[xtremcoder]

so i just finished installing AD... I tried to add a user and got this error message......

[xtremcoder]

i dont know what happened, but it didnt let me attach the image... so ill try it again.

[stone]

i believe you would want to ck out the password policy requirements.click start-programs-administrative tools-local policy settings.

[damonbrinkley]

You need to check out the default domain policy and change the password policy. Here's how:

Open up AD Computers and Users
Right-click on your Domain and select Properties
Click on Group Policy tab, highlight the Default Domain Policy and Select Edit
It's under Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Account Policies->Password Policy

[xtremcoder]

thanks guys... ill check it out when i get home tonite!

[xtremcoder]

still not working :-(

[WorldBuilder]

You need to set all the password requirements first. Notice how they are all "Not Defined"? Define them.

Chris

[xtremcoder]

sweet! it worked! i went to gpedit.msc and fixed the policies and well, it worked. now im going to try to see if i can log on from my laptop. question, i named the domain quintana.com but on the laptop it shows up as QUINTANA would that be because i dont have DNS installed yet and its using a NetBIOS name? and does it take a looooooooong time to create a "domain list" the first time i try to log on from another computer?

[damonbrinkley]

It won't show up as quintana.com, it will just show up as quintana.

If you've installed Active Directory then you have DNS installed. dcpromo will install DNS if it isn't already installed and configured on that machine. AD HAS TO HAVE DNS to function properly.

[xtremcoder]

cool. i didnt know that. thanks. also, i tried to log in from my laptop yesterday, but it froze while it was loading policies and never loaded windows. any ideas? also, any good book and or websites for AD newbies like myself? i have tooooooooooooons of questions.

[damonbrinkley]

Some decent websites to get you started.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...y/default.mspx
http://www.labmice.net/ActiveDirectory/default.htm

[xtremcoder]

thanks. ill check them out when i get home tonite. any good books?

[xtremcoder]

got everything running last nite. all my computers at home are now members of my domain. now i just need to learn all the cool stuff i can do with AD :-)

thanks for the help guys!

[WorldBuilder]

any good books?

Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide
by Sakari Kouti, Mika Seitsonen

The best AD book, period, I think...

thanks for the help guys!

You're welcome!

Chris

[xtremcoder]

does that book have tutorials?