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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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Find next password expiration date in Windows

At work we just switched to having our normal logins be restricted and using a separate login with elevated privileges when necessary (such as for installing software, etc.). We always login with our ...
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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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Error running software installer as administrator

I'm trying to install .NET 4.6.1 on a user's computer, but when I start the installer -- even with "Run as administrator" -- it fails to the message "This security ID may not be ...
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How do I unlock a client running Windows XP through Synergy?

I asked this question on the Synergy OSQA site, but I haven't had any responses. Forgive me if you've already seen it. I have a Synergy server running Windows 7 SP1. I have one client running Windows ...
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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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Accessing UNC paths in SYSTEM context

I need to access a UNC path from a process which is running as SYSTEM user in a Windows Domain. When running this application under Windows 10 it is working fine but on Windows 7 I get an Access ...
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Error 0x80070003 when attempting to sign into Microsoft Account with Groove Music and other apps

I have the Windows 10 Anniversary update running on a domain managed machine (Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller) which uses Folder Redirection and Roaming Profiles. When logged in and connected ...
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Update on Windows 10 cannot connect when behind domain proxy

My computer sits on a network and I think it has Microsoft Server 2012 on there. Without joining the domain; when I first browsed the internet it asked for my domain credentials. I added them in and ...
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PC takes a long time to print since joining domain

I have a computer that exhibits strange printing problems. When I print from a domain account it usually takes a long time (30 sec to +1 min) for an application to send the job to the printer. During ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot change DNS Domain Context on some machines

So I have a small Windows Server 2008 R2 network consisting of a domain controller, a file server, SQL server, etc. All machines are joined to a windows domain (CPUSHIELD.COM) and show up in Active ...
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Refresh Domain Credentials Cache via command-line

Is there a way to refresh the cache a domain-computer keeps to store domain passwords? I have a PC that is infrequently on the network, and the occasion happens where I would like the manually update ...
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Likewise on Ubuntu - domain user sometimes disappears from Login Screen

I'm using Likewise to authenticate to a Windows Domain on a laptop running Ubuntu 10.04. Everything seems to be working well, except for one thing. Normally, after the machine boots, I am presented ...
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Operating system image distribution, how to?

I would like some advice on a problem, maybe if someone had experiences about can give me some advice. The problem is this: in my company there are different developers and all work on virtual ...
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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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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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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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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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No smart card logon option in Windows 10

I'm not IT trained but I was tasked to implement smart card windows logon for a particular system. The system has a single server (functions as AD and DC) and many client PCs. All the machines are in ...
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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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Windows Administrator Access Logs

I recently learnt that domain administrators can remotely access files and directories for any computer that is a member of that domain. For example, an Administrator can access the root folder of a ...
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removing users via powershell with multiple domains

I have been trying to clean the permissions on a NAS via powershell for some time but I have hit an annoying problem. presently I use foreach ($entry in $entries) { $acl = (Get-Item $...
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Allowing a user on windows domain to install updates to specific programs

I'm quite new to Windows Domains but have set up one at home to have some small sense of control over the computers in the house. Each family member has a domain user so they can log in to each ...
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Access denied (5) for net user /domain command

I would like to get some help debugging an issue we are experiencing in a specific server. We have a web application that uses windows accounts to validate user credentials and groups. We noticed ...
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changes to the LGPO thru gpedit.msc on domain connected machines do not apply after restarts and gpupdate /force

FYI I am very new to the world of system administration. However I have been able to find answers to nearly every question that has come across my desk - till now. We have LGPO policy's set manually ...
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How to set standard login to local?

I now have a computer with Windows 7 Operating system that used to be in a network. Now it's just a 'lonely' local computer. I know there is the shortcut .\User1 to log in quickly to local. Is there ...
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Windows 10 search not working without access to Administrator user folder (domain joined)

We got a problem that when we join a windows 10 computer to the domain search is not working for all domain users (even domain admins) until we give them full control to the Administrator user folder. ...
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How do I log into a clean installation of Windows 10 with no accounts?

After a clean installation of Windows 10 Pro, I'm being shown the standard OS login screen (like you see when you first boot the computer) asking for my e-mail address and password. Not sure why it ...
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Map Multiple network drives windows 2012 domain controller

I have found this script to map single drive and Relabel the Drive: ' Option Explicit Dim objNetwork, strDrive, objShell, objUNC Dim strRemotePath, strDriveLetter, strNewName ' strDriveLetter = "H:...
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How user can logon on all domain computers?

On Windows server 2012 one user can logon more than one domain computers simultaneously. My question: I wanna user logon all devices but not simultaneously.
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Running a DC in a VM on a File Server

I am trying to work out how to set up a new DC and File Server on one piece of hardware. I want to know what the best practice way would be and if I am likely to hit any major pitfalls in doing it in ...
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Joining a domain and domain accounts

I'm new to servers and domains.. but I'm learning and have some questions! Scenario: I'm using VM ware and have created one machine with Windows 7, one with Windows server 2008 R2. Also I've ...
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DNS unknown followed by ipv6 address

I set up a DNS for testing but when I go to DNS manager and click run nslookup I got "default server unknown addressee fe80:..." What I did I created A records with the same IP with the DNS same ...
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Files transferring across PC when logging in

So I am looking at making my home PCs all linked to 1 server, I am doing this mainly as a project to better understand this sort of stuff, but one thing has always struck me as weird on how to do. ...
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How to Control Firefox Centrally under Windows?

I wonder whether Firefox can be controlled centrally within a Windows domain without using third party software such as PolicyPak. In particular I want to configure firefox centrally through a group ...
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Why can't domain Users map network drives?

I have a domain controller set up with some shared folders. I have multiple users with different levels of access to the shared folders. I tried to use the GPO to map the network drives and it didn't ...
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Samba 4 Domain controller: authentication from windows client stopped working

I've set up a samba 4 domain controller, we have four Windows 7/8 clients in the domain. This setup worked for the past 6 months. Recently, I've not been able to log in with my credentials from two ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - One Desktop, no matter the user

I'm looking to link many Windows Servers into a Windows Domain. If possible, i would like to set up users for each person with access. However when they RDP into a server, i want it to act like they ...
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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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PowerShell: Automatic Join-Domain with Secure String - 'Encryption Key' Usage

I work in an enterprise environment, where I manage a lab of 75 computers. I use Ghost to image and then I walk the computers afterwards to change the PC names and SIDs. I am implementing a script ...
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Locked Screen, Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to instantly log on

Local account on a domain joined PC (Windows 7 Professional). Local account has no password (no worries, it's segregated/secure). Upon locking the PC, we want to "Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log on" ...
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Joining a domain with kali

I'm in school and I was asked if I could join a domain with Kali. Everywhere I search says use "likewise open" but I've went into "add/remove programs" and searched for "likewise open" but it has no ...
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How to trick a domain user's profile into not rebuilding when PC joined to (technically) different domain?

Our only DC (SBS 2003) failed recently and had to be rebuilt from scratch. All user accounts have been recreated with identical names and passwords. The name of the rebuilt DC is identical, as is ...
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Creating an account creation script to create new users in Windows Server 2008

I need to be able to make an account creation script that will create a new user in the Domain Users group, set its password, roaming profile, and login script. The input will be first name, last name,...
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Can you add a Domain User to Samba?

Instead of adding a local user on a Linux computer using the command smbpasswd -a username. But how can you go about adding a domain account user on a Linux computer (provided that Linux is added to a ...
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Exclude a folder from roaming profiles

How can I exclude a folder from roaming profiles on a Windows 7 client machine? Microsoft has two articles on how to exclude it using group policy on the domain controller (For Windows 2000 and ...
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domain gpo logon script not executing for administrators

I have a Windows 2008 DC with a logon script in the default policy. This script has been tested and works if executed manually for admins and users. However, when I login with an administrator it ...
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Set default wallpaper for a local Windows default user profile used by all users of a domain

I want to put a wallpaper by default in a local user profile for Windows that everyone is the same wallpaper. The local profile Windows is loaded by default when a user logs on to the Windows domain, ...
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Temporary profile instead of my regular one

I have windows-7 OS laptop connected to Domain, after installation it worked for a few weeks. Now, after logging it shows users logged in with temporary profile. My original desktop and My Documents ...
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How can I get a Windows 2008 print server to deploy to child domains?

I am setting up a print server for our company that has a parent domain and 2 child domains. The print server is on the parent domain and I have no problems getting the print server to deploy printers ...
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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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