RE: [ActiveDir] Waaay OT: wikis

2006-10-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
bol on the 1's)   Joe Pochedley Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more user-friendly... Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover."   — Bill Gates.   From: [EMAIL PROTE

[ActiveDir] InetOrgPersonFix.... Do I need it?

2006-05-04 Thread Joe Pochedley
pecify an Exchange 2000 environment (including Joe & Robbie's 3rd edition book, p363). However, I thought it better to ask than to be sorry later that I didn't run it. Joe Pochedley Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more user-friendly... Their best approac

RE: [ActiveDir] What do you do when ooops won't work?

2006-03-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
found an acceptable solution... Deji: Do you by chance have an Outlook 2003 client somewhere, running cached mode, that you haven't synced back to the server yet? Joe Pochedley Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more user-friendly... Their best approach, so far, has

RE: AD2000 to 2003R2 (thread hijacking - was RE: [ActiveDir] R2 and W2K3 SP1)

2006-02-17 Thread Joe Pochedley
ich is just W2K3 without R2 See: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/archive/2005/11/20/110.aspx Jorge >>>-Original Message- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe >>>Pochedley >>>Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 22:19

AD2000 to 2003R2 (thread hijacking - was RE: [ActiveDir] R2 and W2K3 SP1)

2006-02-17 Thread Joe Pochedley
ctually be answered in the book, but I digress). Are there any caveats in moving direct from an AD 2000 domain to a AD2003/R2 schema with the new updates directly? Or does there need to be a stepped approach? (Yes, it does sound like a silly question, but always better safe than sorry.) Joe P

RE: [ActiveDir] W2K3 Std. vs. Ent. for DCs / x64

2006-02-14 Thread Joe Pochedley
. Client access licenses (CALs) are still required to access or use the server. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/priclicfaq .mspx Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and

RE: [ActiveDir] File Permissions: Deny vs. Allow

2006-01-13 Thread Joe Pochedley
times it's easy to miss a valuable piece of info if you miss reading a response... The difficulties we have to learn to live with. :) Peace. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body

RE: [ActiveDir] Outlook Exchange

2006-01-13 Thread Joe Pochedley
Title: Outlook Exchange Microsoft spends all kinds of time creating help files for their applications, it's amazing how few people use the Help.  Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the min

RE: [ActiveDir] File Permissions: Deny vs. Allow

2006-01-13 Thread Joe Pochedley
Thanks, Joe. I'm definitely not scared of spelunking through the MSDN site. However, the most difficult thing is often just finding the relevant info. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the min

RE: [ActiveDir] File Permissions: Deny vs. Allow

2006-01-13 Thread Joe Pochedley
Joe always provides very useful information... (Yes, I'm kissing up so I can get the next question answered.) Now, for the $64K question: Where can we find a good explanation of how ACE's are ordered in the ACL's to get a solid understanding of under what conditions this can

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange store size

2006-01-06 Thread Joe Pochedley
Windows Explorer? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom KernSent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:29 PMTo: activedirectorySubject: [ActiveDir] Exchange store size Is there any quick easy way to get the size of all your Exchange 2k mailbox/public stores in your Org

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange mailbox backup problem

2005-12-20 Thread Joe Pochedley
If you use Outlook 2003 to do the Export/Import, then you can have a PST > 2Gb. Unfortunately Exmerge doesn't support PST's > 2Gb yet (it would be nice of MS to update that tool). FYI: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830336 Joe Pochedley A computer term

RE: [ActiveDir] Found bug in Active Directory DNS (integrated)

2005-12-07 Thread Joe Pochedley
myDomain.com.myDomain.com instead, which is why it doesn't show up in the GUI where expected.   Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits o

RE: [ActiveDir] Getting computer name from a username

2005-12-02 Thread Joe Pochedley
Sounds interesting... I'd like to take a look at it TIA! Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -Ori

RE: [ActiveDir] IAS, Radius & AD

2005-11-17 Thread Joe Pochedley
Hmm...  Any replication problems with those servers in the past (or currently)?  Any Kerberos errors?  Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move

RE: [ActiveDir] IAS, Radius & AD

2005-11-17 Thread Joe Pochedley
DC's are located by querying DNS.  Check and make sure the proper SRV records for the two domains in question appears on the server that your IAS is using for DNS.  DNSLint may help you with this task. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewrit

RE: [ActiveDir] Corporate Directory

2005-11-15 Thread Joe Pochedley
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) will get you the info you need.    From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd HofertSent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:05 AMTo: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.orgSubject: [ActiveDir] Corporate Directory I would like to us

RE: [ActiveDir] Pulling DHCP data

2005-11-10 Thread Joe Pochedley
DHCPCMD from the reskit should give you what you're looking for. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas

RE: [ActiveDir] Automating NoMas

2005-11-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
nfiguration, did I miss something, or is it really just wrong as posted? Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -

RE: [ActiveDir] XP SP2 Firewall - Domain vs Standard Policy

2005-09-06 Thread Joe Pochedley
confirmed with GPRESULT with the last applied time). The DNS suffix on the client matches the DNS suffix in the last-received Group Policy update DNS name, so it appears the client thinks it's on a trusted network (or at least it should). Still plugging away. Joe Pochedley A computer

[ActiveDir] XP SP2 Firewall - Domain vs Standard Policy

2005-09-06 Thread Joe Pochedley
f the small (2-4 people) remote sites. If it were only remotes sites, then I might be convinced that the latency was an issue. But as I mentioned, I've seen it happen to machines on our LAN too. Any insights or other things to check would be much appreciated. Joe Pochedley A computer

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Extend W2K3 Boot Partiton

2005-08-29 Thread Joe Pochedley
Note that with Version 7, Paragon now has a Partition Manager Server Edition that is required to work with Windows Server versions.   The software is well worth the money though Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is

RE: [ActiveDir] WAY OT: Conflicting RAID terminiology (used to be Smart array(OT)

2005-07-22 Thread Joe Pochedley
d "assistant" try to assist. RAID 10 is definitely the way to go as opposed to raid 0+1 in terms of redundancy vs speed (if RAID 5 isn't acceptable for whatever reason, etc.. Blah blah blah) :) Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter

RE: [ActiveDir] Passwords from SQL

2005-06-15 Thread Joe Pochedley
I use MySQL here and have used it for other personal applications as well... Sometimes "free" isn't always the best solution... Of course there's always the oft repeated quotes "Acquisition costs are only a fraction of TCO" Joe Pochedley A computer terminal

RE: [ActiveDir] Bionet trojan,

2005-06-13 Thread Joe Pochedley
all due caution should be used when playing with this stuff. Keep it off any network or machine that you care about losing. Use at your own risk... Your mileage may vary... Wash your hands in warm, soapy water for at least 60 seconds when finished... Etc. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is no

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits

2005-06-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
limits then, well, I haven't seen a hard number on the ceiling yet as to how big a mailbox can get.. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move b

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits

2005-06-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
Yes it is... I have one user with a 13Gb mailbox. (Yes, that's gigabytes.) Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Mailbox Limits

2005-06-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
trol garbage, and in part to comply with any retention regulations as applicable). Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Doug

RE: [ActiveDir] WSUS

2005-06-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
Peter, I tried to open the Step by Step guide on Tuesday and was getting a 404 error on the page (other pages off the WSUS site were working fine). Maybe they've fixed it by now, but do you have a link to the page that worked for you? Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunk

RE: [ActiveDir] DFS and Bandwidth

2005-06-06 Thread Joe Pochedley
, say if you have 100GB and 50% changes on a daily basis or if you have 1,000GB where .1% changes on a daily basis. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and

RE: [ActiveDir] Enhancement Question

2005-05-31 Thread Joe Pochedley
making administrators go "damn, that's useful". Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -Orig

RE: [ActiveDir] VB Script and Group policy

2005-04-12 Thread Joe Pochedley
(strConnectString(elem))next   To add or remove printers, just add another line of strConnectString.add "_PrinterName_", "_PrinterConnectString_"   Just replace the PrinterName (anything you want to call it, so long as it's not the same as any other) and PrinterConnectString w

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Blocking SP2 rollout

2005-03-15 Thread Joe Pochedley
stall such software, but that's another issue.) Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -Original Me

RE: [ActiveDir] Simple GPO Question ?

2005-01-20 Thread Joe Pochedley
ile so people aren't copying it every time. Otherwise you'd be in the same boat as if you just set the network location via GPO. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with th

RE: [ActiveDir] Book recommendations please

2005-01-11 Thread Joe Pochedley
Title: Book recommendations please Is "munged" the technical term?  :)   I'm looking to do a Exch 2003 upgrade soon myself, so I was just curious as this is something I was just starting to look into.  Thanks for the pointers. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO for restricting ActiveX controls on XPSP2

2005-01-10 Thread Joe Pochedley
Thanks, but BHODemon only shows Browser Helper Objects. It doesn't show ActiveX controls or Browser Extensions which are also add-ins for IE that need to be defined for the GPO to effectively manage all the activex controls. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old telev

RE: [ActiveDir] GPO for restricting ActiveX controls on XPSP2

2005-01-10 Thread Joe Pochedley
ay to copy and paste the entries instead of having to retype them by hand. OR if you could at least resize plug-in management window. Ah well. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can co

[ActiveDir] GPO for restricting ActiveX controls on XPSP2

2005-01-06 Thread Joe Pochedley
measure that's going to cause more headaches than the problems is solves? Thanks for any insights. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bit

RE: [ActiveDir] adfind most frequent user

2004-12-13 Thread Joe Pochedley
an option...   http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml   Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams  

RE: [ActiveDir] Expired Accounts

2004-12-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
We handle the situation the same way. I've got a script that runs a couple nights a week and emails users starting three weeks before their password is due to expire. It's definitely cut down on the problems we've experienced with users who let their passwords expire (VPN or o

RE: [ActiveDir] Which is better

2004-10-28 Thread Joe Pochedley
ts as they fly around the network... Encryption doesn't keep a malicious host from spoofing a known good host though... Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the univers

RE: [ActiveDir] Still troubleshooting, still no resolution

2004-10-14 Thread Joe Pochedley
Is the DC at that site a Global Catalog?  Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams   From: Rimmerman, Russ

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Authentication and WinXP Workstations

2004-09-22 Thread Joe Pochedley
uccessfully ping the Exchange server from this XP machine on the "public network"  I guess we just don't have enough info to really understand your problem...   Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface

RE: [ActiveDir] Account Lockout resets in large companies

2004-09-22 Thread Joe Pochedley
a better password policy. Just my $.02 Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. -Douglas Adams -Original Message- From: Cr

RE: [ActiveDir] Logging into a disconnected DC

2004-08-12 Thread Joe Pochedley
problem…  At this point I'm just looking for some possibilities or pointers on things to check until the site is back up and I can take a look at that server, Event Logs, etc…  TIA Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in fr

RE: [ActiveDir] Logging into a disconnected DC

2004-08-11 Thread Joe Pochedley
ng to help me troubleshoot after hours, unlike us strange IT folks who like working long hours till we get an issue figured out  :)   Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can co

RE: [ActiveDir] Logging into a disconnected DC

2004-08-11 Thread Joe Pochedley
While there is a slim chance that he's not entering the correct info, he did at least read me the correct info over the phone and (from what he said) everything on the screen was spelled correctly, etc  They've already rebooted the DC. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not

[ActiveDir] Logging into a disconnected DC

2004-08-11 Thread Joe Pochedley
just looking for some possibilities or pointers on things to check until the site is back up and I can take a look at that server, Event Logs, etc…  TIA Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and b

RE: [ActiveDir] LSASS.exe using 99% CPU during multiple LDAP look ups

2004-06-24 Thread Joe Pochedley
capture be easier (I'm fairly familiar with those, just need to config a capture port off the switch they're connected to)... Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connec

RE: [ActiveDir] LSASS.exe using 99% CPU during multiple LDAP look ups

2004-06-23 Thread Joe Pochedley
ch indices the GC had that the standard DC doesn't... And which indices the GC search will access that a standard LDAP search on the DC can't... (I'll have to give Google a workout later this afternoon.) Joe Pochedley -Original Message- From: Salandra, Justin A. [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [ActiveDir] LSASS.exe using 99% CPU during multiple LDAP look ups

2004-06-23 Thread Joe Pochedley
on when I should use the GC query port vs. the standard query port? Thanks again for the reply. Joe Pochedley A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about

[ActiveDir] LSASS.exe using 99% CPU during multiple LDAP lookups

2004-06-23 Thread Joe Pochedley
ther suggestions for increasing the performance of the LDAP lookups on the server and decreasing the processor utilization of LSASS... Of course I don't have access to the LDAP query itself on the Barracuda to see what that looks like... TIA for any suggestions! Joe Pochedley A computer terminal

RE: [ActiveDir] OT: riddle me this

2004-05-04 Thread Joe Pochedley
Sounds like you've got NTFS permissions covered, but have you checked the share permissions? Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. -Original Message- From: Kern, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, Ma

RE: [ActiveDir] Office2003 Rollout

2004-04-16 Thread Joe Pochedley
Yes, there is a new ORK for Office 2003. http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/default.htm Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. -Original Message- From: Rutherford, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri

RE: [ActiveDir] Join other DCs to an SBS2k or 2k3 domain?

2004-04-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
if you're only using half the features...  Heck, even just plain Windows Server 2003 is more expensive than SBS Standard (assuming you don't need SQL) Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.   From: Creamer, M

RE: [ActiveDir] FYI - forcing a policy refresh in Windows 2003

2004-02-25 Thread Joe Pochedley
FWIW, GPUpdate replaced secedit on Windows XP when XP was released as well. Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. -Original Message- From: Lou Vega [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1

RE: [ActiveDir] ADUC - User logon name (is empty)

2004-02-11 Thread Joe Pochedley
fsOut.WriteLine (objUser.name & " UPN Set to ") & ObjUserUPN objuser.Put "userPrincipalName", ObjUserUPN objUser.SetInfo End if objrecordset.MoveNext Wend objConnection.Close fsOut.Close WScript.Echo "Script Complete!" ' End Script Joe Poc

RE: [ActiveDir] ADUC - User logon name (is empty)

2004-02-09 Thread Joe Pochedley
tname & "@YourDomain.local"    fsOut.WriteLine (objUser.name & " UPN Set to ") & ObjUserUPN    objuser.Put "userPrincipalName", ObjUserUPN    objUser.SetInfo End if objrecordset.MoveNextWend objConnection.Close   fsOut.CloseWScript.Echo "Script Complete!&

RE: [ActiveDir] Change home profile path for entire AD

2004-02-04 Thread Joe Pochedley
... Somebody may have already written a script to do this... Visit Google and see what turns up... :) Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. -Original Message- From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: [ActiveDir] Settle a disagreement

2003-12-11 Thread Joe Pochedley
he statement "every 90 minutes plus or minus 30 minutes" would be incorrect.   Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.   From: deji Agba [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:03 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [ActiveDir] ADMap 1.6.2

2003-12-03 Thread Joe Pochedley
an error "Unexpected end of file." Not that my environment is so complex I can't diagram it by hand, but it was something to play with this evening... Just thought I'd pass along my experience... Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who does

RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange 2000 question

2003-09-02 Thread Joe Pochedley
Title: Message You can get the information out of ESM...  Open the mailbox store and look at the mailboxes.  There is a column for Size (KB)... Joe Pochedley Weiler's Law - Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. -Original Message-