I'm retiring the old hardware on a server in a AD domain, that is a DC, and
DHCP server. What would be the easiest way of performing this migration?
I don't want to back the system state from tape (on the new hardware). Is
there a way to export->import the DHCP configurations? (19 ...

Is it possible to make an alias for a domain?
I want to migrate users from a sharepoint site to another server but the 1st
server worked with local users and the second with a domain.
So I had for example:

I have a nasty problem with group policy. Although they work, I can
not edit group policies anymore (neither with dsa nor mmc and new snap
in)
Config:

Currently all the queries from a local site are being directed to a single
server on that site.
According to MS support, it's impossible to change that behaviour so I was
thinking towards Load balancing.

Greetings all.  I have a client that desperately needs to get off of an
ancient NT server before the hardware fails.  I've done a number of NT
to AD migrations; that's not the problem.  The problem is that they
still have some Win95 clients on their desktops.  Given that they are a

I have an object filter in my adamsync configuration, looking like
this:
<object-filter>(!objectCategory=Group-Policy-Container)</object-filter>
Objects of this type are synchronized however. I also tried:

What can I use or do to find out what OU an object currently exist in? Thank
you.
Nathan Onley

Got 7 sites, each with AD server, Ad server has gone down on one site and
clients cannot login. Why don't they go to an AD server on a remote site
Thanks

This is the second time this issue has come up. We created some gpo's to set
the homepage, add proxy, and other IE functions. When I came in this morning,
the majority of the gpo's related to IE weren't being applied to certain
pc's. This time it's only a handful of computers, ...

Hello, we have a need to use the information in Lotus Notes to update the
user information in W2003 Active Directory. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks - john

I have 2 domains, A & B, with laptops that have Local user names and
passwords that have equivalent domain user accounts and passwords.  This
works fine for my users to access shares in the domainA.  When they attempt
to access shares in Domain B, they are asked to login again.  ...

I'm running windows server 2k3.  I'd like to use BIND for DNS services.
Can anyone direct me on how this is done?  Can anyone refer me to some
links?
Thanks,

How do you disable an administrator of a PC to not be able to access the
system time and date tray on the right hand corner. I want to do this through
the default domain policy so that users who are part of the local admin group
of their PC's can't change the system time and date ...

I have a single domain active directory forest (win 2003 native) with a
single DC.
Another server is an Exchange 2003.
Today i try to open Exchange System Manager and Active Directory Users and

we have since today some new laptops and we want the users to logon woth
their domain user name. The problem is the gpo. for the laptops a different
gpo shall be used. We have created a user security group and moved all
relevant domain users also to this group. But when I logon ...