Hi All...<BR><BR>We have a client that is experiencing issues with their one and only domain controller on 2003 platform.<BR><BR>Due to exessive heat in their so ...

One of my clients has a Win2k3 server running AD and Exchange 2003. At the time, they only planned on buying one server, so this was the solution for them (against my better ...

One of the most helpful native tools for troubleshooting problems with domain controllers is DCDiag. In this article, I will show you the basics of using this helpful tool. DCDiag was introduced early ...

For example, a Windows 2003 Server can act as a domain controller, a member server, an infrastructure server, a file server, a print server, an IIS Server, an IAS server, a terminal server, and the ...

Microsoft first introduced the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) as a way to migrate from Windows NT to Window 2000. Since shipping Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has made some changes to the ...

Picking up the pieces after a failed domain controller demotion Your email has been sent DCPROMO is supposed to make the task of demoting a domain controller easy. So what do you do if DCPROMO fails?

Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, which is used to encrypt data on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 computers, relies on a public key certificate. If you don’t have a public-key infrastructure, EFS ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...