By default outlook will place its pst file when file and folders are redirected to the server on the server. some experts say it is not recommended, outlook pst file should be local. is the thru or false?

Im looking for the registry key that stores the websites we add to compatibility view in IE11? I added them in policy and they dont show up on the list. In the past I have seen them added but just in the registry, it does not show up in the IE11 list for some reason.

I just need to verify the policy is applying to these machines.

Hello -

I am looking for a way to push GPO software installation policy to only specific computers.  Assign the software installation policy to the machine, as opposed to the user. I have a multi-domain (forest) running server 2012 R2 and all OU structure is the same except obviously domain name.

Example;

domain1.local

- Distro groups (OU)
- Fax Server Groups (OU)
- location Servers (OU)
- Workstations MAC (OU)
- Workstations PC (OU)
- Domain Controllers (OU)
- Logon Account All (OU)

The systems are located within our existing computer OU and user OU. Now, specific computer accounts will be assigned GPO modulex86 and GPO modulex64. I am using SCCM to identify my computers office version (x86 or x64). Once I compile a list, the idea is to push out the proper GPO to them. This is where I get stuck. What is the best way to accomplish this? Should I modify GPO delegation and only allow group of computers? This means I will have to remove computer accounts from existing OU and not sure if that is wise as we have them organized within specific OUs right now.

Do I use WMI Filtering? If so, how?

Hope this makes sense. I'd like to understand how to organize these GPOs without complicating the system. I appreciate your help!

nimdatx

SBS 2011 in production with multiple Event ID 7011 and the server seems to be sluggish, When I attempt to restart it stuck in:
Please wait for the System Event Notification Service until I hard booted it this weekend. the event IDs 7011 started to crawl back up this morning and the server is slower than normal responding.  
A timeout (90000 milliseconds) was reached while waiting for a transaction response from the nsi service, netprofm service, fdPHost service, and multiple others.
Also:The following fatal alert was received: 48. Event 36887 Schannel.

 in the application event viewer
Volume Shadow Service (VSS) enent ID 11 and 8193



I'm not sure if Schannel and VSS Error are effecting the symptoms I am experiencing.

Thanks,
joe

Updated info: the server is Dell 2950 configured with 32 GB memory and it is all consumed by the end of the day.

Every once in awhile one of our computers seems to lose connectivity displaying  the following msg The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.

What I to for a temperate fix I disconnect the network cable and log in (as it can't check in with the server for authentication) I remove it from the domain. login with local user and rejoin it to the domain.

How can I prevent this from happening?

Server 2008

I have a VM that is running a very old be stable SBS 2003 server OS. I had a power failure last Saturday at the office and it seems now or any time after a log into the VM SBS 2003 server I get a notice saying that I need to activate windows. I saw an article online saying that it could possibly being caused by a script interface with windows activation running on the VM. however to remove the script manually it is telling me that I need to have the SBS 2003 CD.

I do not have that CD anymore.

Any suggestions

I have the need to give an On-Call non-admin person permissions to start and stop services on all of our Windows servers. I have found you can give this access to one service at a time using Group Policy, but I am need to give this to all services on all servers - without give admin access.

Any ideas?

Can't get new yoga 260 to image properly from SCCM with new USB 3.0 Ethernet dongle.  Need to image with win 10 creator update. Ethernet dongle loses connection after loading OS, drivers, during first boot.  2014 date dongle works OK, 2015 or 2017 dongle loses connection.  Images OK with Ethernet 3.0 dongle connected to USB 2.0 hub, but slow.  Any ideas?  Need to image 4K Yoga 260s.

People,

I'm running Exchange Server 2013 SP1 that was losing its 1.9 TB Database disk for 2 hours, and then back online again all in a sudden.

So the timing is like:

Yesterday
9:00 PM - 9:30 PM, I am doing my change to delete the oversized Mail.que:

1.  Go to services.msc and Pause the Microsoft Exchange Transport service.
2.  Run “Get-Queue | ft -AutoSize” and ensure all pending messages are clearing out to be very minimal under 10.
3.  Stop the Microsoft Exchange Transport service
4.  Set Microsoft Exchange Transport service to "Disabled"
5.  Rename mail.queue file
6.  Set Microsoft Exchange Transport service to "Automatic"
7.  Reboot the Exchange server
8. Run “Get-Queue | ft -AutoSize” and ensure all pending messages are clearing out.

Select all Open in new window

after the reboot, the Windows Server is rebooting itself again, but then this time its worst, the D:\ drive where all of the Exchange mailbox DB went missing due to the D:\ drive has become RAW instead of NTFS for about 2-2.5 hours.

11:45 PM yesterday, the D:\ drive is mysteriously back online again as NTFS drive, all emails are flowing back as normal.

But then I've got some users more than half reporting that they are missing their yesterday's email even before the maintenance window yesterday at 9:00 PM ?

The email today is working fine from everyone, but some of my users did lose their yesterday emails?

Looking through Exchange Transaction logs, I can see some emails within the outage window:

…

Currently running onPrem SharePoint 2016 Exchange 2016.
Attempting to configure eDiscovery on this setup however running into issues.

SharePoint 2016 Trusted Security Token Issuer for Exchange configured to https://*EXCHANGESITE*/autodiscover/metadata/json/1

Exchange Partner Application configured to https://eDiscovery.FQDN/_layouts/15/metadata/json/1

Authentication is currently running via ADFS SAML Claims using a Custom People Picker

Search Result source set to https://EXCHANGESITE/EWS/Exchange.asmx

When trying to select a mailbox to add to a case Error: The connection to the search service application failed.

When looking at the SharePoint logs: "Failed to connect to search serviceSystem.ServiceModel.FaultException....." "Exception of Type Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Discovery.Internal.ExchangeConnectionException"

When looking at the IIS Logs on Exchange : "The user specified by the user-context in the token does not exist."

I'm at a loss at the moment. Exchange Auth Cert (confirmed by get-AuthCert on exchange) is on the SharePoint Servers.
SharePoint search works.
Permission controls via the custom people picker works.

Anyone have any suggestions?

If there is any need for clarification or additional information I am completely available to respond to comments. I am still having the issue.

Thanks

What is the best way in the easiest way to set this up.

They are trying to have the capability to add, modify, I am delete folders and files inside of a network share, but are doing so from the computer not registered to a domain.

The user RDP 's to the Server as an Admin, but the file work is done from local machine

I have taken on a client that has had several IT support groups over the years. Needless to say, this environment represents a series of break fixes, experiments and failed attempts.

It looks like the last support group was trying to move from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard.

They have a daily failing SBS 2003 server, a 2003 Standard Member server (Housing their business application Sage Peach Tree) and an Exchange 2008 R2 server.

The old IT group managed to join the 2008 R2 server as a DC  along side the old SBS 2003 (which doesn't play well with other servers - even though Microsoft says it's doable). This move was extremely messy due to the fact that SBS 2003 comes out of the box with DNS and the Exchange server (they were using before the 2008 R2 install) . Long story short, I was never convinced of the health of the AD.

With the failing hardware of the SBS 2003 server, I decided to shut it down. The network works OK off the 2008 R2 - DHCP, DNS and files service. Unfortunately, the Exchange service is now corrupt and will not communicate well with the AD. Even with the SBS 2003 turned on, there has always been AD issues I could never resolve due to past history mistakes.

So........... I want to start from Scratch.

Remove the old original SBS 2003
Wipe Out/Rebuild the 2008 R2 server with a fresh AD
Join the member application server into the new Domain
Join the existing 10 user/computer accounts into the new domain

…

Hi All,

I’ve deployed 15+ Windows 7 PC for the purpose of Local Intranet Kiosk service, my goal is to restrict the only Internet Explorer browser to just 5x website that is allowed by the management team.

http://intranet.domain.com
http://www.domain.com 
http://SharePoint.domain.com
http://www.domain.com/owa 
http://subdomain.domain.com 

other than that should be denied or redirected to the company Intranet Website.
 
how can I achieve this using the Computer Group Policy ?

Do I need to create custom OU and then linked the GPO to that OU or will the AD security group containing 15+ AD computer object will do ?