Hi
We want to setup a policy in our domain where screensavers will come on and
lockout after a certain amount of time. The problem is we don't want all
workstations/servers to have the screensaver policy. We would like to have

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section, but I would like to ask a
question pertaining to Group Policy.  We have a GPO currently set up (by
using the default admin templates), which configures our firewall settings
for Windows XP SP2 machines.

Hey guys! We have a Win2k3 AD running on 32bit RC2. I have seen many people
mention having to run ADPREP once a 64-bit RC2 server is introduced. Can
anyone provide any MS white papers on the steps/how to's to introducing a
64-bit DC into a 32-bit RC2 AD environment?

Our network guys have been complaining that at 2am they see excessive ldap
traffic to a number of our regional domain controllers. This happens on
weekdays at exactly 2 am.
I enabled counter traces on one DC that complains about running out of

I would like to seek some opinions from AD experts regarding my scenario
below:
Scenario:
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Hey Guys,
I have a problem with one of my clients, So here it goes:
The client has two domains abc.com and def.net (two different forests
and have two way trust established).

hi, i'm new with gpos and active directory. I was reading about applying
gpos, and about the folder grouppolicies in system32. My question is, which
account is used to apply policies to a computer? i'm talking about a windows
xp host in a windows 2003 domain. When i apply group ...

Is it possible to create an ADAM instance where one or more partitions
are on one server and a different partition is on a second server?

I am just reading
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727048.aspx
and came across the section "contents"
... it says that a good backup includes the system state and contents of the

Is there a feature in Active Directory that can be set to disable user
accounts after an account has been inactive for a certain amount of time?  
Currently we run scripts to identify accounts true last logon date and then
we disable them.  Can this be set up automatically through ...

What section of DHCP management would I use to define various options that
pertain to multiple DHCP Scopes on the server?
Thanks

I am trying to setup test lab that simulates production environment as much
as possible.
Production environment is running Windows 2003 domain with 2 domain
controllers.

How do I see if a server has persistent routes defined

We have many kinds of brand sports shoes and Clothes in our stock--
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I work for a university and I am trying to bulk update student
accounts each qtr.  Each qtr we delete all users import fresh.  I
created an Access Directory that pulls enrollment information from the
main system at the university and I have a local table that has the