[NTSysADM] SMB Signing Mystery

In troubleshooting a CIFS/SMB issue, I am trying to configure SMB signing to cause a failed connection. - On the server (Windows 2012 domain member), I have SMB signing disabled. Server – Digitally Sign Communications (always): Disabled | Digitally Sign Communications (if client agrees):

Re: [NTSysADM] SMB Signing Mystery

When the client connects in this situation you are creating a signed session. Microsoft has a blog post explaining the effects of the GPOs on SMB signing that explain the behavior your seeing: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/josebda/2010/12/01/the-basics-of-smb-signing-covering-both-smb1-and-

[NTSysADM] Server loses it's activation?

I have had 2 servers in the past 3 months loose there activation and then I can not reactivate them. I rebuilt the first one but this second one is already in production. Talking to licensing at Microsoft for an hour and all they kept trying to do is run slui 4 but it just sits and spins. Ran th

[NTSysADM] badPwdCount clarification

Can someone clarify this for me, a little confused on this. Let's say I have 4 domain controllers (all 2008 R2) in a single site (PDCE1, DC2, DC3, DC4). And let's say account lockout is set to 5, and there are no RODCs in the environment. Here are the various badPwdCount values on the domain co

RE: [NTSysADM] SMB Signing Mystery

Thanks much. That’s what I was looking for. Basically, there is no negotiation in Vista and later. For either SMB1 or 2, signing will always happen if either server or client requires it, even if the other party has it disabled. I like that better than the Windows 2003 model, even though that

Re: [NTSysADM] badPwdCount clarification

I believe this wiki article breaks it down granularly enough to answer your questions: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/32490.active-directory-bad-passwords-and-account-lockout.aspx -- Espi On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.

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Re: [NTSysADM] badPwdCount clarification

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RE: [NTSysADM] A New Choice in Webster’s Life

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[NTSysADM] Windows7/10 mapped drive disconnects

Greetings, We have a client organization who's experiencing a problem none of us have seen before. They have a new fileserver - Windows 2012 R2 - and drives mapped via GPO. As users are working, their mapped drives periodically disconnect - drive icon acquires the red "X" and any database progr

Re: [NTSysADM] Windows7/10 mapped drive disconnects

Fellow consultant/buddy of mine is experiencing likewise on a RDS server. He has a case opened up. Hang loose while I check with him what's up. On 5/16/2016 5:51 PM, Poppy Lochridge wrote: Greetings, We have a client organization who’s experiencing a problem none of us have seen before.