2 users / 5 computers

Hi,
We want to buy CC licenses for our company but we get a question:
We must install it on 5 computers, maybe more, but only 2 users will use it at the same time, how can we do? What kind of licenses we need?
BR

Have you considered Group Policy Preferences - Printers ?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731562.aspx
http://www.grouppolicy.biz/tag/printer/
http://deployhappiness.com/best-practices-for-group-policy-printer-preferences/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2009/06/24/gp-preferences-set-a-default-printer.aspx
https://the.geekorium.com.au/deploy-printers-with-group-policy-without-using-local-loopback/
Don
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Windows 2008 Server - Cannot run Active Directory Users and Computers

Hi,
I am running Windows 2008 Server with latest windows updates installed. Directory Services Role also.
I attempt to open Active Directory Users and Computers tool and I get a;
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library error;
"The Application has requested the runtime to terminate it in a unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information"
I click ok, then get the following debug info;
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: mmc.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp: 47919524
Fault Module Name: msvcrt.dll
Fault Module Version: 7.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791ad6b
Exception Code: 40000015
Exception Offset: 0000000000029b06
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.272.7
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 43aa
Additional Information 2: cf3a46656318492c1997480001b6b0e0
Additional Information 3: 3837
Additional Information 4: 92f72e0d0589ff77cef51e0a413aeff6
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If someone could please assist, it would be very much appreciated.
Regards
B

Hi,
To solidly troubleshoot this kind of issue, we need to debug dump file. A suggestion would be to contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support (CSS) via telephone so that a dedicated Support Professional can assist with your request.
To obtain the phone numbers for specific technology request please take a look at the web site listed below:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;OfferProPhone#faq607
However, I am also glad to share my research.
Some third party applications may lead to this error. Please check if you install other third party applications on Windows server 2008?
Also, please follow the article below to perform necessary steps to see how it's going?
FIX: You receive an "invalid page fault in module MSVCRT.DLL" error message after you install the run-time libraries from Visual C++ 6.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190536/en-us
Hope this helps.
Best wishes
Morgan Che

How to create "folders" in Active Directory Users and Computers?

Hello Community
    In Windows Server 2008R2 when you go to Active Directory Users and Computer
you will see icons of folders such as:
    - Builtin has a folder icon
    - Computers has a folder icon
    - ForeignSecurityPrinicpals has a folder icon
    - Domain Controller as a folder icon
    - Managed Service Accounts has a folder icon
    - Users has a folder icon
    All of the above folders are visually identical.
    If you right click and select “File” – “New”
on any of the selections the icon
will not look like the folder icon they have their own icons which look different
from the "Folder" icon.
    I would like to create a “Folder” that looks just visually exactly like the ones
mentioned above, how can I create those types of Folders in Active Directory User
and Computers?
    Note: I would like to put users in the folders.
    Thank you
    Shabeaut

Hi,
you should use OUs (an OU is they type of object (folder) that is available for you to easily create.
The object type you are asking about is a "container", and there are various reasons why an OU is more flexible (applying GPO, etc).
Refer: Delegating Administration by Using OU Objects
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780779(v=ws.10).aspx
and the sub-articles:
Administration of Default Containers and OUs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc728418(v=ws.10).aspx
Delegating Administration of Account and Resource OUs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784406(v=ws.10).aspx
Also: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961764.aspx
Don
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Active directory users and computers wont start on a dc, "the server is not operational"

In our environment, we have 3 dc's
two which run server 2008 (they work perfectly)
and one never off branch dc that runs server 2008 r2.
We have been having some problems where we feel the replication isnt up too speed(stuff could take up to 24 hours to replicate) and now when i tried opening active directory users and computers i am met with this error window:
We have a third party DNS solution.
How do i troubleshoot this issue?

dc01 (which replicates perfectly with dc02, and vise versa)
dcdiag /test:dns
C:\Users\adminuser>dcdiag /test:dns
Domain Controller Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Hostingpartner\ourdc01
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... ourDC01 passed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Hostingpartner\ourdc01
DNS Tests are running and not hung. Please wait a few minutes...
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Running partition tests on : Schema
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Running partition tests on : int
Running enterprise tests on : int.domain.com
Starting test: DNS
Test results for domain controllers:
DC: ourdc01.int.domain.com
Domain: int.domain.com
TEST: Delegations (Del)
Error: DNS server: ourdc02.int.domain.com. IP:xx.xx.xx.32 [Broken delegated domain domaindnszones.int.domain.com.]
Error: DNS server: ourdc02.int.domain.com. IP:xx.xx.xx.32 [Broken delegated domain forestdnszones.int.domain.com.]
Summary of test results for DNS servers used by the above domain controllers:
DNS server: xx.xx.xx.32 (ourdc02.int.domain.com.)
2 test failures on this DNS server
Delegation is broken for the domain domaindnszones.int.domain.com. on the DNS server xx.xx.xx.32
Delegation is broken for the domain forestdnszones.int.domain.com. on the DNS server xx.xx.xx.32
Summary of DNS test results:
Auth Basc Forw Del Dyn RReg Ext
Domain: int.domain.com
ourdc01 PASS PASS PASS FAIL n/a PASS n/a
......................... int.domain.com failed test DNS
dcdiag on dc01(which can replicate with dc02)
C:\Users\adminuser>dcdiag
Domain Controller Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: hostingpartner\ourdc01
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... OURDC01 passed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: hostingpartner\ourdc01
Starting test: Replications
[Replications Check,OURDC01] DsReplicaGetInfoW(PENDING_OPS) failed with error 8453,
Win32 Error 8453.
......................... OURDC01 failed test Replications
Starting test: NCSecDesc
......................... OURDC01 passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
[OURDC01] User credentials does not have permission to perform this operation.
The account used for this test must have network logon privileges
for this machine's domain.
......................... OURDC01 failed test NetLogons
Starting test: Advertising
......................... OURDC01 passed test Advertising
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
......................... OURDC01 passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: RidManager
......................... OURDC01 passed test RidManager
Starting test: MachineAccount
......................... OURDC01 passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: Services
......................... OURDC01 passed test Services
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
......................... OURDC01 passed test ObjectsReplicated
Starting test: frssysvol
......................... OURDC01 passed test frssysvol
Starting test: frsevent
......................... OURDC01 passed test frsevent
Starting test: kccevent
......................... OURDC01 passed test kccevent
Starting test: systemlog
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719
Time Generated: 04/04/2013 15:04:29
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719
Time Generated: 04/04/2013 15:04:50
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719
Time Generated: 04/04/2013 15:10:56
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719
Time Generated: 04/04/2013 15:11:17
(Event String could not be retrieved)
......................... OURDC01 failed test systemlog
Starting test: VerifyReferences
......................... OURDC01 passed test VerifyReferences
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : int
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... int passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... int passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running enterprise tests on : int.domain.com
Starting test: Intersite
......................... int.domain.com passed test Intersite
Starting test: FsmoCheck
......................... int.domain.com passed test FsmoCheck
The problematic dc03:
Dcdiag gives the same output as dcdiag /test:dns
C:\Users\adminuser>dcdiag
Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
Home Server = OURDC03
Ldap search capabality attribute search failed on server NTSDC03, return
value = 81
We have an infoblox dns server on ip address xxx.y.y.251.
first error in event logs on dc03:
error 1863
This is the replication status for the following directory partition on this directory server.
Directory partition:
CN=Configuration,DC=int,DC=domain,DC=com
This directory server has not received replication information from a number of directory servers within the configured latency interval.
Latency Interval (Hours):
24
Number of directory servers in all sites:
2
Number of directory servers in this site:
2
The latency interval can be modified with the following registry key.
Registry Key:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters\Replicator latency error interval (hours)
To identify the directory servers by name, use the dcdiag.exe tool.
You can also use the support tool repadmin.exe to display the replication latencies of the directory servers. The command is "repadmin /showvector /latency <partition-dn>".
i have also go several warning 2088, 2093, 2087.
And errors 1863 pointing to different directory partitions like schema/configuration/domaindnszones/forestdnszones

Security Settings on Domain Node in Users and Computers

When I open Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc) and right click on the domain node (top node of the tree) and select Properties, there is a security tab with the usual dialog for setting permissions.
I assume the Domain Administrator account, Domain Admins, and Enterprise Admins should have full control. But what other groups or users should have what permissions? Are the permissions I set here applicable only to the folders and OUs
in the tree? Why would anyone but Domain/Enterprise Admins need permissions to these objects?
Are there any KB articles or best practices that offer guidance regarding how to set permissions here?

Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
Please check the following articles,
Security Groups
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc960640.aspx
Managing Domain Users and Groups
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759353(v=ws.10).aspx
http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-groups.html
Regards.
Vivian Wang

Hide all except one object in Active Directory Users and Computers.

Hello,
I have a question.. I need to allow to one group of "administrators" creating users in one OU and adding computers to the domain, nothing else. I allowed them to log on DC using the GPO "Allow log on locally", because I don't want to give
them administrator rights, I allowed them to do these operations on one OU through delegation wizard and now I need to make all OUs, groups etc. invisible to them except this OU. What is the best way how to achieve this? Thank you...
d.

I would disable the ability to allow them to login. I suggest to create a Computers OU that you can delegate to the "admins" to add computers, and don't use the default Computers container.
I assume the admins are using Windows 7 or newer. You can customize an RSAT installation to just provide the ADAC.
Description of Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/958830
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449475(WS.10).aspx
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7D2F6AD7-656B-4313-A005-4E344E43997D&displaylang=en
Customizing - Installing Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7
http://www.petri.co.il/remote-server-administration-tools-for-windows-7.htm
Or if you want to chop it down and control it further, create a custom ADUC with just that OU you've delegated. I've done this in the past and worked fine for my customer:
Delegate an Organizational Unit (OU) in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC), then create a custom MMC or customized RSAT
http://blogs.msmvps.com/acefekay/2014/09/04/delegate-an-organizational-unit-ou-in-active-directory-users-and-computers-aduc-then-create-a-custom-mmc-or-customized-rsat/
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"The home folder could not be created because the network name cannot be found" error in AD users and computers

Our home folders are stored on a non-windows NAS device and with Windows XP and 2003 we've always got the above error when creating or modifying users home folders, even when the shares were al ready created and being used.
However this was never really a big issue as the error that popped up was really for information and finshed with a "we've modified the user properties anyway, please create the share manually" type message.
Unfortunately now we are moving to windows 7 and 2008R2, this last part of the the message is missing and it won't accept the correct value.
This issue may be in the way that the NAS device shares the folder, as only the username that matches the folder name can access the share. This behaviour can't be modified.
Is there a way to get Windows 7/2008R2 AD users and computers to behave the same way that Windows XP/2003 does , i.e. don't try and create the share just set the value in the user properties ?
The AD is still at 2003 level and we can still use Windows XP/2003 clients to make the changes but this is a bit of a limitation.

The KB article is almost what we have apart from theitalic underlined
part
Consider the following scenario:
You use a domain administrator account to log on to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
You use the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to connect to a domain controller.
You open the Properties dialog box of a user account.
The user account has sole access to a shared folder path that cannot be accessed by the administrator account.
You set the Remote Desktop Services Home Folderattribute to the shared folder path.
NoteThis attribute is located on the
Remote Desktop Services Profiletab.
You click Apply or OK.
In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
The home folder could not be created because: The network name cannot be found.
Note If you click Apply or OK again, no error message is returned. However, the setting is not saved.
I think the important bit is
The user account has sole access to a shared folder path that cannot be accessed by the administrator account.
We manually create the shares on our NAS and then just want to enter the path in the profile tab, I suppose the question is how to we stop it trying to create the shares ?

Can not open Active Directory Users and Computers

Problem Reported:
Out of the blue this has started happening:
When I go to "Active Directory Users and Computers" I get this message.
"MMC cannot open the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\dsa.msc.
This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later version of MMC. This may also be because you do not have sufficient access rights to the file.
Additional information:
This is a server that has been in use for 2+ years with active directory users that can and do login everyday.
As far as I know the system has no backup.
dsa.msc IS located in the system32 folder
I am using the administrator account.
OS:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
Standard x64 Edition
Service Pack 2
Please help with detail. Thank you.

Have you tried to uninstall ADUC administrative tool and re-install it again? If no, please give a try.
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RSAT - Active Directory Users and Computers

After installing build 9879, I cannot open Active Directory Users and Computers. I get error message: MMC could not create the snap in. I do not see KB2693643 under installed updates anymore. I've tried to reinstall KB2693643
but I get error code 0x8024001d. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi readabook,
To resolve windows update error 0x8024001d, please rename Software Distribution folder:
1. Click on Start, choose run type in CMD and click OK.
2. Type NET STOP WUAUSERV and press Enter. (leave this window open for later use)
3. Open My Computer
4. Find the folder c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
5. Right mouse click on SoftwareDistribution and choose rename call the folder "SDold"
6. Return to the black Window that opened in step 1 type NET START WUAUSERV and click enter
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Working with multiple users and computers, but shared data

Sorry if this is posted in a poor place, I'm not sure where the best place is. This is sort of a general questions.
For a long time, my wife and I have had either one computer, or two machines but one has definitely been just a terminal. We've basically set up all of our data to be one one primary machine, and if we want to view/edit that data we have to use that machine.
We just got a new MacBook Pro and I would like to be able to use two machines as equals. Sadly, this idea of multiple computers, with two users and some shared data is really giving me difficulty. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to best manage things like:
Synchronizing portions of our contact list (We share about 50% of the combined library -- we don't have to share all though).
How to manage iPhoto so that we can each have access to the photos. As an added difficulty (or maybe this is easier?) my Wife just wants to have access to the pictures for viewing and sharing on Facebook/Picassa/etc. I am the only one who wants to edit, correct and cull our library. That said, I always edit when I first put the data on the machine, and almost never again; so it would be fine to have one (or both accounts) set up as view only for the iPhoto data.
How to manage iTunes so that we can each have access to the music. As a super awesome bonus, it would be great if we could have three libraries: His, Hers and Shared. Maybe as much as 30% of our music library is similar, the rest just gets in the way.
What is the best solution people have found for calendars? (I'm thinking two separate calendars, and we each subscribe to each others iCal feed)
Mail.app and bookmark synching is not really a problem for us.
Two extra points:
* One machine is portable, and the other isn't. Ideally, when the laptop is out of the house, both machines should still have reasonable access to the shared data. That is: Just dumping things in the shared folder won't work because when the laptop is out of the house we will be disconnected from the source data.
* We just got a second iPhone. This means that both of us will be taking photos/video separately and trying to synch back to the master data store.
* Basically, I'm trying to minimize data duplication as much as possible, and just synchronize the systems to each other.
Thanks a ton in advance. If anyone has any suggestions at all, I would love to hear them. Including "This is in the wrong forum, go ask here instead..."

So you have a desktop Mac and a laptop Mac, right? Two user accounts (and a third admin account) on each computer, right?
I profess that I haven't tried this, but here is how I would approach your problem:
Sharing Music and Photos between multiple user accounts on the same computer:
See if http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=194992 and http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=510993 provide any useful information to assist you in this endeavor.
Sharing across multiple computers:
Turn on file sharing on the Desktop (System Preferences > Sharing). Now you can mount the Desktop as an external drive on the laptop's Desktop. Copy the music and photo folders across. Will take awhile to do the first time. Then, for future use, get a copy of the donationware CarbonCopyCloner or equivalent. You can use CCC to selectively sync specific folders from one computer to the other. There may be a hassle with digital copyright issues on music and movies, though.
Calendars:
As you have suggested yourself, publishing yours and subscribing to hers is probably the best way to do it, on the same computer. Across computers, syncing with CCC or equivalent would probably be the way to go.

Since OES 11 SP2 computer members of groups are not shown in AD Users and Computers mmc snapin

I have several groups of computers in my DSfW Domain, They are mainly
used to apply different GPOs to different groups.
If you look via iManager or C1 at the properties of the groups you see
the computers, which are members of the groups on the membership and
security self equivalancy pages.
If you use the MS AD snapin the memberlist of the group shows not any
computer - but the computer(user) template shows, that the computer is
member of the groups in question. It seems as if the GPOs are applied
correctly using the group membership.
But the question remains, why are the computer members not shown in the
group template. They did show up there before OES 11SP2, so it seems
some attribute got lost or is not correctly interpreted on the AD side.
W. Prindl

Originally Posted by W_Prindl
I have several groups of computers in my DSfW Domain, They are mainly
used to apply different GPOs to different groups.
If you look via iManager or C1 at the properties of the groups you see
the computers, which are members of the groups on the membership and
security self equivalancy pages.
If you use the MS AD snapin the memberlist of the group shows not any
computer - but the computer(user) template shows, that the computer is
member of the groups in question. It seems as if the GPOs are applied
correctly using the group membership.
But the question remains, why are the computer members not shown in the
group template. They did show up there before OES 11SP2, so it seems
some attribute got lost or is not correctly interpreted on the AD side.
W. Prindl
This might be the side-effect of some bug fix we did in oes11sp2, and will require deeper debugging. Please raise the SR with appropriate priority so that we give greater attention.

ISE: create rules with AD groups for Users and Computers

Hello,
We've just begun to work with ISE.
Is it the good place to post on ISE, or there is a dedicated forum in another place?
We'd like to create some rule depending of Computer member groups AND Users member groups from AD, but we meet some difficulties.
We've created AD groups for Computers and Users depending of their Department:
Users_1
Users_2
Computers_1
Computers_2
When we create some basics rules regarding one group only:
- with a group Computers_x to attribute a specific VLAN to a computer (when no Windows session is opened), it runs correctly.
- with a group Users_x to attribute a specific VLAN to an user (when Windows session is opened), it runs correctly.
But when we create a rule regarding a group from Computers and one from Users, to attribute a specific VLAN to an user on a specific computer, this rule is not applied.
Is it possible to use ISE on this way?
Thanks for help.
Regards,
Chris

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How could I allow selected Domain users or Computers to install programs and not be asked for Admin credentials.

We have a handfull of Laptops in the company. They are all joined to our
Domain. The default domain policy keeps these non-adminstrators from installing
software without prodiving the administrator credentials for the domain. We have a
few users that we would let install programs but would prefer not to make administrators.
I have been all over the place searching for solutions. Is there an actual field to allow this
in Group Policy? All the suggestions I have seen have dead-ended on me....Any thoughts.
Server is Windows 2003R2 and clients are all WIndows 7 Pro. Again, at this point I would like
to be able to allow specified computers this right.

Based on what I have found Power Users group has no added user rights in Windows 7:
From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771990.aspx:
By default, members of this group have no more user rights or permissions than a standard user account. The Power Users group in previous versions of Windows was designed to give users specific administrator rights and permissions to perform common system
tasks. In this version of Windows, standard user accounts inherently have the ability to perform most common configuration tasks, such as changing time zones. For legacy applications that require the same Power User rights and permissions that were present
in previous versions of Windows, administrators can apply a security template that enables the Power Users group to assume the same rights and permissions that were present in previous versions of Windows.
So despite the caution it does not seem like an option. As for Publishing Software, if the user needs to install something "on the fly" that will not work. I guess i could just add to the administrator group as needed in order to install programs then
remove. Now the user is remote operationg on cached credentials. Would then not need to come to the domain and log in locally in order to update their security tokens.

One user, two computers.

Can I install CS3 Extendend on my Desktop and my Laptop to use at home and at school?

Yes, the license agreement allows you to install the software on up to two computers, provided that is for the same user and that the software is not used simultaneously on both machines.

Multiple users multiple computers

I'm setting up a business right now using macs
So far I have 4 different users and 4 computers. We will end up sharing computers from time to time. All the services we use are cloud based, email is hosted, website is hosted, pretty much everything is hosted, so i have very little need for a lion server
problem is that i HATE having to setup each users email, address book, calendar, and dropbox settings on each and every computer. without getting a synology server, lion server, or some other kind of server, is there a way to keep all this garbage in sync?

For the address book and calendar you could use Google or iCloud. A central Mac server would really be the best way to go and you wouldn't have to purchase additional hardware as you could install it on to one of the existing computers.

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