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How do I track all of my microsoft licenses for my company who has 1000 users? I dont want to get slapped with an audit and I want to keep things leagal. I have purchased so many that I have no idea what is coming or going. Thanks Tommy

I need to install an MSI package on all of our client machines. How do I set this up and push it through Group Policy? I need it to install automatically.

Ok I have a security group called all employees and right now anyone can use the distributin list. How can I set this up so only some users are able to utilize that distribution list? Tommy

Is there a way to setup a license server? When I look it up the only thing I get is Terminal Services licensing. Tommy

Is there a way in a Windows 2003 environment for certain user accounts, such as the Administrator account, to never be locked out no matter what policy you hvae applied? Tommy

I am running windows server 2003 sp1. My perfmon is all messed up. Is there a way to reinstall it? Tommy

What if you only want to give that person admin access to only that domain controller and not the whole domain?

How do you give a user local admin rights on a domian controller?

I only want the script to run on a specific group of computers. I added that group to the security filtering and it still runs on any machine I log into. Driving me crazy this thing.

I set it up like that and it doesnt work. It keeps running the scripts wherever I log in. Driving me crazy.

Where do you edit the security setting for the GPO? Im a little confused on how this will work.

I have Login scripts that I want to run on some servers. For example if I enable it in Group Policy these scripts will run on every user account when they log into the network. I only want the scripts to run on some servers not all. Is there a way around this? Tommy

Is it possible to have a logon script run through Group Policy on only some servers? I only want the script to run when userslog in to Citrix. Any ideas?

I am having a hard time Replicating a site in AD. It gives me an "Access Denied" error when I run Replmon. I also did a DCDIAG test and got these results. The site is called Woburn. Any insight would be huge. C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag Domain Controller Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Done gathering initial info. Doing initial required tests Testing server: Horsham\HQDC01 Starting test: Connectivity ......................... HQDC01 passed test Connectivity Doing primary tests Testing server: Horsham\HQDC01 Starting test: Replications [Replications Check,HQDC01] A recent replication attempt failed: From AURORA to HQDC01 Naming Context: DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL The replication generated an error (1256): The remote system is not available. For information about network tr oubleshooting, see Windows Help. The failure occurred at 2005-10-03 12:45:58. The last success occurred at 2005-09-23 04:45:48. 496 failures have occurred since the last success. [Replications Check,HQDC01] A recent replication attempt failed: From AURORA to HQDC01 Naming Context: DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL The replication generated an error (1256): The remote system is not available. For information about network tr oubleshooting, see Windows Help. The failure occurred at 2005-10-03 12:45:58. The last success occurred at 2005-09-23 04:45:48. 496 failures have occurred since the last success. [Replications Check,HQDC01] A recent replication attempt failed: From AURORA to HQDC01 Naming Context: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL The replication generated an error (1722): The RPC server is unavailable. The failure occurred at 2005-10-03 12:46:47. The last success occurred at 2005-09-23 04:45:46. 496 failures have occurred since the last success. ^C C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag /test:securityerror Test not found. Please re-enter a valid test name. C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag /test:checksecurityerror Domain Controller Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Done gathering initial info. Doing initial required tests Testing server: Horsham\HQDC01 Starting test: Connectivity ......................... HQDC01 passed test Connectivity Doing primary tests Testing server: Horsham\HQDC01 Starting test: CheckSecurityError Source DC AURORA has possible security error (1722). Diagnosing... No KDC found for domain CORPORATE.LOCAL in site AURORA (1355, NUL L) [AURORA] Unable to contact this DC. Cannot continue diagnosing e rrors with this DC. [LINDENWOLD] DsBindWithSpnEx() failed with error 1722, The RPC server is unavailable.. Ignoring DC LINDENWOLD in the convergence test of object CN=HQDC01,OU=D omain Controllers,DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL, because we cannot connect! [AURORA] DsBindWithSpnEx() failed with error 1722, The RPC server is unavailable.. Ignoring DC AURORA in the convergence test of object CN=HQDC01,OU=Domai n Controllers,DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL, because we cannot connect! Authoritative attribute dBCSPwd on HQDC02 (writeable) usnLocalChange = 14581070 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 51810650 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-09-28 23:32:51 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 15 Out-of-date attribute dBCSPwd on WOBURN (writeable) usnLocalChange = 11154431 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 49944195 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-08-29 16:32:50 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 14 Authoritative attribute lmPwdHistory on MAITLAND (writeable) usnLocalChange = 7682906 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 51810650 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-09-28 23:32:51 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 15 Out-of-date attribute lmPwdHistory on WOBURN (writeable) usnLocalChange = 11154431 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 49944195 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-08-29 16:32:50 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 14 Authoritative attribute ntPwdHistory on HAVERHILL (writeable) usnLocalChange = 120475 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 51810650 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-09-28 23:32:51 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 15 Out-of-date attribute ntPwdHistory on WOBURN (writeable) usnLocalChange = 11154431 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 49944195 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-08-29 16:32:50 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 14 Authoritative attribute pwdLastSet on WELLESLEY (writeable) usnLocalChange = 2486866 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 51810650 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-09-28 23:32:51 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 15 Out-of-date attribute pwdLastSet on WOBURN (writeable) usnLocalChange = 11154431 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 49944195 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-08-29 16:32:50 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 14 Authoritative attribute supplementalCredentials on PORTSMOUTH (write able) usnLocalChange = 8326916 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 51810651 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-09-28 23:32:51 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 14 Out-of-date attribute supplementalCredentials on WOBURN (writeable) usnLocalChange = 11154431 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 49944196 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-08-29 16:32:50 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 13 Authoritative attribute unicodePwd on HOWELL (writeable) usnLocalChange = 487272 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 51810650 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-09-28 23:32:51 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 15 Out-of-date attribute unicodePwd on WOBURN (writeable) usnLocalChange = 11154431 LastOriginatingDsa = HQDC01 usnOriginatingChange = 49944195 timeLastOriginatingChange = 2005-08-29 16:32:50 VersionLastOriginatingChange = 14 Unable to verify the convergence of this machine account (CN=HQDC01,OU= Domain Controllers,DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL) on this domain (DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL) . Does the machine account password need reseting? ......................... HQDC01 failed test CheckSecurityError Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones Running partition tests on : Schema Running partition tests on : Configuration Running partition tests on : CORPORATE Running enterprise tests on : CORPORATE.LOCAL Ty, Tommy

Hey I am receiving event id 1864 in my directory service event log. Does anyone know what causes this and what a fix might be? Here is the event description. This is the replication status for the following directory partition on the local domain controller. Directory partition: DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=CORPORATE,DC=LOCAL The local domain controller has not recently received replication information from a number of domain controllers. The count of domain controllers is shown, divided into the following intervals. More than 24 hours: 1 More than a week: 1 More than one month: 1 More than two months: 0 More than a tombstone lifetime: 0 Tombstone lifetime (days): 60 Domain controllers that do not replicate in a timely manner may encounter errors. It may miss password changes and be unable to authenticate. A DC that has not replicated in a tombstone lifetime may have missed the deletion of some objects, and may be automatically blocked from future replication until it is reconciled. To identify the domain controllers by name, install the support tools included on the installation CD and run dcdiag.exe. You can also use the support tool repadmin.exe to display the replication latencies of the domain controllers in the forest. The command is "repadmin /showvector /latency <partition-dn>". For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Any help is appreciated, Tommy