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I ran into something really interesting today that took some time to figure out.. Thought I should post in case anyone else is puzzled by the same scenario (and so that I can remember later).
I was running queries for group memberships and found inconsistencies between what I was seeing in ADUC and what my queries [...]

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I went out on Black Friday and picked up an Acer Aspire One netbook for $195. Most of the netbooks I had seen run $300+, so I think this was a pretty good deal. It came with Windows XP installed, so I decided I would install Windows 7. The problem is [...]

In order to enable users to join computers to the domain, grant the following permissions:

Recently, the time on all of my domain computers was out of sync. Each computer in my domain had the same time, but it was about 10 minutes slow. Domain computers get their time from your domain controller(s), so I looked into syncing the time of my DC with an internet time server. The steps [...]

Occassionally, I need to test the connection my Exchange server is making to Active Directory.  I always forget the syntax of this command, so I am putting it in my blog.

 
As you know Exchange Management Shell is an extension of Windows PowerShell (PS). Today I found a really useful PS command to generate HTML reports that include data generated through Exchange Management Shell commands. In an effort to create a “Dashboard” for our Exchange environment, I’ve been trying to find a way to gather information [...]

Here is a quick list of all Windows XP command line utilities.

If the Show Desktop icon is deleted from Quick Launch, the procedure below will recreate the file.

Microsoft System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) is a great tool to use when creating a Virtual Machine environment. You can install a single VM with Windows Server 2003, configure the server the way you wish, then sysprep the server and same the VM file for further server deployments.

These are some notes I took at TechEd a couple of years ago.
7 Steps to Secure Environment:

Establish a Security Team
Security Assessment – What impacts our bottom line? What is normal?
Risk Analysis – For the Assets
Write a Security Policy. Enforce it.
Design Operations Plans and Security Standards
Implement Training and Awareness Measures
Perform Ongoing Security [...]