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  • AD: Quickly Determine OU of User using VBScript

    Nov 16, 2006 · 2 min read  ·
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    I'm working on a few Active Directory scripts that require knowing the full path or "distinguished name" of the user object. All I know initially is the username and domain name and I found a script at Hey, Scripting Guy! that is really useful -- it searches AD for the user's OU information. The only problem …


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  • Active Directory: VPN and Windows Cached Credentials

    Oct 31, 2006 · 1 min read  ·
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    If you are on Active Directory and your VPN Software does not set the DNS servers to your local Domain Controllers, you may encounter the following error: The system has detected a possible attempt to compromise security. Please ensure you can contact the server that authenticated you. This appears to be some sort of …


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  • Active Directory: Time Sync All DCs

    Oct 17, 2006 · 1 min read  ·
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    Near as I can figure, AD automatically sets each DC to sync time with the master DC. In order to make sure the master DC has the proper time and is set to be an available & reliable time source, run the following commands:NET TIME /SETSNTP:time.windows.com NET STOP W32TIME NET START W32TIME W32TM /config …


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  • ADMT: Migration Order

    Aug 15, 2006 · 1 min read  ·
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    I'll have a more complete list later, but here is the order the network admins at work have figured out works best when using the Active Directory Migration tool to migrate from NT 4 to Server 2003 (be sure to check the rest of the blog for other scripts which are necessary when using ADMT): 1. User with SID (/Groups …


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  • AD: Change Default Login Domain after Migration

    Jul 28, 2006 · 2 min read  ·
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    When adding a trusted domain or migrating computers to a new domain, the login prompt often defaults to the old domain or the name of the workstation. This can cause confusion for users who are often confused about computers by default ;) In order to make their lives easier, you can set their default login domain by …


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  • VBSCRIPT: Add New Domain's Admins to Local Administrators Programmatically

    Jul 28, 2006 · 3 min read  ·
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    In order for Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to install its Agent on a newly migrated computer, the user running the ADMT tool must have local Administrator access. Otherwise, the error log shows something similar to the following: WRN1:7290 Processor architecture for machine \NT4MACHINE is unknown, Error …


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  • ADMT: Auto-Expired Password Clean-Up

    Jul 14, 2006 · 1 min read  ·
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    I'm using Microsoft's Active Directory Migration Tool to migrate users from an NT 4.0 Domain to a Win2k3 Domain. The process seems mostly flawless so far except that the password settings (not the password itself) are lost after migrating the users and their passwords. Suddenly, all migrated users on the new domain …


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Chrissy LeMaire

SQL & PowerShell MVP. GitHub Star. Creator of dbatools. Need to oil my knees.

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