Mar
13
Problem: Users logging on to an Active Directory domain across a relatively slow VPN link will unreliably apply group policies. This article deals with user policies specifically, not computer policies. Solution: Although the ultimate solution to this problem would be to cure the root cause of the group policies not being applied, my reason for …
Jan
25
Problem: In your Microsoft Exchange organization, it is necessary for several users to send email from the same email address. For example, let’s say that there is a generic email address “theboss@yourorganization.com” and you would like certain members of your staff to be able to send emails from that address, but still have their own …
Aug
18
Introduction This article will provide step-by-step instructions describing the process for transferring one or more FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) roles from one server to another in Active Directory. This is a necessary step during a server migration, reorganization of an existing domain or a handful of other situations in which the needs or level …
Aug
09
**Note from the Author: Although this may be helpful for older OS versions, the process below is no longer the correct method. There are many reasons that a network administrator may want to synchronize the clocks on all Windows computers across the Active Directory domain. The following steps will demonstrate how to easily accomplish that …
Jul
21
Symptom: While attempting to restore files backed up from a DFS share using Symantec Backup Exec shadow copy, the job fails with the following error: Error category: Other Errors Error: e000fefd – The media server has lost the network connection to the remote agent. This only seems to happen when attempting to redirect the restored …
Apr
12
Sometimes it is useful to leverage the power of Group Policy in Active Directory to add sites to certain security zones in Internet Explorer. This can save the network admin the trouble of managing the security zone lists for each computer (or user) separately. In the following example, each user on the network needs to …
Feb
08
Situation: An organization has users that log into workstations interactively and also log into a Terminal Server with the same user account, but stricter policies are desired for the Terminal Server session than for the users’ interactive session with their own computer. Also, certain users (such as Administrators) should be exempt from these policies. ex: …
Dec
11
Adding a server running Windows 2008 to a domain that is running Windows 2000/2003 servers is no big deal until you try to promote the 2008 (or 2008R2) server to a domain controller. Active Directory must be updated to accommodate changes to the schema in 2008 and 2008R2. The first thing that I would do …
Aug
20
Symptoms: On a computer running Outlook 2000/XP/2003 and connected to an Exchange server, the user gets error 0×8004010f “The operation failed. An object could not be found.” when performing a send/receive. Problem: Outlook cannot download the Offline Address Book from the Exchange server due to corruption or a database error. Solution: Rebuild the Offline Address …
Aug
18
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a free component for Windows Server that allows you to create your own mirror for Windows Update and control every aspect of how updates are distributed on your network. (Download it here.) Prerequisites: Windows Server 2003 or later (or SBS) IIS 6.0 or later .NET Framework 2.0 or later …
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