Recent content by rflora

OK, I'm back at this. Sorry for posting so late. Pagy, everything you said up there is correct. I renamed it to testdomain and left it connected to the network. Now I don't see R1 anymore but I see test domain. The testdomain domain controller does not exist anymore as I used that machine...

You're right, but how do I get my production R1 back in AD and in action? The testdomain doesn't exist anymore, I had to restore something else on that machine. Now I basically have B1 which is in AD which is doing all the authentications. I tried doing dcprom on R1 but it doesn't let me...

Here's what happened. I have two production servers, R1 & B1. I restored R1 from an image as a disaster recovery test. Once it was restored, I believe it was left plugged on to the production network. I then renamed the restored server from R1 to testdomain. So now when I go in AD on B1...

Thanks, will get back to in an hour or so.

What are the implications of doing this? Remove AD and seizing? I do have another DC by the way.

Hello, Any ideas on this? My domain controllers name is missing from the Domain Controller's list. I realized this when I noticed a bunch of error in event viewer. I tried to demote it, but I get messages saying it's a FSMO etc. Should I transfer control to another server and then demote...

This is a Windows 2003 Domain controller. Do you mean demote it and then promote it again?

Hello, I was receiving some random error in the event view, so I rebooted the server to see if they would go away. After reboot, net logon is not starting. I get the following. Could not start tge Net Logon service on Local Computer. Error 0xc0000064: 0xc0000064 Also receiving errors as...

Thanks for the replies. Much appreciated.

Hello all, A client has opened up RDP ports on the firewall to access their workstations/servers from the net. Is this advisable? What are the security implication? Thanks.

Thanks for the response guys. Where can I download NetCat for Windows ? Thanks.

Hello All, Just wondering if you guys know of a good port scanner. I'd like to see what a hacker would see if they scanned my network using my external IP. Any suggestions. Thanks. Rav

Thanks for the response Iain. I've tried all this and it does work. But what I want to do is to give my user the ability to change the screen saver (windows default screen savers), but not be able to choose none. Is that possible? Thanks. Raghbir

Thanks for the reply. Where exactly is it in the GPO? Thanks again.

Hello, I would like to enable a screen saver for all user and give them the option to be able to choose a screen saver they want. But I want to remove the "none" option from the list. I have a Windows 2003 Domain, how do i go about removing the "None" option? Thanks in advance.