Re: Can't 'Manage' XP Machines from AD
From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 10/21/04
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:10:57 +0200
Hi Ziguana,
Have you rejoined the clients?
-- Regards, Marina Microsoft SBS-MVP "Ziguana" <Ziguana@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:A154A08E-E34C-48DF-9081-FDE420F0AC2C@microsoft.com... > Hello, I am trying to manage my XP machies from AD so that I can add domain > users to the local admin group. This is to try and fix another problem I > posed a few days ago (see below under line for over all issue). I can't seem > to manage the PC's and I used to be able to do that before the upgrade, this > leads me to think the computers arn't on the network properly, or the > computer account hasn't been created correctly, maybe it's confused because > the old domain and new domain are the same name! > > Hopefully this will shed some extra light and someone has some idea how I > can fix this!! > > ____________________________________________________________ > History: - > > I did an upgrade to my servers, basically I had SBS 2003 with 50 users on > it, the server was old so we bought a new server. I built the server to be a > 2003 Server in the same domain, server name, same settings the lot etc and > then installed Exchange with all the same settings etc etc > > I then manually re-created all the users (easiest way as I only have 50 > users, didn't want to swing or migrate, wanted to leave current config in > place while I built the other). > > I then Exmerged all the email, copied all the data and profiles, switched > off the old servers plugged in the new, re-added all the PC's to the new > domain. > > Issue: - > > When I log in (with admin privileges) my profile comes down correctly, my > email works, printers are available and policies are present. All works fine. > > When a normal user logs in (with Domain User privileges) firstly the group > policies aren't coming into effect. No got any more info than this at the > min, no errors no nothing! I backed up and restored my GPO's from the last > server. > > Secondly when my users log on and download there profile form the server > they don't see all of the profile. I restored there profiles from backup. > When I look on the PC when they are logged in in documents and settings at > the profile they can only see certain folders: - > > Users Documents > Desktop > Favorites > Start Menu > WINDOWS > > They can't see: - > > Application Data > Local Settings > etc > etc > > I thought at first it wasn't downloading those folders but if I log on as an > administrator and click on the cached copy of there profile all the folders > are there, it's only when they are logged in that they can't see it. > > It shouldn't be a permissions thing on the folder as they can download it. > > It's not that they are hidden as I clicked to show hidden files and folders. > This is causing outlook to fail as they can't see the application data > folder. Also no printers etc > > Anyone any ideas as to what's happening here? Not sure if there's an overall > permissions issue because the way I got round this problem was to put all my > users into the Domain Admins group, everything works fine now but I need to > get them all out of Domain Admins asap! > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Mike >
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