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I hate when I do this. When I added the new switch info I added a bug to the usage and totally screwed up and didn’t test it.
My general process is to test adfind for bugs and then when it looks clean I update the usage with any new switches, recompile, doublecheck that the [...]

I just ran into an issue I haven’t hit before. Someone reported a bug with OldCmp last summer that when they moved computers, the names were all changed to lowercase. I realized that that could be a problem based on what I recalled of the code paths and wrote it down in my bug/dcr [...]

I have released ADFIND V01.30.00
The primary reason for this version is to fix a bug that was introduced in V01.27.00 which caused multivalue GUID/SID attributes to be displayed incorrectly. I found this myself when working out a process for something that I can’t for the life of me recall at the moment. I found the [...]

Whoops. The wordpress edit mode showed the workspace pic fine in the previous blog entry but when I went to respond to a comment on the blog today I saw that it wasn’t displayed properly in the blog, you only saw about half of the picture. So I resized and moved it down. Should [...]

Just a couple of photos.
This is the final pic from my kitchen tile project

This is a pic from the tile I put down in the pet room.

This is my main work desk. I actually do a lot of work from one of three laptops though because I can wander around the house or outside if [...]

2 ways
1. admod -b some_dn unicodepwd::somepassword -kerbenc
2. admod -b some_dn #setpwd#::somepassword
 
The first uses straight LDAP, the second uses ADSI and will probably end up getting stripped out.
 
Change password is not currently supported, it is a bit of an interesting LDAP op and requires a delete of the old password with an add of the new [...]

So in the last week I have received two email questions that were about an interesting issue with the Active Directory attribute description.
To paraphrase both of the questions
It says in the schema that description is multivalued but every time I try to use admod to add a second value to the description it fails [...]

Here is a really good AD book worth ordering…
Description here (also another link to order)

Now this looks pretty cool, I need to order it…
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/securityreskit/default.aspx
The new Microsoft Developer Security Resource Kit brings together a host of valuable references and resources for developing more secure applications. In it you’ll find:
Best practices: These guidelines, how-to documents, and checklists will help you integrate security issues into the development process.
Training: View webcasts [...]

So here is an odd one from me, anyone that knows me knows I am not a GUI person. However every now and then I find something that catches my attention for a second and I will peek at it unless it exceeds my bored timeout of about 15 minutes (for GUI type things).
So [...]

I previously put in an MVP Wish or otherwise known as a Design Change Request (DCR) or also known as a LadyBug request in for allowing an attribute to be in multiple property sets. I was completely surprised when that request was closed as won’t fix and a question of give a concrete example of [...]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17866401%255E2702,00.html
Since when has the Golden Globes and Oscars EVER been about the movies popular with the general populace of the United States? I don’t recall ever. Every year I sit there wondering, how the heck did that win, I don’t know anyone that saw it. But now…. now it is a gay/lesbian political agenda machine? [...]

Gil posted a WAV file of the call of the DEC Chicken…
http://www.gilsblog.com/index.cfm?CommentID=54

My sister Shannon has gone global with her art company. She has done work in her local area for years and I finally convinced her to set up a web page and start peddling her talent there as well.
You can see her site and contact her through http://www.trendyartist.com/
I don’t produce much artwork anymore, [...]

I just realized that I didn’t report back about the Book of Daniel.
I have to say that NBC lucked out that the AFA attacked them, I think they are enjoying the free advertising. If this show had to build its own following normally, it might have been tough, especially since it is only limited [...]

I created a new utility this weekend called DNSSrvRec. There was some discussion on ActiveDir.Org about registering some additional DNS SRV records for DCs. This utility allows you to create whatever SRV records you would like to create as well as delete SRV records.
See
http://www.joeware.net/win/free/tools/DNSSrvRec.htm

So here I am converting CDs to MP3s, I have mediaplayer to just start converting any CD inserted and then to spit the disk out when done. About 5 times now as I am digging through my big CD bin the CD gets kicked out almost immediately and I am like, darn it, don’t [...]

http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2006/01/12/512115.aspx

I have been importing all of my CDs into MP3 tracks with mediaplayer. Oy is this long and drawn out. Much easier though than bringing everything in as a WAV and then converting from the command line with BladeEnc like you used to have to do though…
It appears that my entire music collection will [...]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article338230.ece
Awfully stupid way to die.

… in several months, if you have the spare cash, I could use two of these babies and the video cards necessary to hook them up… thanks…
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/monitor_3007wfp?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=specstab#tabtop
Dell 30″ UltraSharp Widescreen Flat Panel
As the largest and highest resolution display in Dell’s flat panel lineup to date, the Dell 30″ UltraSharpTM Widescreen Monitor is optimized for video [...]

I would be lax in my duties if I didn’t pass this on
There has been a Brett Blogging update on ~Eric’s blog
http://blogs.technet.com/efleis/archive/2006/01/10/417228.aspx
LOL

I had a butt load of American Express points saved up so I thought I would spend them. I started looking around and finally settled on a Creative Zen “Sleek” device bundle. It comes with the 20GB player as well as a docking station and set of Intrigue 2200 speakers.
I am quite impressed… very [...]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5652179487&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31
This is an auction for 1000 pixels of space on a website… Up to $152,000 already!!!

LOL.
Watch out, the language may bother some folks… The implications may bother others…
http://william.torkington.com/movies/20050716-7words.mov

If you have time, surf over to Rocket Boom. It is news reports from Amanda Congdon that are pretty funny and in some way informative. Quite entertaining if you have time to sit and watch instead of skim the google news headlines. I wish regular new channels presented news as well as she does, [...]

… wonder if Leonardo Da Vinci is actually an inventor from the future who created a time machine that only could go back in the past and he got trapped there when he tested it?

I am watching a History channel special about Nostradamus. There was a very interesting comment at the beginning of the show. Penn of Penn and Teller said something like
“If Nostradamus actually knew all of this stuff that happened was going to happen and didn’t clearly let us know it, he is the biggest evil [...]

Spam and virus based email sucks which for the remainder of this entry will all be called spam because I treat it all the same.
I can tell when we hit the holidays because it seems the amount of spam increases by a near order of magnitude.
Does anyone actually ever buy things from spam? [...]

Well it seems one of my favorite magazines has been discontinued – C/C++ Users Journal.
That is one of two magazines I looked forward to seeing, the other magazine is Scientific American.
Both of the magazines generally spawn similar thoughts in my head when reading them… Oh that is cool and Wow I should probably have [...]