change windows 2008 active directory database location
ntdsutil
activate instance ntds
files
info ( to check where the DB files are located )
create directory’s for the DB and log files
mkdir d:\NTDS-Dbase
mkdir d:\NTDS-Logs
ntdsutil
activate instance ntds
files
move db to d:\NTDS-Dbase
movelogs to d:\NTDS-Logs
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compact defrag Windows 2008 Active Diretory database
Stop active directory services.
ntdsutil
activate instance ntds
files
compact to c:\temp
copy “c:\temp\ndts.dit” c:\windows\NTDS\ntds.dit
del c:\windows\NTDS\*.log
Start active directory services.
Windows 2008 active directory additional user account info
search on the Microsoft website for account lockout tools
al.exe is the file you are looking for, extract the following : acctinfo.dll
regsvr32 c:\tmp\acctinfo.dll
et voila.
