Domain Based Password Policy - take effect immediatlely for all or only when...
Quick question about password policy - In the midst of a domain consolidation, it started out simple with keeping passwords the same, but we want to introduce complex password policies, but don't want...
View ArticleEvent ID 6038 LsaSrv NTLM authentication warning
Searching the internets we haven't found any other references to this particular Event ID Warning message. It's likely new in Windows Server 2012, we are part of an Active Directory that is at Forest...
View ArticleServer 2003 password reset or backdoor in
I have a server, 2003 R2 that was on a domian and had a domain level Admin password. Unfortunatley it was taken off the domian and placed into a workgroup in system properties. (this was done by a...
View ArticleWindows Firewall doesn't work as advertised: "File and Sharing (SMB-in)"...
Hello,I'm trying to understand whether I'm the one who's crazy, doing something wrong, or whether Windows Firewall was designed to be broken (and stay that way through Windows Server 2008 R2!)When I go...
View ArticleCA request error The disposition message is "Error Constructing or Publishing...
am getting this error when i request for certificate using web.Your certificate request was denied. Your Request Id is 6. The disposition message is "Error Constructing or Publishing Certificate"....
View Article2008 R2 EE Enterpise Root CA
DearsI have new installtion of WIindows 2008 R2 EE, with Enterpise Root CA Based on this link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh467900.aspx I have created OperationsManagerCert template, the...
View Articleerror constructing or publishing certificate: Requesting for web server...
Hi,I am Requesting for web server certificate for exchangeGot this error:error constructing or publishing certificate: the revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation...
View ArticleHow long will the TCP port will be listening for clients????
Hey guys, im using a windows service which tends to listen for clients on specific port.Now i have a doubt, is there any timeout kind of thing where the TCP port automatically stops listening for...
View Articlesome local users cannot logon to Windows 2003 / XP - "Access is denied"
Environment:All computers are in workgroup, no domain, about 250 XP professional with sp3, 250 Windows 2003 Standard servers with sp2, problems are affecting about 5% of the computers, but number...
View ArticleHelp: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Administrator Password
Dear Sir,we lost the windows server 2008 password, the Administrator Password.note that all the operator systems installed in Hyper-V Machine ! and the hyper-V machine also joined to the domain. Kindly...
View ArticlePKI in an edge/management network with RODCs
We are implementing a new PKI environment. We are currently planning on only having one issuing CA and one CRL for our domain. However, I was thinking that we might have a problem in our management...
View ArticleCertificate Services Auditing Detail Question
I'm in the process of rolling out a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Certificate Services implementation and want to audit all access and changes to the CA configuration.I know the following...
View Article401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials
After installing MSCEP, enter http://Server2008/certsrv/mscep_admin in the browser.Enter correct user name and password in pop-up box. Windows 2008 keeps rejecting the correct user name and password....
View ArticleDecommission/Replace CA or Repair Existing CA (that is the ?)
My problem is the result of a migration/upgrade gone wrong. In short, I hastened through the migration/upgrade (didn't completely digest the TechNet spec) and inadvertently made a few blunders.The...
View ArticleRenew Forest/ Domain Certificate - help
Network is running Windows 2008 Enterprise.Our Forest root certificate is set to expire end of January.Do I need to do anything to renew this certificate? Will it auto populate across domain with the...
View Article3rd Party wildcard cert as internal root CA?
Can you install a wildcard cert from a 3rd-party (like digicert) on an enterprise issuing CA to create a two-tier hierarchy instead of using an internal root CA?
View ArticleSetup Certificate Authority for 802.1x
I am in the process of implementing 802.1x for both wired, and wireless clients. In the Microsoft guides that I have read, it states that Server Enterprise or Datacenter is required for Version 2...
View ArticleCaution: Microsoft KB hotfixes
Hello Experts,Last month, we ran into a situation where after applying Exchange & KB2506146 and KB2506143 there was a major incident that affect Exchange,Lync,Sharepoint because of these patchesI...
View ArticleNTFS permission on shared folder in mount point
Hello All,we found a strange issue today. We have a File Cluster with Mount Points setup for Home shares. Within the Mount Points I created a folder that I shared to everyone with full control....
View ArticleCredential Roaming and Autoenrollment - unexpected number of entries created
I have just configured Credential Roaming and Autoenrollment on the Windows Server 2008 - Enterprise CA – for every user in the DomainIndeed when a user logs in for the first time certificates are...
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