Re: Active Directory Suggestions Help Appreciated

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:09:53 -0600

"ptwilliams" <ptw2001@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#YIelMSvEHA.1988@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Heh heh.
>
> By default (I believe), when you edit a GPO it will try and edit it in a
> single-master fashion (it will go to the PDCe). This behaviour can be
> changed however...
>

That is correct -- is tries to do it in a very loose single
master fashion by defaulting to the PDC Emulator for the
editable copy but allowing one to edit any copy that is
accessible if it is chosen explicitly. 

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> "rickiez" <rickiez02@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:sh5fd.1785$C_6.473@trnddc04...
> Here's the odd thing...........they are all already Global Catalog
> servers...........what could they be doing every time I try and access
> AD information such as editing a GPO?
>
>
>
>
> rickiez wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have a client who has 8 sites, but 1 domain.  It seems that whenever
> > you try to access anything having to do with AD administration in any of
> > the remote locations it takes forever and the network card light is
> > flashing like crazy.  This only happens when you are physically onsite
> > at a remote location.  If I am at the main office where the GC is and I
> > work in a portion of AD that pertains to a remote site or an OU that
> > contains users from that site it works fine.  The issue seems to only
> > happen when the remote DC is trying to contact something.  I can only
> > assume it's trying to reach the global catalog server.  My understanding
> > was such that the global catalog only really needed to be contacted for
> > resources outside the domain, because each DC should have it's own full
> > copy of AD for the domain it's in................any suggestions??
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>

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