domain. We have
also a trust between the forests. The domain and forest function level is
windows2003 for windows2003 forest. In the future we want one ...

I am in the process of putting couple of server behind an internal firewall
and I am wondering if I can make win 2000/3 server point to a specific
domain controler instead of broadcasting ?
thANKS

Imagine a folder tree where every subfolder is assigned to a different group
and therefore has different access permissions. Then imagine that a Director
rings up and says "Give my secretary read-only access to the entire folder
tree".

I'm having some fun and games getting non-admin accounts to be able to RDP
onto my DCs. Scenario as follows:
Windows Server 2003 forest, raised to 2003 functional level.
User is using a secondary logon account, which is a member of

I hope this is a really easy question.  I created an attribute in ADAM of a
type UTC Coded Time.  I am able to set the value of this attribute from
within ADSI Edit.  I am able to retrieve the attribute value using VB.NET
(objAdam.Properties("infonet-lastlogin").Value()).  I am ...

i have two servers, that had passed the tombstone replication period.
Now i that they are connected again wiht the DC, i can't do a
replication. Even the kerberos tickets have expired, or changed.
Is there any way to fix this, because i've tried using the registry

I have a question regarding login scripts....  In Windows NT 4.0 Domain I
used to use kix scripts.  Kix Scripts gave me the ability to use group names
for example my kix script would say....
IF INGROUP("Groupname") RUN "NET USE K: \\server\sharename /Y"

Hi, how can I monitor user's internet history in my SBS2003 network.

I have a user who will sometimes logon and end up loading an old profile. I
have removed the profile from the local workstation. The profile is a roaming
one and it has also been removed from the server and recreated.
Somewhere there is an old profile that for some reason keeps ...

I am trying to create a custom search query in an MMC.  I want to show all
Exchange Mailbox Recipients who do not belong to either Distribution List A
or Distribution List B.  I know the exact CN=...etc for each list, it's just
the rest that I cannot figure out.  Thanks.