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Hi! Thank for the replay. I did have a look at ad sites & services and looks fine as each server points to another ones. I don`t have anything under subnets in ad sites & services. Regarding DNS only dmhsc is dns server as I have only one. All other servers have it`s ip under tcp/ip settings so they know it`s a dns server. I`m gonna have a look at the link you provided- thanks.

Hi guys! Im writing here as I have few problems with my dns configuration. Let me give u some details first. I do have two networks in my school. Admin network is fine and do not have any problems with the dns. On my curriculum network I have 3 dc`s: dmhsc (primary, pdc, master, 2008) dmhsc-dc (ad, 2008 R2) printserver (ad, printserver 2008 R2) On this network I have very slow logon times, especially on applying computer settings when it takes good 3-5 mins sometimes longer. Also very strange when I run gpupdate /force on client machines and than gpresult I see that computer settings were picked up from different server than user settings, ex computer settings from dmhsc-dc and user settings from printserver. This happens most of the times 90%. I have started to do some troubleshooting of my dc`s. When I run netshare all servers have correct permissions to sysvol, replication works fine as well. I did run dcdiag on all servers: dmhsc - passes everything dmhsc-dc - passes everything printserver - failed on Running enterprise tests on : draytonmanor.ealing.sch.uk Starting test: LocatorCheck Error: The server returned by DsGetDcName() did not match DsListRoles() for the PDC. Netdiag dmhsc - passed everything netdom query /domain:mydomain fsmo dmhsc - passed everything, pointed everything to dmhsc dmhsc-dc - passed everything, pointed everything to dmhsc printserver - passed everything, pointed everything to dmhsc I did look at my dns on dmhsc and I don`t think it looks right. Insted of having only dmhsc under first site domain I have all of my dc`s. I have attached screenshots and would be very greatful if you could have a look. On my dmhsc I also get loads of security-kerberos event id 4 errors in event log. I also got quiet lots of dns-server-service event id 4013 errors in event log under dns. I did try to follow the guide hxxp://sgwindowsgroup.org/blogs/panda/archive/2010/03/19/client-going-to-different-domain-controller-randomly-for-authentications-cause-and-solution.aspx and deleted other servers but they came back at the same place after a while. Thanks for any help in advance guys!

Thanks guys! I`ll change the speed of my server nic to 100mb full and see how it goes. Also thanks for suggesting boot cd or usb. I didn`t even knwo you can do it this way. Thanks, will post the results

Hi all! I got a problem with WDS and dell mini`s 1011 on my network. Sometime ago we have set up a WDS server on Win 2008 R2. Everything works fine apart from 1011 laptops. While other machines are picking up wds server very quickly 1011 mini`s take very long time to pick up wds server, they got stuck for a very long time at the TFTP stage and than just quits network boot. We have many other machines such us dell vostros, toshiba laptops, acer aspire one laptops (they got exactly the same network card as 1011 minis and they work fine), etc and they work perfect with our wds.. I have injected the network drivers into my boot.wim but with no luck. The funny part is that acer`s got the same network adapter and they are just fine. Mini`s 1011 have most recent bios updated. Does anyone has a similar issue with dell mini 1011 laptops? Is this just a firmware, dell bios problem? Any advice what should I try?

Hi! thank for prompt replay. I have already tried to do it but didn`t work ;(

Hi all! I`m trying to set start menu redirection for win 7. I have XP and 7 machines in my network. My main DC is 2008, sec dc is 2008 R2. I have two OU in AD one for staff and one for students. Redirection for both onXP works fine. On Win 7 students get start menu redirected but staff doesn`t. Are there any security policies that can prevent it from redirecting for staff?? I do it standard way: User configuration-policies-windows settings-folder redirection-start menu and set it: basic-redirect everyone`s folder to same location \\xxx\Startmenu\StaffStart and thick following settings: apply erdirection policy to windows 2000, server, xp, and windows server 2003 operating systems and leave the folder in the new location when policy is removed. Any ideas how to fix it?? Did anyone have the same problem as I do?? Thanks

Hi! I`m having a problem mapping printers via script in my network. I have three domain controllers: primary 2008, sec 2008 R2 and third 2003 R2. We are currently mapping our printers via script as below: rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /in /ga /n \\printserver\A203Pntr We have it for all printers we got. It works perfectly fine with XP but not does not map printers in Win 7 (currently +-110 machines). I have disabled UAC, I have tried few registry fixes as well: 1. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] "lmcompatibilitylevel"=dword:00000002 2. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin"=dword:00000000 "ConsentPromptBehaviorUser"=dword:00000003 "EnableInstallerDetection"=dword:00000001 "EnableLUA"=dword:00000000 "EnableSecureUIAPaths"=dword:00000001 "EnableUIADesktopToggle"=dword:00000000 "EnableVirtualization"=dword:00000001 "PromptOnSecureDesktop"=dword:00000000 "ValidateAdminCodeSignatures"=dword:00000000 "dontdisplaylastusername"=dword:00000000 "legalnoticecaption"="" "legalnoticetext"="" "scforceoption"=dword:00000000 "shutdownwithoutlogon"=dword:00000001 "undockwithoutlogon"=dword:00000001 "FilterAdministratorToken"=dword:00000000 "EnableLinkedConnections"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI\Clipboard] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI\Clipboard\ExceptionFormats] "CF_TEXT"=dword:00000001 "CF_BITMAP"=dword:00000002 "CF_OEMTEXT"=dword:00000007 "CF_DIB"=dword:00000008 "CF_PALETTE"=dword:00000009 "CF_UNICODETEXT"=dword:0000000d "CF_DIBV5"=dword:00000011 In some cases I`m able to see the printer, some printers does not map at all, Has any of you have similar problem when migrating to Win 7?

Hi guys! Thanks for the prompt replies. I`m still looking into it as we have 1000+ users and renaming/ deleting ini`s it`s not really not an option. I have tried: ---------------------------------------------------------- Grant the user exclusive rights to the redirected folder. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Log on to the computer by using domain administrator credentials. 2. In the Start Search box, type gpmc.msc, right-click gpmc.msc, and then click Run as administrator. Note If you are prompted for an administrator password, type the password. If you are prompted for confirmation, provide confirmation. 3. Right-click the Group Policy Objects node, and then click New. Type the name of the policy. For example, in the New GPO dialog box, type Windows Vista Folder Redirection Policy. 4. Right-click the Group Policy object that you created in step 3, and then click Edit. 5. Under User Configuration, expand Windows Settings, and then expand Folder Redirection. 6. Right-click the Documents folder, and then click Properties. 7. On the Target tab, configure the following: * In the Setting box, click Basic—redirect everyone’s folder to the same location. * In the Target Folder Location box, click Create a folder for each user under the root path. * In the Root Path box, type the UNC file path to which you want to redirect the Documents folder. 8. In the Documents Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab, and then configure the following: * Click to select the Grant the user exclusive rights to Documents check box. * Click to select the Move the contents of Documents to the new location check box. 9. Click OK. ---------------------------------------------------------- Still trying to figure it out..

Hi! I`m having a problem with Windows 7 recently deployed in our network. When user log into windows 7 machines their network home folder gets renamed to My Documents. But when I run dir command via command prompt it shows all folders with proper user names. Please see attached screen shots. Is there anything I could do to prevent it from happening and get proper folder names back?? Thank you for help in advance.