15 articles Active Directory

import bulk atribute to user; bulk import user; import atribute to ad using logonname

First you must install powershell 2.0 if not exist, if it is installed on Win 2008 R2 PowerShell 2.0 is present. Next, you must install ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory 64-bit you can download from this location http://www.quest.com/QuestWebPowershellCmdletDwnld64bit After install start powershell and type command EXAMPLE: Import-csv C:\importfolder\importFile.csv | foreach-object {Set-qaduser $_.samaccountname -telephoneNumber $_.telephoneNumber…

FIXED "the trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed" error

If the machine/workstation is in another network than the DC, there is a possibility that the switch/router blocked netbios brodcast, so before you start add  to lmhosts (exemple: in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ create file named lmhost and put in  "mydc #PRE" record ) file netbios record for DC so computer could resolove  NetBIOS name of DC. Now…

configure PDC for external ntp sync

  w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:time.windows.com /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update Notes: You can find the closest time server near you by browsing the following page and clicking on the nearest zone: http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/@ Execute the following command to actually perform a time synchronization with the external source w32tm.exe /config /update Execute the following command for the changes to take effect…

FILE REPLICATION SERVICE is having trouble. Event ID 13508

Event Type:      Warning Event Source:      NtFrs Event Category:      None Event ID:      13508 Date:            2/16/2006 Time:            7:13:51 PM User:            N/A Computer:      YODA Description: The File Replication Service is having trouble enabling replication from \\SERVER0.DOMAIN.local to YODA for c:\windows\sysvol\domain using the DNS name \\SERVER0.DOMAIN.local. FRS will keep retrying.  Following are some of the reasons you would see…