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August 2006 - Posts

Using Diagnostic Logging within Windows

Depending on the component within Windows for which you want to see verbose logging you can set a registry key that enables that for you. However, remember that diagnostic logging also may impact the performance of the machine and that it WILL consume Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:20 PM by Jorge | 2 Comments
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W2K or W2K3 DCs after promotion MAY have issues retrieving RID pool when the RID Master FSMO is hosted on a W2K3 SP1 DC

I have seen questions in the newsgroups from people that said that their just prmoted server to a DC, W2K All SPs or W2K3 SP0, was NOT able to retrieve a RID pool from the RID Master FSMO. Performing severals tests show nothing strange except that the Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:33 PM by Jorge | 0 Comments

Netpro's DEC 2007

Yes folks, it is going to happen again! DEC 2007 is scheduled for sunday 22nd of april until wednesday 25th of april. As you can see it has been scheduled for the end of april instead of the end of march. Make sure you get there! Don't miss this "brain Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:02 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments
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Carlos' Network Explorer

Carlos created a tool called "Netwok Explorer". It is still in beta I guess (or even alpha), but here you can read a few words about it. What is it?: A tool (GUI) that allows you to view the configuration of your AD. The following can be viewed with this Read More...
Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 3:08 PM by Jorge | 6 Comments
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VMWare and promoting DCs or creating TRUSTS

Remember these two posts? : It works on physical hardware and it does not in VMware virtualization software http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2005/11/14/60.aspx Follow-up on "It works on physical hardware and it does not in VMware virtualization Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:58 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments
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Incorrect userAccountControl Attribute value causes error when running DCDIAG or during promotion of a server to a DC

There exist two issues/errors that can occur from the same cause, namely an incorrect set "userAccountControl" attribute value on a computer account. For more information about the "userAccountControl" attribute see: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305144 Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:18 PM by Jorge | 3 Comments
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My first post using 'Windows Live Writer' (WLW)

I got a recommendation from Carlos to use this tool to post my blog articles. Why? Because I once lost two complete articles when posting and that pissed me off! Well, so far so good! I was able to save a draft, go away for an hour and come back and continue Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 12:52 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments
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Drinking vertically....

Come again.....?? Yes, you are reading it right! Drinking vertically. Don't you know what it is? Well, I did not either until I read about it on the newspaper. That same newspaper reported that the police in the british town called Preston wants to forbid Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:59 PM by Jorge | 1 Comments
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