Home Folder not mapping
Ran into a weird issue the other day when migrating some users’ home folders from one Windows server to another. After moving the data, some users complained of their their home folder not mapping. ...
Category: Active Directory
Account Lockout Caller Computer Name Blank
Troubleshooting an Active Directory account lockout when the Caller Computer Name is blank can be a pain. In a past post, we discussed how to troubleshoot an AD account that keeps getting locked. The...
Group Policy not replicating
Ran into the following issue where the SYSVOL contents were not replicating to one or more servers. Group policies are stored in the SYSVOL folder therefore group policy was not replicating. Active Directory synchronization...
DNS record keeps changing
DNS Record keeps changing for a specific member server. Also, when trying to manually register the dns entry using the ipconfig /registerdns command/switch, I receive the error Windows IP Configuration Registration of DNS records failed:...
Why are some folders hidden on Windows Server 2008 R2 server?
While using Robocopy to copy files to a new server running Windows 2008 R2, I noticed some folders looked like they were hidden (the folder was faded, it looked like it was hidden). After...