Trust between Windows Server 2008 R2 and NT4 does not work „by design“ It is not possible to create a trust between a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain and a […]
FSMO or Flexible Single Master Operations is a specialized domain controller set of tasks. Specialized tasks can be spread to several servers, but only one server can act as FSMO […]
With Windows Vista / 7 / 8 the “DC Locator Algorithm” has been improved. However, it needs to be activated by a group policy (GPO) first. The article will tell […]
The Standard “Users” and the standard “Computers” container (in which new objects are to be created in default) can be easily changed with Windows standard applications. Benefits, requirements and the […]
Many administrators use KiXtart and have developed their own login script. The script checks group memberships of the users during the log-in process to connect network drives, assign printers and […]
Lately we found a security gap in Active Directory. We noticed that some accounts in Active Directory were active, but contained an empty password. This should not be possible if […]
After looking for the Microsoft KB article on Active Directory Group Nesting for the umpteenth time today, because I wasn’t sure on a particular issue, I decided to create a […]
Dynamic security groups are now possible in Active Directory. Dynamic distribution groups already exist in MS Exchange Server. So far they cannot be used to assign permissions to AD objects. […]
Timestamps and changes of AD objects can be made visible with REPADMIN A well-known problem for many administrators: An error occured and when questioned what has been changed – of […]
When starting the Citrix SSO agent there is the following error message: The Citrix Single Sign-On Service Key Management Module could not be contacted The reason for the failed start […]