Currenly have 2 domain controllers in Windows 2000 native mode.  Both servers
are Windows 2003 OS.  All FSMO roles including GC are on 1 DC.  We have 2
locations with in 25 mi. of each other.  75% of users are in loc #1 with DC
w/o roles, or GC.  25% users in loc #2 with DC & GC. ...

I've got two forests wit a unidirectional trust relationship.
Groups are in the resource forest and users in the USER forest.
I'm trying to add (with script or command line) users from the USER forest
in group in the RESOURCE forest.

I know their is a two year limit for system state.
Is their a way to restore system state from Dec 2007. Say for example, by
back dating the time?
Thx

I suppose I have a two DC running windows 2003 sever in single domain and
the one of DC as a alternate .  My query is that it whether result in AD
malfunction if i don't backup system state both of two DC ?
Thanks for any help

One location, 35 Users, Two DC's (DC1 and DC2).
Single forest with one domain.
We had a company initially install and configure
our DC's and as I was doing some investigation I

Getting funny problems that are happening. I know that it's subnet needs to
be in sites and services, that is getting done. Just that the issue is when
the user logs into the workstation he looses his mapped drives that are
defined by a logon script through Group Policy. He also ...

I have been unable to find satisfactory explanations anywhere else, so
I`d like to pick your brains here.
If I have multiple domains in one single forest, and I create group
policies in one domain to be applied to clients in all domains in the

I have a 2003 member server that is also a dynamics 9.5 server. I want to
promote that server to an additional domain controller in an existing AD
domain. Has anyone done this? Since all local accounts are going to be
removed, is this going to create problems with SQL server 2000 ...

Say you installed windows XP on a computer and gave the computer its computer
name and then joined an Active Directory domain.
Later you decide you want to change the name of the computer.  Is than
anything to be aware of when changing a computer name or is just as simple as

I need to develop a network infrastructure, that covers a large area and
several offices, I was think using child domains, but some people advised
me to use OU's insted.
I'm asking you for advise so I can make my mind clearer. and help me to

Is there a limitation to creating domain trusts by using stub zones instead
of secondary zones in DNS?

Is there some way to query AD for users that are already logged-on, and
perhaps get their logon info (ie how long they have been logged on, etc...)?  
TIA ...
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Is there an easy way to find out for which folder(s) is used a group ?
Thank you.

Hello.
I have recently started a new job and from there AD i can see that when
new users are setup their home directory (inc folder creation and
permissions ) / login script are automatically set. Does anyone know how

I have an SBS 2003 domain controller that's not R2. I have a brand new server
that's running Enterprise Edition 2003 R2 (32-bit) that won't set up as a
secondary domain controller. It says the Active Directory Schema is not
compatible. The schema version on the SBS server is 30.