March 2008 - Posts
Hi, Ned here again. Recently a customer posted a comment asking why the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista did not appear to match what tabs you’d see on a Windows Server 2008 computer. Specifically, in Active Directory Users and Computers
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Hi, Ned here again. I am frequently asked by customers (and Microsoft employees!) where they can get to all the useful Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista audit information. Unlike some of our other components, there’s no clear portal site on
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Ned here - this is a quick post that can't wait for the Microsoft.com machine to spin up. :-) The long-awaited Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) have been released for Windows Vista. These will allow administrators to use their Vista machines
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It’s time we wrap up our discussion on managing power using Group Policy. The previous blog posts discussed managing power on Windows Vista (and Windows Server 2008). Today, I’ll cover how we can achieve the equivalent for Windows XP. The
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Last time, I introduce new Power Management policy settings included in Windows Vista. In the first of a three parts, I wrote about Button , Hard Disk , and Notification policy settings. Today, I continue to review Power Management by writing about Sleep
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Hi, Mike here again. This post was originally published in the Group Policy Team blog. Many of you probably know about the power management improvements included in Windows Vista and that you can manage power using Group Policy. However, did you know
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The Microsoft Enterprise Network Team blog has posted information about a new update released for Windows Server 2003: New update available for Windows Server 2003 SP2 systems to disable Scalable Networking Pack features It is highly recommended that
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Hi, James here - I am a Support Escalation Engineer in Charlotte, NC, USA. Today I would like to talk to you about troubleshooting LDAP over SSL connectivity issues. We will be covering LDAP over SSL basics, how Subject Alternate Name’s (SAN) work,
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Ned here again. Today I’m going to talk about a new feature of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista called Special Groups auditing . While we’re in here, I’ll run through how we can use the new Group Policy Preferences (GPP) client-side
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Here are the new Directory Services-related KB articles for the week. I came across something this week that reminded me of the improvements that were made to SMB signing in Vista/2008. The SMB protocol is used for network file transfer in Windows, and
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Hi Rob here, I am a Support Escalation Engineer in Directory Services out of Charlotte, NC, USA. We work a lot of Kerberos authentication failure issues. Since Kerberos is typically the first authentication method attempted, it ends up having authentication
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