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) […]
Redirecting the containers “Users” and “Computers” in Windows Active Directory domains
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 […]
Kix Script – After renaming an AD group InGroup does not work anymore
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 […]
Empty password in Active Directory despite activated password policy
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 […]
Active Directory Nested Groups: Overview group nesting
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, […]
Create Microsoft Excel documents per scheduled task with PowerShell
We were recently faced with the task of automatically filling an Excel 2010 document with PowerShell on a Windows 2008 R2 Server. If you are […]
Phantom Objects in Active Directory
Infrastructure Master Role and Global Catalog Microsoft recommends not making the domain controller with the infrastructural master role the Global Catalog server. But this recommendation […]
Active Directory: establishing dynamic security groups
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 […]
Track changes of AD objects with REPADMIN
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 […]
Authoritative Restore – Tutorial to back up deleted AD objects
Authorative and non-authorative restore Individual Active Directory objects that have been deleted accidently can be backed up proceeding an authoritative restore. You can restore single […]
Microsoft Exchange 2007 Management Tools 32 Bit
Exchange 2007 is a 64 bit application with 64 bit management tools. Download the Exchange 2007 management tools for 32 bit operation systems from the […]
Reset computer account password in Active Directory
Not only user accounts, but also computer accounts use passwords to log on to the domain. The computer password is set by the client and […]
SID-History: Deactivate SID filtering to migrate user accounts
For the purpose of an Active Directory Migration first one or more domains are created parallel to the existing Active Directory structure. After the establishment […]
RSA Tools for Windows 7 with SP1
To administrate Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008 or Windows 2003 systems via a Windows 7 client (SP1) Microsoft has released the Remote Sever Administration tools (RSA) […]
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