New Offline Root for Key length and Sha Change
Ive looked at a couple other articles on here about changing from sha1 to 2 and or the key length. Since we have a minimal number of certs issued (not autoenrolling users or computers) it seems like it...
View ArticleQuestion about Kurts comments discussing the seperation of AIA & CDP - Test...
Question about the sentence in bold. What is the meaning behind this comment?How would you separate the role of the AIA and CDP from a CA subordinate server? I can see where I add a CES and CEP server...
View ArticleSSTP UDP Packet Loss Windows Server 2012
Hi, I'm currently studying for my final year at Uni, I'm doing a VPN performance project and have implemented a SSTP VPN to test. To test it I am using iPerf, when setting the buffer size above 256KB I...
View ArticleCertificate Authority - How to issue Certificates without extensions?
We are operating a Windows 2012 Server PKI with an Enterprise Subordinate Certificate Authority that is issuing Certificates through an AD Certificate Template, however there are certain certificate...
View ArticleHow to identify Microsoft Licensing ( OEM, FPP or VLs ) on pc?
Hi guys.A client of mine asked me how could they identify their Microsoft Licensing types either OEM, FPP or VLs on their computer? For OEM I know we could check it on the Product ID with it stated...
View ArticleProblems with ftp on Windows Server 2012
Hi all,We just setup a new server running 2012. I ran into a problem while trying to move over/recreate some of our exisiting jobs that run on the task scheduler on a Windows 2003 Server box.One job...
View ArticleAccount lockout in Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello Experts,Please help me with my case.My domain account is getting locked frequently (every 15 mins it receives a bad password from some process).Here below you will find the event information from...
View ArticleIssued certificates not showing in client's browser "View the status of a...
We have experienced such instances where a user requested a number of certificates and where visible before being issued in the "View the status of a pending certificate request" container. Even after...
View ArticleOID in Certificate Information - General Tab
Where it should likely say "All issuance policies", it lists the OID of the root CA. In the general tab of the Certificate:Certificate InformationThis certificate is inteneded for the following...
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Psexec shows Access denied when i execute a .exe file on a remote machine
Hi All,I am using Psexec application to run exe on multiple remote machines in the domain. When i run the the .EXE i get the error message saying access is denied.I am running this script against...
View ArticleAre changed to an AD users password logged
HelloCan someone please help me with the following question,if a user (with the relevant rights) changes the password or another Active Directory user is this logged e.g. who made the password change,...
View ArticleAccess Denied error (code 5)
Hi I am using server 2008 r2 sp1 while installing any windows update or my sql I am getting error code 5 access deniedand i am installing with Admin ID. What can be the reason?
View ArticleUser directory on Windows 2008 R2 Server.
Hi,I have noticed that on our server a userdirectory has been created.c:\Users\user_name01\This should not be possible due to the server is unaccessible to the user and rdp at userlevel are switched...
View ArticleUCE (Update Compatibility Evaluator) - Can it be used on production servers...
I have recently been tasked the duty of developing and implementation of our update and patch policy for our 400+ server environment. It's a mixed environment consisting of 2k3 to 2k12 severs. We have...
View ArticleNot sure how to clean up after updating CDP and AIA locations
Ok so I updated my CDP and AIA extensions on my root and issuing. (Srv 2012r2) because there previously was not an http. I've looked at a couple other threads here about the red x's in pkiview and I...
View ArticleMS Security Essentials for Server 2012 R2
I've had MS Security Essentials installed on my Server 2008 R2 Foundation, but now that I've upgraded to 2012 R2 Foundation, MS Security Essentials won't install. It gives an error message saying that...
View ArticleMonitor the health of the MSCEP service
Hello,I try to write a powershell script to monitor our PKI infrastructure but I don't find any solutions to monitor the MSCEP service.I try to do something like this:...
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unable to connect to WMI of the remote client from Server 2012
I am attempting to establish a WMI connection to a Windows 7 client from Server 2012 In the name space of WBEMTEST i type \\machinename\root\cimv2 and get access denied error What permissions do I...
View ArticleCertificate Templates Combination to Access URL
We are running Three-3 tear Microsoft PKI environment with one-1 Root CA, one-1 Intermediate CA and one-1 Issuing CA at our headquarters.Is it possible to make users access a URL on a Web Server based...
View ArticleInstallation of windows server uninformed at retail.
I purchased an Asus G75VX i7 64bit notebook computer last year that had windows 8 64 bit installed but it had server software also installed. There was no notification of windows server being installed...
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