Questions tagged [windows-domain]

A Windows domain is a form of a computer network in which all user accounts, computers, printers and other security principals, are registered with a central database (called a directory service) located on one or on a cluster of central computers known as domain controllers.

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Does a domain joined Windows 10 computer have built-in tools to query AD/LDAP?

I'm on a domain joined Windows 10 Computer and want to query the attributes of my own user account. Are there any built-in tools for that? It is not an admin computer and I don't have RSAT installed. ...
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How to change date and time of a remote computer

How to change date and time of a remote computer that runs windows XP on a 2008 domain? because that client failed to log on local or from remote desktop with below message:
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Logging in to a domain over a shared VPN connection

Is it possible to enable logging in to a domain through a shared VPN connection? I work from home. I picked up a new laptop from the office which is already joined to the domain, but I stupidly ...
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How do I allow the UPS World Ship application to bypass UAC?

I have found a way some time ago that allowed me to whitelist UAC from certain applications by using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit. This had worked for quite some time, however, it ...
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Add domain group to local computer administrators command line

Is it possible to add domain group to local group via command line? I can add specific users or domain users, but not a group. I would prefer to stick with a command line, but vbscript might be okay....
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How do I fix the Domain Translation issue in Windows 11 Pro Domain member?

I followed the directions to Join my Windows 11 Pro PC to the AD Domain and setup the Domain IP as the DNS Server for the Win11 PC. The Join went as required without errors. The Domain account that I ...
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Determine own domain group memberships XP Professional

This seems like it would be a simple question, but my Google skills have failed me. When logged into a domain (as a domain user without any admin rights), how can I determine what groups my user ...
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Active Directory domain in home network - how to add computer

I had used AD domain before, but the domain was set up already, so I do not have much hands-on experience with setting up everything from scratch, and I am still new to networking side of things, so ...
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How do I remove domain admin control from windows that don't use AD

I have a computer running Windows 10 that has a Domain Admin block on the local admin which has blocked me from installing any update that is the anniversary update or later. I did also try to make a ...
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Nslookup on new Windows Server (localhost)

What do I do if I only get "localhost" "127.0.0.1" when I type in nslookup in cmd. I want another server to show up when typing this command. I already included a Reverse-Lookup-...
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net user /domain <username> - System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied

I have the problem that I am getting a System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied. error when I am trying to run the command net user /domain <username> with a regular domain user account (...
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Linux alternative to Windows domain, Linux server & Linux workstation

I'm looking for a way to manage Linux workstations in the same way that a Windows domain manages windows clients. Just to be clear, I'm not looking for a Windows domain server replacement, I want a ...
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Windows 10 non admin install

I was at school today and saw something weird I wanted an explanation of how it works. So we can't install any programs on the school laptops, and someone at my school tried to install Roblox. I ...
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Locked out of Windows 10 and can't login because of BitLocker

I quit a domain of my company. After rebooting my computer, it only shows the account for that domain, and I cannot login. I can't switch to administrator or other users. I tried the method on Locked ...
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Unable to add myself to any ACL while using Azure AD

When I received a new laptop at the beginning of the week, the initial setup walked me through gaining access to my workplace's domain using my work email address, which is also associated with my ...
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Powershell No Logon Servers Available

I have one deployment server A, my local machine B and the server I'm accessing C. When I'm running a test script from B -> C it's successful. When I'm running that same script from A -> C it fails, I ...
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Creation of second Active Directory Forest based on configuration created beforehand

I'm considering use of dual forest configuration where second domain (forest) will be hardened version of the first domain with one-side trust. And I wonder if there is a way to avoid most of double ...
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Full name of Windows user name (in Domain) using Python

I want to retrieve the full name of a Windows computer user in Python. I have found the equivalent batch command: net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | FIND /I "Full Name" that returns the full name (e.g....
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New Windows Domain Name

For the first time I am building a domain from ground up. I gave the domain name the name of the business, and before doing so I didn't think to check online to see if it was already being used on the ...
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Can't SSH into Windows VM despite setting up OpenSSH

A couple of days ago, I set up a Windows 11 VM using VMware Fusion on my Macbook Air, and despite the janky and, at times, incredibly frustrating installation process (finding ISO files that will run ...
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AD user with group write rights opens read only files

I don't know whats preventing a windows domain user from writing into network share files, and I'd thought to ask for help. The user should get modify/write rights to any file on the network share ...
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Windows 10 Pro computer can no longer connect to or recognize domain network

Background I have a domain-joined Windows 10 Pro machine that has been working fine on an internal Windows Server 2012 R2 domain (for this question, let's call it MYDOMAIN.COM) for years without any ...
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Can't access an anonymous network share since I joined a computer to a domain

I'm working with W10 and W11 latest version. I have in my network a NAS server which shares disk trough an anonymous SMB share (SMB v2 I guess) Everything was working perfectly until I joined the ...
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How can I see all users of domain in this PC?

If I do: whoami /groups I can see all the groups I belong. My current user e.g. X belongs in a domain (there is a Domain Controller) My question is why if I go to Control Panel>Manage Accounts ...
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Adobe Camera Raw custom settings can be saved, but saved presets don't work or can't be read

Photoshop 2021 or 2023, updated Adobe Camera Raw. I open some raws in ACR, ctrl+S to save, and let's say I change settings to jpeg, 1080p, sharpen. Save that as a preset and name it preset-1. Then I ...
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Difference between Network and Domain

What is the real difference between domain(in Active directory) and network? Is my question wrong? or what is difference between domain in network and domain in Active ...
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RDP login with domain account fails

Background: I trying to do a RDP login to a domain client (Win10) (client A) with a second client (Win10) (client B) while both a connected on a network without connection to the domain controller. ...
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ActiveDirectory: Can I manually change the DNS records of the domain controllers within an AD domain?

I got some ActiveDirectory DNS issue I hope I can resolve with your help. (The IPs and subnets below are only examples, not the real ones) DC partner.com [192.168.1.1] <-- NAT 0:65535 --> ...
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What is the technical name for ".\" when logging into a local account for windows?

I know that you can you can use .\ in place for for the computer name when logging into a local account on Windows (Ex: ComputerName\Username = .\Username). What is the technical term or nomenclature ...
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How to limit number of logins when domain controller is unavailable

is there any way to set an AD group policy to limit the number of logins when a domain controller is unavailable (can't be reached)? I have 50 laptops in my company that are members of the domain and ...
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Executing a BAT file as a domain user from a service in Windows 7

Firstly a few basics: I am running a database server application which runs as a service ServiceA. ServiceA is installed on Server1 and Server2 ServiceA only runs on one of the two servers at any one ...
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Why does the company name and domain show up login on Windows 10 installer?

A computer that was previously company-owned and joined to an AD domain. The company then gave the computer to its previous user when above said user was dismissed from the company. I want to do a ...
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What is a more reliable way to scan for user commands that will run administrative commands on a user system?

On an AD domain, with a Windows 10 "deployment server" and 50 other Windows 10 hosts, I want to add a way for users to make LOCAL GPO changes by issuing a command. Each user has their own ...
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Backup (SeBackupPrivilege) and restore privilege(SerestorePrivilege). for domain user

How do I verify the if the domain user has backup (SeBackupPrivilege) and restore privilege(SerestorePrivilege)? I tried added the domain user to backup operators group. But Whoami /priv command ...
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domain user is shown as DOM\USER in login screen

while i try to login to my pc I have my username automatically shown like <DOM\USER> it used to be only (USERNAME) idk what happened and I searched for this problem but i can't seem to find ...
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net use with domain account (where device is local machine) causes UNC mapping to yield Access Denied error

We have a group of Win10 machines (along with several dozen various Windows servers) on a LAN with a Domain Controller. Most things are controlled through group policy. We are working on a script to ...
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What changes made to a computer connected to a domain network can be detected by the system administrator? [closed]

My work PC (Windows 7 Enterprise) is connected to a domain network. I have the admin username and password so I can change all the settings. Obviously its behind a firewall or something. The network ...
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Determining if client is Azure AD joined using dsregcmd fails if called from a script

We need to test if customer PCs/Laptops meet certain criteria, and one of them is they must have a device that's domain joined - no home users, no serverless non-domain scenarios. With Azure, the way ...
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Installing an internal website certificate in a domain controller?

The context is a Windows domain. My end goal here is to have an internal website (Website server is domain-joined) show as "trusted" when I visit it from my domain workstation. Currently (in ...
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"Windows cannot load the locally stored profile"

I have been getting the error described here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812339, but as I am logging in with a domain account creating a new local account is not a valid solution. I would also ...
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Connect to SMB on Microsoft 365 managed user account

In our small (6 people) company, we use Microsoft 365 to manage users and their MS Office licenses. Users log in to computers using PIN code to an account configured in our company domain - a very ...
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Some clients take the hour from DC that is not PDC

We have two DCs, DC1 and DC2, DC1 have all roles. I configured a GPO for clients to sync with DC1: I notice that some domain clients have as time source DC2. Somebody knows Why ? DC2 have this option ...
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Windows 10 is ignoring time changes on Samba 4 DC

I have got and VM with a Samba 4 installed as AD DC. It is also NTP server and the time on the server is correct. Tested with ntpdate -q ntp-server, which gives the correct time and date: ntpdate -q ...
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How to add/cache Windows domain user profile remotely?

I have a Windows 10 PC connected in domain, with local administrator account access and need to add a domain user profile in the PC. It's a remote PC and needs VPN to connect to the Domain Controller ...
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Windows 11 taskbar greyed out and is not usable when logging in with ad domain user

Today I've tried to setup an AD domain in my home environment and am unsure of what's happening. I've set up folder redirection, roaming profiles and connected a "base folder" for the user ...
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Why would RDP into a machine's local admin be blocked by NLA

My team and I were recently doing some maintenance on a domain joined server. We ended up having to remove the server from the domain and rejoining it. After completing the process we verified that we ...
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Random pc's in domain lose connection with network drives

I encounter problem in my network where network drives deployed by GPO temporarily cease to work on singular computers (one-two percent at a time). While problem is present there is normal connection ...
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Windows Firewall blocking SMB after a period of time

I have an issue with a restricted terminal machine running Windows 10 that I hope someone can shed some light on. This is on the domain and is restricted in Windows Firewall to only allow Google ...
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How can I get the Trust Relationship to the domain to stop failing?

I just installed Windows 10. I was part of a domain. When I try to log in I get, "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed." Since I do not remember my local ...
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Recently took over a Domain, cannot manage the domain controller (Ubuntu system supposed to be hosting Windows AD via SAMBA) [MSP]

Guys (and gals and everything in-between), I'm stumped. I'm an MSP and recently took over a new client. The prior IT left on not so great circumstances, and I'm inheriting their mess. One of my recent ...

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