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Kerberos protocol registry entries and KDC configuration keys in Windows Server

Kerberos protocol registry entries and KDC configuration keys in Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837361

Kerberos Authentication Tools and Settings

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738673%28WS.10%29.aspx#w2k3tr_kerb_tools_iybi

ClientIpAddresses Registry path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\Kerberos\Parameters

Version

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000

This entry controls adding IP addresses in KRB_AS_REQ, thus forcing the Caddr field to contain IP addresses in all tickets. This entry does […]

Remove hidden/ghost NIC on Windows

1.. Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. 2.. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER. 3.. Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER. 4.. Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices. 5.. Expand the Network Adapters tree. 6.. Right-click the dimmed network adapter, and then click Uninstall.

ref: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269155

AD domain controller problem

SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares were not online on the DCs NETDIAG and DCDIAG tests on the DCs both had major failures, primarily inability to locate any DCs, Global Catalog Servers, time servers, or domain names

All of these problems utlimately tied to an error in the File Replication Service log on the DCs:

Event […]