NewSID and the “Clone” myth
Creating a new server as a copy from an existing one saves time. However, it leads to a computer SID used by two different machines. […]
Quest Migration Manager for AD – Problem with Directory synchronization
At the moment I am supervising an AD Domain Migration with Quest Migration Manager for Active Directory 8.7 The Directory Synchronization (DAS) with more than […]
Finding deleted members of an Active Directory Group with help of the meta data
Why did important AD groups “lost” some of their members? My task was to find out which members were missing. Well, I found something very […]
msDS-LastSuccessfulInteractiveLogonTime vs. LastLogonTimeStamp
I want to introduce to you a function of Windows Server 2008 domain functional level: LastSuccessfulInteractiveLogonTime Basically it is about finding out when a user […]
Hard disk write protected: Set or remove write-protection with diskpart
Yesterday I faced the problem that I couldn’t save data on an external USB-hard drive on my Windows / client anymore. Folders couldn’t be created […]
Join Computer to Domain with minimum permissions
Which authorizations are necessary to join a computer to a AD domain? The aim of a granular delegation concept is to assign only those rights […]
Quest Migration Manager QMM and Intra Forest Migration
The requirements for an Intra-Forest migration are much different compared to an Inter-Forest Migration. Intra-Forest Migration: migration between domains of the same Forest. Inter-Forest Migration: […]
When was an Active Directory Object created on a Domain Controller?
I wanted to find out what date an Active Directory object was created on / replicated to a Domain Controller. Actually, you can find that […]
How to make an Active Directory SnapShot
Windows Server 2008 provides you with the possibility to create an online snapshot of the Active Directory database. You can load the AD snapshot with […]
Set up an unidirectional Active Directory Trust
The following outline clarifies the terms needed for setting up an unidirectional Trust.
QMM Quest Migration Manager for AD – Checking Directory Synchronization DSA
I was looking for a possibility to check and supervise the synchronization of user-objects with Quest Migration Manager for Active Directory. In addition, I was […]
Xenserver – VM is not working anymore and can neither be rebooted nor shut down
The following instructions make it possible to reboot and immediately afterwards shut down a non working virtual machine on a Xenserver.
Searching Novell NDS eDirectory with Powershell
Today we had to search a NDS eDirectory via Powershell script. After some tests and searching the internet we found the following solution.
Creating a virtual floppy disk
Floppy disks seem to be died out. But it’s not the complete truth. From time to time one of these is still needed. Last week […]
“Try next closest site” group policy – the DC Locator in Windows
With Windows Vista / 7 / 8 the “DC Locator Algorithm” has been improved. However, it needs to be activated by a group policy (GPO) […]
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