Recent content by rogerallen

I had a similiar issue recently. It turned out the user was not keying in their old password before keying in there new password so the system kept prompting for the old one until it finally gave the message that the terminal was barred or something to that effect.

Exactly what I was thinking regarding the OUs though I hadn't thought out the sites and services part yet. I gathered that the Installing from media will only work on the 2003 servers and that I will need to upgrade the branches with 2000 servers in order for it to work in those branches. Not a...

I would be just moving them into the HQ domain. The whole idea is to collapse the branch office domains into the HQ domain. Being an IT dept of one with branch offices that are spread out, I feel that this would ease administration as well as simplify the network. I had thought about creating a...

I'm thinking that I can use ADMT to migrate the AD over to the final domain, then demote the domain controllers at the branch offices. Then I could promote the DCs at the remote site into the new domain. The only drawback that I can see if the VPN connection between the offices might slow down...

Here is my situation: Corporate HQ Windows 2003 SE SP1 Branch Office #1 Windows 2003 SE SP1 Branch Office #2 Windows 2003 SE R1 SP1 Branch Office #3,4,5 Windows 2000 Each office is its one little network and AD domain. They all have different subnets and are connected...