Issue Statement: Unable to create CrossRef object for Child.Contoso.local in configuration partition of Contoso.local domain. Error: Operation failed. Error code: 0x2071 An attempt was made to add an object to the directory with a name that is already in use. Environment Detials: Forest 1 : Contoso.local Forest 2 : Child.Contoso.local Cause: The nCname attribute value […]

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Problem Statement: System time on Domain Controllers and Domain Clients is out of sync. Cause: Registry entries for W32time service were not configured properly. Resolution Recommended registry settings for W32Time Service: o On PDC, • HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32time\Config – AnnounceFlag = 5 • HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32time\Config – MaxPollInterval = 10 (2^10 = 1024s) • HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32time\Config – MinPollInterval = 6 […]

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Issue Definition: Unable to Delegate Control on User’s SPN attribute as the Read ServicePrincipalName and Write ServicePrincipalName properties are not visible for user accounts while setting up permissions. Cause: These are the filtered properties of user objects and not visible by default. Resolution In order to make these attributes visible, you need to perform following […]

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Problem description: Unable to join Workstation to Domain: cloud365.local, failing with error: The following error occurred attempting to join the domain “cloud365.local”: Unable to load the specified offline registry hive. Please ensure you have access to the specified path location and permissions to modify its contents. Running as an elevated administrator may be required. Cause: […]

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Problem Description: Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain controller is failing to boot. Error: STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could not start because of the following error: The specified procedure could not be found Error status: 0xc000007a. Cause: Missing parameters, diagnostics and RID Values keys underneath hklm\system\ccs\services\ntds\ Resolution: Replace SYSTEM Registry hive in C:\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM with C:\Windows\System32\Config\Regback\SYSTEM. To […]

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Symptoms You are running Windows 8 or newer or Windows Server 2012 or newer member machines in a domain. When you restart the machines you may notice that the Netlogon is not running. You may detect this only after a dependent service reports a problem. In the system eventlog you find the following event: Log […]

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