How do I avoid that?<BR><BR>Here's the network:<BR>Windows 2000 AD, mixed mode (1 dang NT BDC I can't get rid of yet)<BR>Two (2) domain controllers (DC1 and DC2). Both are global catalogs, both in ...

Hi All...<BR><BR>We have a client that is experiencing issues with their one and only domain controller on 2003 platform.<BR><BR>Due to exessive heat in their so ...

Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, which is used to encrypt data on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 computers, relies on a public key certificate. If you don’t have a public-key infrastructure, EFS ...

All five FSMO roles are transferred! Step 5: Decommission the Windows Server 2003 DC The final step is to decommission the Windows Server 2003 DC. Logged onto the Windows Server 2003 DC with a domain ...

Picking up the pieces after a failed domain controller demotion Your email has been sent DCPROMO is supposed to make the task of demoting a domain controller easy. So what do you do if DCPROMO fails?

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

Sounds funny, but believe it or not, it's real. Since its release in Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V supports cloning of Domain Controller VMs. Cloning may seem an incredibly naughty task for a domain ...

An overview of the Active Directory Domains And Trusts Console Your email has been sent There are several tools included in Windows Server to manage Active Directory in all its aspects. In this ...