Active Directory

A review of Train Signal’s Web Servers Video Lab Training – Product Details. See more details at Train Signal’s website. We start with the Concepts video where the advantages and disadvantages of various web servers are discussed: IIS 4, IIS5 & IIS6 and Apache (Apache being the dominant server at this point in time) Difference between…

Windows Millennium (ME) Patches No one will help you, no one will support you, no one will ever hear you cry! The best patch to this sorry-looking, miserable, ill-fated, bugged, problematic and sick operating system is to format your hard disk and install a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro (Home Edition if you must)….

How can I rename my Windows 2003 Domain Controllers? Although not the best idea in the world and although I rather re-build the entire server from scratch, this can be done in Windows Server 2003-based Domain Controllers. The procedure is quite simple. It only requires one reboot of the DC that had it’s name renamed….

What do I need to do to prepare my Windows 2000 forest for the installation of the first Windows Server 2003 DC? Before you can introduce Windows Server 2003 domain controllers, you must prepare the forest and domains with the ADPrep utility. ADPrep /forestprep on the schema master in your Windows 2000 forest. ADPrep /domainprep…

As you already know, Active Directory utilizes a multi-master replica scheme to store data. This allows AD to be used in any environment, from a Mom-and-Pop store-front to huge, global corporations. It allows the placement of domain controllers anywhere that the number of users justifies the (ever decreasing) expense of hardware and the cost of the server…

Specops has recently announced a new product called Remote Admin CTP, and have also updated their Gpupdate product to Version 2.0. They are currently seeking beta testers for both products. New in Specops Gpupdate 2.0 Commands Improved WoL functionality including custom Mac/IP address lookup and support for no-DHCP environments. Immediate WSUS client update UI New…

How can I raise the forest function level in a Windows Server 2003-based Active Directory? Functional levels are an extension of the mixed/native mode concept introduced in Windows 2000 to activate new Active Directory features after all the domain controllers in the domain or forest are running the Windows Server 2003 operating system. When a…

OBJ::SID and vice versa Description OBJ::SID and vice versa is a program written in C++ and used to translate SID/OBJ conversions. The program is able to detect object or SID that can be queried by the Global Catalog or the local SAM within the process machine. Querying OBJ/SID is within the scope of the user…

How do I install a Replica Domain Controller from a previous backed-up media on my Windows Server 2003 server? First make sure you read and understand Active Directory Installation Requirements. If you don‘t comply with all the requirements of that article you will not be able to set up your AD (for example: you don‘t…

Need a second Domain Controller for an Active Directory domain on a Windows 2000 Server? Daniel Petri shows you how it’s done.