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Problem Environment Contoso has a very large branch-office deployment of Active Directory. Each branch-office is an Active Directory site, and each DC is a GC because of potentially unreliable WAN links. Any time a Scheme upgrade is performed in which
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Hi Everybody! Ever have an application's window that you need to move but can't---either because you have connected via RDP and the window is on a different monitor, or because you can't get to the title bar to grab it with the mouse? The following keyboard
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Here is a simple command that you can run right now in order to save you from some down-time the next time your file system permissions get set back to the Windows defaults. Proactively running this from time to time (think: task scheduler) can
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Hi Everybody! Have you heard about the new certification from Microsoft? In the grand scheme of things (as far as MSFT certification goes) it is the next level above the MCITP. (MCITP is what many consider to be the replacement for the old MCSE) Check
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Hi Everybody! This should be a pretty good presentation on Windows Vista internals. Mark Russinovich has co-authored several books on Windows Internals, and is one of the developers for all of the cool troubleshooting utilities over at our Sysinternals
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This tip can help clear some confusion when you encounter the following error while forcing replication: result 8461 The replication operation was preempted Here is the output of running repadmin /showreps on a brand new domain controller: DC=contoso,DC=com
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Hi Everybody! I just wanted to write a quick note to let you all know that the RODC compatibility pack for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP clients is available for download. Description of the Windows Server 2008 read-only domain controller compatibility
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Hi Everybody! This one comes at the request of several customers. Many of you out there are trying to determine which version of Server 2008 you will deploy. For most it comes down to deciding between two of the five major versions: Server 2008 Standard
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It can be a little tedious to verify replication status in a large Active Directory environment via the Sites and Services snap-in. Here is a command I use quite frequently to check the replication status of all domain controllers: REPADMIN /SHOWREPL
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Hi Everybody! This is just an update to let you all know about two software releases: We just released Virtual Server R2 SP1 on Monday. You can download it for free from here . Some of the updates: Support for hardware-assisted virtualization Supports
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For this tip you will need a somewhat newer version of ntfrsutl.exe You can grab a version out of the Service Pack 2 Support Tools download here . Beginning with the version of ntfrsutl.exe in KB 823230 we have the ability to force FRS replication to
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I've added a new tag called "Quick Tips." These are going to be smaller posts where I offer some time-saving tip, or some other similar type of goodie. Look out for the first one soon!
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Some time ago I did a webcast presentation on Active Directory User and Group Restore. I've included the link for those of you that may have missed it. Check out the on-demand presentation here: http://www.msusapartnerreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15004864
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I see a lot of customers unnecessarily using the boot.ini /3GB switch. Explaining when and when not to use it takes quite some time. Thanks to the Platforms Performance team, I now have a very nice quality post to point them to.
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The helpdesk phone had been ringing incessantly all day. Many people throughout the AD forest were unable to login to their respective domains. It seems that accounts throughout the forest had somehow been deleted. John, tired from having been up all
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