Active Directory Blog : Vista, User Logon

Testing a Credential Provider

Tim Springston — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:43:36 GMT

Weeks ago I blogged about how single sign on and credential providers work and a scenario you can run into with them. One reader faced a slightly different scenario but was able to apply that topic toward getting his issue resolved. He had installed a...(read more)

Thoughts on Single Sign On and Credential Providers

Tim Springston — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:35:26 GMT

We use the term single sign on (SSO) to describe a variety of behaviors in Windows and other applications where the result is simply to prevent the user from being prompted to provide their credentials again and again; to ideally enter their credentials...(read more)

The Domain Logon Dialogue

Tim Springston — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Happy New Years everyone! Let’s start the year off with a less strenuous article regarding how the domain logon list gets populated. I’m talking about the user logon dialogue which you see following pressing control, alt and delete at the same time. There...(read more)

All The Logging In The World

Tim Springston — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:40:00 GMT

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)