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When you use Active Directory commands such as Get-ADObject and Get-ADUser you'll notice there is a -Server switch you can use to specify a domain controller to use for the operation. This switch isn't however available for the Get-Acl and Set-Acl commands. You may want to use a specific domain controller for example if you're setting the security descriptor of an object you've just created and the object may not have replicated yet. Get-Acl and Set-Acl however use the Active Directory PSDrive AD: which performs a serverless bind when you run the Import-Module ActiveDirectory command as you can see in the screenshot. PSDrive created Running the command Get-PSDrive AD displays the following, showing that the default AD: drive does not have a server specified. No Server Specified Changing the default AD: drive probably isn't a good idea however we can create a new drive. New-PSDrive -Name AD2 -PSProvider ActiveDirectory -Server "demo2022-dc02" -Scope "...

You may find when you access the nTSecurityDescriptor property using the Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets it returns a System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectoryAccessRule object that has a InheritedObjectType property set to a GUID value. ActiveDirectoryRights : Self, WriteProperty InheritanceType       : Descendents ObjectType            : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 InheritedObjectType   : bf967aba-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2 ObjectFlags           : InheritedObjectAceTypePresent AccessControlType     : Allow IdentityReference     : NT AUTHORITY\BATCH IsInherited           : False InheritanceFlags      : ContainerInherit PropagationFlags      : InheritOnly This corresponds to the applies to  inheritance and propagation settings on the security object, defining the types of desce...

If you want to delete a Windows registry value using a .reg file you can enter the value as a minus - sign. For example: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\NTDS\Parameters] "Expensive Search Results Threshold"=- "Inefficient Search Results Threshold"=- While you're here - Why not check out our Windows Server Documentation and Audit Tool?

You may experience a blue screen error 0XC00002E2 on a Windows domain controller after a Windows update. When the server reboots select Troubleshoot Then Startup Settings Then click Reboot At the prompt select Directory Services Repair Mode When the server reboots login using the Active Directory restore mode password . From a command prompt enter ntdsutil activate instance ntds files integrity This may display information similar to the following Could not initialize the Jet engine: Jet Error -501. Failed to open DIT for AD DS/LDS instance NTDS. Error -2147418113. This indicates that the NTDS database is corrupt. Then enter the following at the same prompt to view information on the NTDS files. info To resolve the issue from a command prompt enter the following ** WARNING ** ensure you have a full system backup before proceeding. del c:\windows\ntds\*.log Reboot the server.  While you're here - Why not check out our Windows Server Documentation and Audit Tool?