We have a stand-along Windows 2008 R2 server (testing) that is not part of an
AD domain.  We are testing VPN (RRAS), etc, with a Windows 7 Beta client.
The client returns error 812, which seems to have something to do with the
fact that it could not authenticate.  The Windows 7 ...

Please give mi some advice
I am administrator for over 500 PCs, have domain Windows 2003 without SP1
I must disable usage of external USB devices like USB sticks, disks etc.
It must be implemented through group policy.

Just recently my office was switched to our parent companies domain, i
received new servers and a consultant company installed the OS and other apps
on the server, moved over our data from the old server to the new server and
i was told that i will need to set the permissions on ...

I have created a very useful, in my humble opinion, script for creatin
a new user in a Win2K+ environment that handles mailbox creations, an
allows for copying any existing user with respect to group memberships
This script was a great learning exercise for me and I must than

Server 2003 AD domain; GPO governs user logon; GPO includes a logon script.  
I have a user, not sure if it's the only user, who today does not execute the
logon script (drives aren't mapped, the log file the script writes to is not
modified by this logon).  GPO includes folder ...

This is windows 2003 R2 envir.  Is there any security log when you add a
user to one builtin group or remove a user from builtin group?  I do have
audit policy enabled on the domain controllers.  just found out several our
domain admin users were in the builtin group Guests.

I have a small NT4 domain with 3 dc's and one Win2k3 DNS/DHCP server. I plan
to put two of the bdc's aside for fallback should we need it.
My question, would it be a problem to shutdown some of our systems (combo of
win2k and win2k3 servers) and desktops (XP Pro) during the ...

I recently implemented a disaster recovery procedure which includes an ASR
backup every week. But I am doing this manually...
My question is if an ASR backup can be scheduled just like a normal backup
procedure in NTBACKUP?

I have a "New User" script which is very complex and handles adding mos
AD properties upon creation, address tab, phones, profile tab
organisation tab, etc. It also will use any existing user as a templat
for group membership addition.  I was using the WinNT method in thi

Good day!
I'm trying to setup autoenrollment in Win2k3 enterprise environment. C
is installed, I create template with READ, ENROLL, AUTOENROL
permissions, set it up in CA for issuing, enable GPO autoenrollment

I still have an issue with my NIS management console and have had no success
in trying to resolve that.  However, there is a separate issue that i need
help with.
It seems that on my linux boxes when it tries to get user info from NIS it

what is meaning of "Active Directory is rebuilding indices, please wait"? Is
it a serious damage to AD database? Is it transitory error or permanent one.
What are tools to rectify this glitch?.I have heard that using ESENTUTL with
proper swithces might help you out.

We had a power outage today that was longer than the UPS could hold the
servers up.  When power was restored all the servers powered up at once.  
This is my desired behavior but some servers need to be fully booted up
before others start.  I particularly need at least one DC/GC ...

I have multiple domains which we are trying to manage with locally installed
AD tools.  the user accounts on both domains do not match up as we are using
different structure for user names.  
The problem we are having is that my PC is on one domain and when I open the

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