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Well, after only hearing about it and worshiping it from afar, I finally got Aero Glass to work on my desktop Vista system. And I have to say, the eye candy is cool. I'm sure that the novetly and excitement will wear off shortly, but for now, Glass...
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On the heels of Vista's RTM, Microsoft has released a free download that will be useful to many administrators. As I've blogged about previously, Vista ships with a new Administrative Template format---called ADMX. These XML-based templates are...
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I spent last week in Vegas speaking at the WinConnections conference on Group Policy and ADAM-related topics. After attending umpteen million conferences in Sin City, I've finally decided that I truly hate the place. It wouldn't be so bad if everything...
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So I have been really scarce lately. Firstly I apologize I should have posted and let everyone know what has been happening and where I have been. So a few things have been happening and they are in order: I have been deploying a large network including...
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Microsoft has announced their Vista Desktop Optimization Pack--an add-on product that will include technology from recent acquisitions, Softricity, Winternals and DesktopStandard. From the descriptions, it looks like they'll be including DesktopStandard's...
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Back in my IT days (you know, 4 years ago ), I spent quite a few years working at a big financial services company. I was known as the "Microsoft" guy in a company that prided itself on using as little Microsoft technology as possible. I lived...
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If you're using Windows Vista and have found the new User Account Control elevation prompts annoying, you can easily disable the prompts by adjusting the Group Policy settings under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security...
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So I received loads of comments asking me what the other DC* log files where for below is an explanation of the DC* log files: DCPromoUI.log - Records detailed progress report of user selections and operations. DCPromo.log - Records summary of critical...
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I always have to look up in different locations as to which ports are needed for certain functions like Active Directory, DFSR, Certificate Services, Cluster Service, DHCP Server etc. When you need them handy its always a mission to get to the documentation,...
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So here is a list of things that you need to do when thinking and about to make schema changes: Understand the Active Directory Schema Terminology Then read How the Active Directory Schema Works Once you have that understanding you then go through our...
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I was chatting to a friend of mine and he was complaining of DCPROMO failing during a promotion of a member server to a domain controller. He could not understand why. With him about 17 000km away from me, I couldn't just jump over and help him. He didn't...
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For those of you who know DesktopStandard--the Group Policy extension folks that I've been working with for the past 6 months, you'll be interested to know that they have been acquired by Microsoft, announced today here: http://www.desktopstandard.com/PressReleases/02Oct2006.aspx...
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As Vista nears release, its worthwhile to look at some of the big changes coming in that OS around Group Policy. One of the biggest changes, from a troubleshooting perspective, is the use of the new "Crimson" event logging system to improve...
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Very interesting post by one of our Windows Vista Backup product group members. It shows how they use the virtual machine technology to enable you to backup and restore real easy and real quick with Windows Vista. This is a built in feature and you don't...
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As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I am in the process of starting a new software company, focused on Windows management solutions, and to start with, Group Policy management solutions. Well, I finally have the new web site up and running, and you...
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If any of you read Mark Russinovich's blog a while back about circumventing Software Restriction Policy , you know that there are situations in which Group Policy's controls can be foiled. Based on that, I took up the topic of looking at how secure...
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This is more humorous than anything else. As many of you know, I left Quest Software about 6 months ago to pursue other opportunities. Since I was there for a number of years, I had written a few whitepapers for them and of course, did webinars and things...
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Also, while I'm thinking about it, if you have a chance, check out my new GP troubleshooting article in the current issue of Windows IT Pro Magazine at http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/92759/92759.html?Ad=1...
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Just wanted to let everyone know about this upcoming technical Microsoft chat on the changes coming for Group Policy in Vista: Windows Vista Group Policy Technical Chat on Thursday September 28, 2006 Join this Group Policy technical chat with members...
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I found this one yesterday because I was testing some GP changes that interestingly enough popped up a warning that referred to this KB article (one of the few times I've seen a KB article # hard-coded into a Windows error message). Anyway, I thought...
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One of the other GP MVPs turned me on to this relatively new KB article and associated hotfix regardling SMB signing and GP processing. Apparently,because W2K3 DCs require SMB signing for file level access, it is possible for an administrator to create...
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A while back there was a thread on ActiveDir about Restricted Group policy--the security policy feature in GP that lets you manage group membership. Someone had suggested using Restricted Groups to manage AD group membership and I mentioned that it was...
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For those of you that have used MSCONFIG to check what is running on your system, which services are starting up, what programs are running at startup and what your boot.ini looks like, you would know that its missing something. Its missing a tab with...
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I have this irritation with SQL 2005 and remote connections. Maybe its something I am doing incorrectly (which is very possible). Everytime I install a new SQL 2005 server and then try using an application that I have developed to connect to that SQL...
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So as I was going along promising customers that the Password Portal would be released with MIIS SP2 I was caught like a fish out of water. The Password Portal was pulled from SP2 and the customer was not happy at all. I had promised them a Password Portal...
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