New Server 2012 -- Network Location Awareness & Power Failure

Could you try setting up a dependency or delay on the boot? This would be more of a temporary solution, but should help you confirm that the only issue was with communication with the DC.

Hello everyone,This is kind of a mixed question of AD/Domain/GPO, Server 2012 R2 Standard, Windows 7 clients, and File Sharing.. please bare with me.We had an interesting event this morning..We have a 2012 R2 STD member file server on the domain. We had a total power failure, and I believe the file server came up faster than any domain controller. Anyhow, we couldn't access the shares on the server. Upon further investigation, I saw that the network location on the file server was 'unknown' and decided to restart the server. After that, it went back to its domain profile.Are there any known solutions to this scenario? Can I force the server to use the domain profile at all times? I've briefly read about the local GP edit trick, but haven't tried it out yet. Apparently, you can allow changes to adapter profiles, and then manually set...
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Network location awareness + Registry permissions..

Hello
I am currently in the pilot phase of a Windows 8.1 deployment for a mid size client
We have come across a strange issue. We have been using SCCM 2012 R2 for the deployment - a fairly vanilla deployment. Randomly, a PC will deploy and function correctly, with IE working and networks connecting as you would expect. However, when you open
Network and Sharing Center, windows says "You are not connected to any networks"
This prevents also Outlook 2013 from starting up and finding the users mailbox.
A fix has been found to this:
Edit the permissions on this registry key and all sub-keys:
- HKLM \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ Current Version \ Network List
to allow NetworkService and LocalSystem full access, and restarting the Network Location Awareness service.
This fix can be scripted and implemented during the OSD Task Sequence.
Why is this issue happening across the same PC hardware, networks, build process etc etc. Is this a bug with Windows 8.1?
I'd certainly like an explanation here.
Cheers
Adrian.

Hi Adrian,
For the issue, I think the issue is related to your image.
As you know, the system can change the access permission for Network List.
But I cannot understand why it occurred randomly.
I suggest you use a new image to narrow down the issue.
Regards,
Kelvin hsu
TechNet Community Support

Network location awareness

I'm currently using Anyconnect 3.0. I noticed that the network location awareness only works some of the time in finding our domain. Does anyone know of any tweaks or settings that could make this more reliable? We get folks that can connect to the ASA with valid IP but the network connection within Windows 7 says Unidentified network or Unauthenticated network.
Thanks in advance.

Hi dom8925,
Are you using 2008R2 or Win7, there have a similar known issue on that platform:
The network location profile changes from "Domain" to "Public" in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2524478
I’m glad to be of help to you!
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Network location awareness stopped abruptly

i have a server 2008 host running in a 2008 DC environment. All working fine for over a year into production.
One day the NLA service just went down, and server stopped servicing clients.
I managed to start it back by
Run the commands
net localgroup administrators localservice /add
net localgroup administrators networkservice /add
But I would like to know why the service went down just like that. No
changes to the system permission wise, was made. Or am i missing something here?
I can see just this event in log "The Network Location Awareness service terminated with service-specific error %%-1073741288.
Thanks

Hi,
Please provide full context of this event. These information is valuable for troubleshooting.
Thank you.

Windows 7 hangs on bootup - Culprit appears to be Network Location Awareness

We just finished our deployment of Windows 7 a few weeks ago. Everything ran great for a while. This week an issue started popping
up. Random computers will hang on "Please Wait" during bootup. We can leave them for days and they will stay there. If we disable the Network Location Awareness service, they bootup just fine. Then we re-enable it and everything runs smooth (most
of the time). A couple of machines experience the issue again on their next reboot. Other machines have had the issue once and then seemed fine after. All machines are the same Dell models (7010) and were imaged with the same image. So far, the only solution
I've found online is to disable that service and then re-enable it. That works as a band-aid, but does anybody have a permanent solution for this?
Dave

Hi,
We can install windows performance toolkit and then capture a boot trace to look at what happens during boot process:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2012/09/13/using-the-windows-performance-toolkit.aspx
On the other hand, disable the following policy to check if it makes any difference:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon\ Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon
Also, apply any updated network driver if there is.
Alex Zhao
TechNet Community Support

Windows could not start the Network Location Awareness service on Local computer

i have a dell inspiron 1501 laptop running windows vista home premium media center edition. i have recently been getting an error when trying to view networked computer saying "connection status: unknown" and "the dependency service or group failed to start". i started by disabling and re-enabling the driver and that did not help. i then brought up the services.msc thing and started looking at the networking services. i noticed that the Network Location Awareness service was not started so i tried to start it. i got a popup message saying "Windows could not start the Netwrok Location Awareness service on Local Computer. Error 0xc000096: 0xc0000096".
i also get an error popup when i try to start the Network List service saying "Windows could not start the Network List Service service on Local Computer. Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start".
what might i have done to make this happen and what can i do to try to fix it?
haus

Hi,
Thank you for the post.
I fully understand the inconvenience the issue has been caused and the current situation can be frustrating. Please try the following steps for troubleshooting.
1. Please start the computer in Safe Mode with Network and check the result. If the issue disappears, please perform a clean boot.
For the detailed steps, please refer to the step 1 and 2 in the KB article 936214 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936214).
2. If the issue persists, please check the system file by using the command SFC /scannow.
For more information, please refer to the KB article 929833 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833).
If the above suggestions do not resolve the issue that service fails to start up, please understand that debug and dump analysis may be required for further troubleshooting. Also, in most cases, it is necessary to check the source codes. However, debugging is out of our forum’s support boundary. A support call to our product service team is needed for the debugging service. In this case, I’d like to suggest contacting Microsoft Customer Support Service (CSS) for assistance so that this issue can be resolved efficiently.
To obtain the phone numbers for specific technology request, please check the website listed below:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;PHONENUMBERS
Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely,
Joson Zhou
Microsoft Online Community Support

Network Location Awareness disconnecting Wi-Fi when VPN connected

Hi All,
We have VPN software which creates a virtual NIC. When it connects using the Wi-Fi bearer interface we often see that the Wi-Fi connection drops after exactly 60 seconds from the VPN establishing an IP address. We only get this problem when the VPN is used
on Windows 8. Windows 7 never has this issue. We have looked at NCSI, allowing packets through the Wi-Fi interface, and network profiles nut no success.
We found that when the "Network Location Awareness" service is disabled (which also stops the dependent services Network List, HomeGroup and Network Connected Devices Auto-Setup) then the Wi-Fi connection is reliable. This leads us to think that
NLA takes control of the Wireless interface to drop the connection. We cannot find any information on NLA changes in Windows 8, as we don't get the issue on Windows 7.
Any insight appreciated.
Alan

Hi,
Have you tried to establish a VPN connection with windows integrated VPN client? If it works, it means that the software VPN client affects the WIFI connection.
If it still doesn’t work, you may check this,
Try to connect to other Aps.
Install latest WIFI NIC driver.
It could be the security software issue. Try clean boot for a test.
Besides, is there any error or warning related to WIFI or VPN in the event viewer? It is helpful for further troubleshooting.
Hope this helps.
Steven Lee
TechNet Community Support

Adding new server 2012 DC in existing 2003 forest

the prerequisites check fails. here is the content of the log file. please help me fix it.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.535]
Adprep created the log file 'C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20121227162725-test\ADPrep.log'
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.535]
Adprep successfully initialized global variables.
[Status/Consequence]
Adprep is continuing.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.545]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.545]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.545]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=AD01,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.546]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.546]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.546]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.548]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=Infrastructure,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.548]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.548]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=AD01,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.548]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.555]
Adprep discovered the schema FSMO: AD01.NJ01.IMSTRANSPORT.COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.559]
Adprep connected to the schema FSMO: AD01.NJ01.IMSTRANSPORT.COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.559]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.559]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.559]
Adprep successfully retrieved information from the Active Directory Domain Services.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.559]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
LDAP API ldap_search_ext_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
Adprep does not find the tokenGroups attribute on the RootDSE object of the Active Directory Domain Controller. This attribute is not avaliable on Windows Server 2003 or lower version of Windows. Adprep will try to obtain token groups from the User object.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
The parameters /userdomain and /user are not specified. Using current logon user's domain ...
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.560]
The current logon user's domain is NJ01.IMSTRANSPORT.COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.561]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.561]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.561]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.562]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.562]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=Benjamin Green,OU=IT,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.563]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.569]
Adprep discovered the Infrastructure FSMO: AD01.NJ01.IMSTRANSPORT.COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.572]
Adprep connected to the Infrastructure FSMO: AD01.NJ01.IMSTRANSPORT.COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.572]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.572]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.572]
Adprep successfully retrieved information from the Active Directory Domain Services.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.572]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.573]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.573]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.573]
LDAP API ldap_search_ext_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.573]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.573]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.574]
Adprep does not find the tokenGroups attribute on the RootDSE object of the Active Directory Domain Controller. This attribute is not avaliable on Windows Server 2003 or lower version of Windows. Adprep will try to obtain token groups from the User object.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.574]
The parameters /userdomain and /user are not specified. Using current logon user's domain ...
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.574]
The current logon user's domain is NJ01.IMSTRANSPORT.COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.574]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.575]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.575]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.575]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.575]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=Benjamin Green,OU=IT,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.576]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.591]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.592]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.592]
Adprep successfully retrieved information from the Active Directory Domain Services.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.592]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=UID,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=NJ01,DC=IMSTRANSPORT,DC=COM.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.592]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.592]
Adprep successfully determined whether Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) is installed or not. If adprep detected SFU, adprep also verified that Microsoft hotfix Q293783 for SFU has been applied.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.611]
Adprep could not retrieve data from the server AD01.NJ01.IMSTRANSPORT.COM through Windows Managment Instrumentation (WMI).
[User Action]
Check the log file ADPrep.log in the C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20121227162725-test directory for possible cause of failure.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.611]
Adprep encountered a Win32 error.
Error code: 0x5 Error message: Access is denied.
DSID Info:
DSID: 0x1810012a
HRESULT = 0x80070005
NT BUILD: 9200
NT BUILD: 16384
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.611]
Adprep failed while performing Exchange schema check.
[Status/Consequence]
The Active Directory Domain Services schema is not upgraded.
[User Action]
Check the log file ADPrep.log in the C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20121227162725-test directory for possible cause of failure.
[2012/12/27:16:27:25.611]
Adprep encountered a Win32 error.
Error code: 0x5 Error message: Access is denied.
DSID Info:
DSID: 0x1810012a
HRESULT = 0x80070005
NT BUILD: 9200
NT BUILD: 16384

Make sure that the server 2012 is already an member of the domain before upgrading it to an domain controller.
To use an server 2012 domain in an 2003 envoirment you need to run adprep its located on the server 2012 disk ..\support\adprep
When everything is looking fine your adprep will show you this.
PS C:\Users\Administrator> D:\support\adprep\adprep.exe /forestprep
ADPREP WARNING:
Before running adprep, all Windows Active Directory Domain Controllers in the forest must run Windows Server 2003 or lat
er.
You are about to upgrade the schema for the Active Directory forest named 'domain', using the Active Directory
domain controller (schema master) 'SRV2012SRV01.domain.local'.
This operation cannot be reversed after it completes.
[User Action]
If all domain controllers in the forest run Windows Server 2003 or later and you want to upgrade the schema, confirm by
typing 'C' and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise, type any other key and press ENTER to quit.
Then start server manager and click 'Add roles and features' and install the needed services.
it did not work. here is the contents of the log.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.122]
Adprep created the log file 'C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20121228094436\ADPrep.log'
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.122]
Adprep successfully initialized global variables.
[Status/Consequence]
Adprep is continuing.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.193]
Adprep discovered the schema FSMO: <DC>.<DOMAIN NAME>.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.302]
Adprep connected to the schema FSMO: <DOMAIN NAME>.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.302]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.303]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.303]
Adprep successfully retrieved information from the Active Directory Domain Services.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.303]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.303]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.303]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.303]
LDAP API ldap_search_ext_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.303]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.304]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.304]
Adprep does not find the tokenGroups attribute on the RootDSE object of the Active Directory Domain Controller. This attribute is not avaliable on Windows Server 2003 or lower version of Windows. Adprep will try to obtain token groups from the User object.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.304]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.305]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.305]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.305]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.305]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.306]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.306]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=<NAME>,OU=<OU>,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.307]
LDAP API ldap_search_s finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.346]
Adprep successfully logged on to the local machine using the specified credentials for network connections.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.346]
Adprep successfully made the network connection to the Active Directory Domain Controller <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.376]
Adprep successfully stopped using the specified credentials for network connections.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.377]
Adprep successfully closed the network connection to the Active Directory Domain Controller <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.380]
Adprep discovered the schema FSMO: <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.384]
Adprep connected to the schema FSMO: <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.386]
Adprep successfully logged on to the local machine using the specified credentials for network connections.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.386]
Adprep successfully made the network connection to the Active Directory Domain Controller <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:36.428]
ADPREP WARNING:
Before running adprep, all Windows Active Directory Domain Controllers in the forest must run Windows Server 2003 or later.
You are about to upgrade the schema for the Active Directory forest named '<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.', using the Active Directory domain controller (schema master) '<DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.'.
This operation cannot be reversed after it completes.
[User Action]
If all domain controllers in the forest run Windows Server 2003 or later and you want to upgrade the schema, confirm by typing 'C' and then press ENTER to continue. Otherwise, type any other key and press ENTER to quit.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.475]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN NAME>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.475]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.475]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=<DC>,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN NAME>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.475]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.476]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN NAME>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.476]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.476]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is (null).
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.477]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.477]
Adprep successfully retrieved information from the Active Directory Domain Services.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.477]
Adprep was about to call the following LDAP API. ldap_search_s(). The base entry to start the search is CN=UID,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=<DOMAIN>,DC=<DOMAIN NAME>,DC=COM.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.477]
LDAP API ldap_search_s() finished, return code is 0x0
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.477]
Adprep successfully determined whether Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) is installed or not. If adprep detected SFU, adprep also verified that Microsoft hotfix Q293783 for SFU has been applied.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.512]
Adprep could not retrieve data from the server <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM through Windows Managment Instrumentation (WMI).
[User Action]
Check the log file ADPrep.log in the C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20121228094436 directory for possible cause of failure.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.519]
Adprep encountered a Win32 error.
Error code: 0x5 Error message: Access is denied.
DSID Info:
DSID: 0x1810012a
HRESULT = 0x80070005
NT BUILD: 9200
NT BUILD: 16384
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.541]
Adprep failed while performing Exchange schema check.
[Status/Consequence]
The Active Directory Domain Services schema is not upgraded.
[User Action]
Check the log file ADPrep.log in the C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20121228094436 directory for possible cause of failure.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.549]
Adprep encountered a Win32 error.
Error code: 0x5 Error message: Access is denied.
DSID Info:
DSID: 0x1810012a
HRESULT = 0x80070005
NT BUILD: 9200
NT BUILD: 16384
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.549]
Adprep successfully stopped using the specified credentials for network connections.
[2012/12/28:09:44:40.550]
Adprep successfully closed the network connection to the Active Directory Domain Controller <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM.
Looks like the problem is that
Adprep could not retrieve data from the server <DC>.<DOMAIN>.<DOMAIN NAME>.COM through Windows Managment Instrumentation (WMI).
how do i fix this so it will work??
the other two domain controllers are running windows server 2003 32-bit operating systems.
could the cause of this problem be that the server 2012 is 64-bit and the server 2003 machines are 32-bit???

New Server 2012 R2 server to take over for 2008 R2 - confused about alias necessity

Hello,
Have Server 2008 R2 running in a small environment (35 users). It was time to get new hardware and it has been setup with Server 2012 R2. Already promoted to DC and running DNS. Ready to transfer FSMO roles over to the 2012 R2 server.
My concern/confusion comes here:
Users have network drives mapped to old server (i.e.
\\dc1\share)
New servername is for instance "dc2"
Do I demote dc1, remove it from the environment and create an alias named dc1 pointing to dc2, thus, networked drives and network printer shares continue to work, or is there a better way to do this?
thanks

imho just update mapped drives using gpo and that's all
if you have just one server for all stuff, don't demote old one , keep 2 servers alive (if you can, I don't know, maybe you need give old one away) and you will have redundancy. Then if you got 2 servers do DFS shares (shares will have names not bind
to servers name so you can add, replace server's with no problems and have redundancy of shared folders too)

New Server 2012 install - Active Directory not working properly

We recently converted from 2003 to 2012. Our 2012 R2 server seems to be running fine. We did a DCPROMO on the OLD 2003 DC just fine but now there are all sorts of odd errors (Sharepoint can't authenticate users, Can't run Exchange 2013 on another 2012 server
because it can't find AD, etc.)
on the DC we have a Group Policy error 1096. "Group Policy Object LDAP://CN=User,cn={2B476B3E-2749-4B1B-8EC1-F5672A66F94F},cn=policies,cn=system,DC=mydom,DC=local\\mydom.local\SysVol\mydom.local\Policies\{2B476B3E-2749-4B1B-8EC1-F5672A66F94F}\User\registry.pol"
So far I haven't found anything on how to fix this (and the AD itself.) There are some errors in the DCDIAG log, too:
      Starting test: NetLogons
         Unable to connect to the NETLOGON share! (\\ISD-DC1\netlogon)
         [ISD-DC1] An net use or LsaPolicy operation failed with error 67,
         The network name cannot be found..
Starting test: FrsEvent
         There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the
         SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause
         Group Policy problems.
Any suggestions how we can fix these errors are greatly appreciated!

Hi,
Did you migrate the Active Directory from Windows server 2003 to Windows server 2012?
Please refer to this article:
https://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2013/05/27/step-by-step-active-directory-migration-from-windows-server-2003-to-windows-server-2012.aspx
Regards.
Vivian Wang

Server 2012 R2 STD RODC Installation Failure

Hello,
I am running into issues installing a Windows Server 2012 R2 RODC, i have pre-created the RODC account, and set the proper delegation permissions. I have DNS configured properly and verified everything in DNS is good,
i also verified the firewall between sites and everything is open for AD traffic, all communication is also good. I'm not sure if this is isolated to 2012 R2 RODC installations, because a couple months back i successfully implemented a 2008 R2 RODC. Anyways,
the error i keep seeing in the wizard, powershell and dcpromo logs are " The wizard cannot access the list of domains in the forest. the error is: the specified network name is no longer available. Below is part of the error, i can get the full
log if needed.
Enter MyDsGetDcName2
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B04 21:09:11.585 Calling DsGetDcName
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B05 21:09:11.585 ComputerName : (null)
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B06 21:09:11.585 DomainName : bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B07 21:09:11.585 DomainGuid : (null)
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B08 21:09:11.585 SiteName : (null)
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B09 21:09:11.585 Flags : 0x40000000
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B0A 21:09:11.586 HRESULT = 0x00000000
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B0B 21:09:11.586 DomainControllerName : \\DCWHBC02.bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B0C 21:09:11.586 DomainControllerAddress : \\155.118.153.249
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B0D 21:09:11.586 DomainGuid : {F42A2C4C-5E7B-48A8-BF8B-B5324677A050}
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B0E 21:09:11.586 DomainName : bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B0F 21:09:11.586 DnsForestName : bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B10 21:09:11.586 Flags : 0xE0007178:
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B11 21:09:11.586 DcSiteName : WHBC2
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B12 21:09:11.586 ClientSiteName : Gebze
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B13 21:09:11.586 using forest name bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B14 21:09:11.586 Enter State::GetOperation REPLICA
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B15 21:09:11.586 Enter State::SetForestName bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B16 21:09:11.586 Enter State::SetTargetDomainName bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B17 21:09:11.586 Enter MyCredUIParseUserName
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B18 21:09:11.586 userName: romero.r.18 defaultDomainName: bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B19 21:09:11.586 pszParsedUserName: pszParsedDomainName: dwRc: 1315
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B1A 21:09:11.586 Now trying to parse newUserName: bcc.pg.com\romero.r.18
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B1B 21:09:11.586 pszParsedUserName: romero.r.18 pszParsedDomainName: bcc.pg.com dwRc: 0
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B1C 21:09:11.586 user: romero.r.18 domain: bcc.pg.com fullUserName: bcc.pg.com\romero.r.18 dwRc: 0
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B1D 21:09:11.586 Enter CheckUserIsLocal
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B1E 21:09:11.586 Enter State::GetOperation REPLICA
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B1F 21:09:11.586 Enter State::ReadDomains
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B20 21:09:11.586 Enter State::GetTargetDomainName
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B21 21:09:11.586 Enter State::GetOperation REPLICA
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B22 21:09:11.586 target domain name: bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B23 21:09:11.587 Enter CDomains::ReadDomains
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B24 21:09:11.587 Enter MyDsEnumerateDomainTrusts
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B25 21:09:11.587 Enter GetDcName
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B26 21:09:11.587 Enter GetDcName2
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B27 21:09:11.587 Enter MyDsGetDcName2
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B28 21:09:11.587 Calling DsGetDcName
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B29 21:09:11.587 ComputerName : (null)
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B2A 21:09:11.587 DomainName : bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B2B 21:09:11.587 DomainGuid : (null)
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B2C 21:09:11.587 SiteName : (null)
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B2D 21:09:11.587 Flags : 0x40000011
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B2E 21:09:12.102 HRESULT = 0x00000000
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B2F 21:09:12.102 DomainControllerName : \\DCWHBC02.bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B30 21:09:12.102 DomainControllerAddress : \\155.118.153.249
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B31 21:09:12.102 DomainGuid : {F42A2C4C-5E7B-48A8-BF8B-B5324677A050}
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B32 21:09:12.102 DomainName : bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B33 21:09:12.102 DnsForestName : bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B34 21:09:12.102 Flags : 0xE0007178:
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B35 21:09:12.102 DcSiteName : WHBC2
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B36 21:09:12.102 ClientSiteName : Gebze
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B37 21:09:12.102 Enter Computer::RemoveLeadingBackslashes \\DCWHBC02.bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B38 21:09:12.102 DCWHBC02.bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B39 21:09:12.102 Enter AutoWNetConnection::Init
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B3A 21:09:12.102 Enter AutoWNetConnection::CloseExistingConnection
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B3B 21:09:12.102 pszComputerName : DCWHBC02.bcc.pg.com
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B3C 21:09:12.102 pszUserName : bcc.pg.com\romero.r.18
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B3D 21:09:14.648 WNetAddConnection2W returned 64.
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B3E 21:09:14.648 HRESULT = 0x80070040
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B3F 21:09:14.648 Enter AutoWNetConnection::CloseExistingConnection
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B40 21:09:14.648 HRESULT = 0x80070040
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B41 21:09:14.648 HRESULT = 0x80070040
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B42 21:09:14.648 HRESULT = 0x80070040
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B43 21:09:14.648 failed trying to read domains, returned 0x80070040
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B44 21:09:14.648 Enter GetErrorMessage 80070040
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B45 21:09:14.648 performed state 7, next state 37
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B46 21:09:14.648 Error: The wizard cannot access the list of domains in the forest. The error is:
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B47 21:09:14.648 Error: The specified network name is no longer available.
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B48 21:09:14.648 Enter State::GetHadNonCriticalFailures
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B49 21:09:14.648 bHadNonCriticalFailures = false
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B4A 21:09:14.648 Enter State::UnbindFromReplicationPartnetDC
dcpromoui 890.CE8 2B4B 21:09:14.648 Exit code is 26
Server 2008 MCTS - Applications Infrastructure, Network Infrastructure, Active Directory, Vista.

Hi,
As far as I know, this problem can occur if a domain controller in the domain has not registered an "A" record for itself in DNS.
To solve this issue, we can add the A record for the domain controller with the
ipconfig /registerdns command. Flush the DNS cache on the computer running the Active Directory Installation Wizard by using the
ipconfig /flushdns command.
Regarding this error, the following articles can be referred to for more information.
Error message: The wizard cannot gain access to the list of domains in the forest
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259374
Troubleshooting Active Directory Installation Wizard Problems
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727058.aspx
Hope it helps.
Best regards,
Frank Shen

New server 2012 - some NT4 /98/W2K clients

Hi,
Have a bit of a challenge here.... I have a scenario were we are running a full 2003 AD with 2003R2 DC and a couple of virtual servers...
Time has come to move forward and upgrade to 2012 seems like the only option using Hyper-V. The particular scenario has a big challenge: more than 50 machines with legacy machines running from NT4, Windows 98, Windows 2000 pro...
Getting rid of these machines is just not an option. They will have to dump data to shared folders with lots of security permissions configured.
Will NT4 be able to authenticate to 2012 DC (I would be very surprised)? If not,
Should I create a new domain and leave the machines authenticating on the old domain.
Would a trust work 2003 <--> 2012?
If a trust works, What would be the minimum AD level on the 2012 server?
The challenge is really to have a modern infrastructure running Hyper-V for the more modern clients, but, at the same time, to keep those really old machines running...
Thanks for sharing your ideas on this!

Hi
This is tricky, for sure you will not have definite answer, and for sure you will encounter some problems, i know this from same case but with server 2008 dc, i recommend that you set up lab and test it thoroughly.
Getting rid of these machines is just not an option?
Why, maybe this is the easiest and best way to go. Probably someone should have done it long ago
Yes you can create a new domain and leave the machines authenticating on the old domain, but that i think will just prolong inevitable, saying bye to the old os's.
Yes you can create trust between server 2003 domain and server 2012 domain
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738955(v=ws.10).aspx
Windows Server 2012 requires a Windows Server 2003 forest functional level
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771294.aspx
And at last you can't have modern infrastructure and at the same time have those really old machines running... :)

Outgoing Mail Server from Network Location

If there a way to set Mail's 'Outgoing Mail Server' based on the currently selected 'Network Location'?
In my case, my home ISP blocks port 25 so I need to pass mac.com mail through the ISP. Then, when at work, my home ISP won't accept SMTP from my work address so I end up using mail.mac.com directly. I'd like the switch to occur based on my changing of the 'Network Location'

If there a way to set Mail's 'Outgoing Mail Server' based on the
currently selected 'Network Location'?
http://www.symonds.id.au/marcopolo/
Andreas Amann’s Mail Scripts has a Change SMTP Server script that you may also find useful.
my home ISP blocks port 25
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75124

New Server 2012 R2 virtual servers seem slow, how to tell if it's Windows or underlying VM host?

We recently created two virtual Server 2012 R2 boxes, but the server seems rather pokey on a Remote Desktop session to it. Task Manager doesn't show high processor usage (it reports 2.26GHz, 2 sockets, 4 virtual processors, virtual machine yes, L1
cache N/A", memory is usually around 11%, and not a concerning amount of network traffic.
Since both servers are pokey, I'm thinking that the issue may be in the VMware side, or the hard drives this is running off of are slow, or something not at the OS level. But how can I confirm that, or at least say that without a doubt it has nothing
to do with Windows?

Hi RJO22,
>>Task Manager doesn't show high processor usage (it reports 2.26GHz,
2 sockets, 4 virtual processors,
It seems that the VM spanned two NUMA nodes .
Is there any other VM show the processor usage ( 1 socket ) ?
Best Regards
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I looked at another virtual server we have, and it shows 2.226/2/4 just like that one. Is that bad or does that cause performance issues with how mine say 2?

New Server 2012 R2 Getting AD / SYSVOL Mismatch

I just loaded up a fresh copy of Server 2012 R2 in VMWare and made it a Domain Controller. To get a feeling of it before I deploy it.
All the Windows updates have been done.
Ran the Group Policy Results Wizard and got these alerts.
Default Domain Controller Policy Alert: AD / SYSVOL Version Mismatch
Default Domain Policy Alert: AD / SYSVOL Version Mismatch
I found that there is a hot fix for this for Server 2012.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2866345
But when I run the hot fix it tells me that "The update is not applicable to your computer"
So how do i fix this issue? Dont want to deploy Server 2012 R2 to my live enviorment only to have issues.

Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 update information
To resolve this issue in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, install update rollup 2919394. For more information about how to obtain this update rollup package, click the following article number to go to the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2919394
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919394/ )
Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 update rollup: February 2014
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41814 Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 (KB2919394)
How to obtain the update
Windows Update
This update is provided as an Optional update from Windows Update. To obtain this update from Windows Update, follow these steps:
Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Or, if you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click
Search.
In the search box, type Windows Update, and then tap or click
Windows Update.
Check online for updates, and then select the update for KB2919394 in optional updates.
Microsoft Download Center
You can also obtain the stand-alone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. For more information, go to the
Microsoft Download Center
(http://download.microsoft.com/)
, and then search for KB2919394.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41814
Version:
Date Published:
2919394
2/10/2014
File name:
File size:
Windows8.1-KB2919394-x64.msu
47.0 MB

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