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Although not one of our highest volume issues we get our customers calling about there is one complex scenario that seems to me would be a winner if we handed out prizes to problems that took longest to resolve. That scenario is NTLM client to server Read More...

Occasionally I am contacted with specific questions or topics people would like to hear more about. This post is a reply to one of those. Here’s the question: My question is what are the impact when I change the logon workstation property of a user account Read More...

There’s normal troubleshooting and then there’s the stuff you do when the basic troubleshooting doesn’t get things resolved. Normal troubleshooting can be things like selecting “last known good” on a reboot after installing a new driver and having a blue screen. Or perhaps uninstalling and then reinstalling an application, or altering settings for the application or operating system to alleviate a problem. Sometimes we have to dig in and find out more. Many admins out there in the world live that every day. Which is why we add methods to find out more into our products. This post is all about listing all of the data gathering methods that a Directory Services person may ever need to know. Since there are so many it will be difficult to organize well in one uber post but I’m going to put out here for you all anyway, disorganized or not. Read More...

One of the most exciting and fulfilling things that I get out of my job is the opportunity to resolve unique customer concerns and scenarios. I’ve said this before in prior blog posts, but this one in particular, I think, will illustrate that. One of Read More...