Active Directory

Last Updated on 3 Feb. 2010, Total: 37 Knowledge Base Tips

  1. A Quick Tip To Verify The SRV Records Of Domain Controllers

    This article explains how you can use the NSLOOKUP tool to verify the SRV records of a domain controller... Read More

  2. Active Directory replication in a multilingual environment

    Active Directory replication in a multilingual environment... Read More

  3. Authoritative vs. Non-Authoritative Restoration of Active Directory

    It is the absolute worst case scenario possible; your domain controller has crashed. So what type of restore do you do?... Read More

  4. Avoid Overuse of Protected Groups

    protected groups, user rights, PDC Emulator... Read More

  5. Avoiding Legacy Built-in Groups

    How you can avoid using legacy built-in groups to grant admin-level privileges... Read More

  6. Checking the Location of Domain FSMO Roles

    Here is a quick tip to finding out where the FSMO roles for a domain are located... Read More

  7. Creating Dummy (Test) Users

    How to create a bunch of dummy or test users quickly in Active Directory... Read More

  8. DynamicSiteName and SiteName – Which site a client computer belongs to?

    If you are troubleshooting a client computer which always communicates to a domain controller in different site, you should look at the two registry entries explained in this article. This article applies to Windows 2000 and Windows XP... Read More

  9. Editing the DNS Root Hints Files

    DNS Root Hints are essential for the location of records that takes place during DNS recursion. Here are a couple of quick tips regarding DNS Root Hints... Read More

  10. Enabling Caching of Universal Groups

    How to enable caching of universal groups in Windows Server 2003 and why this is useful in branch office scenarios... Read More

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