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Archive for September, 2006

London to Australia in 30 minutes or the pizza is free…

by @ Friday, September 29th, 2006. Filed under general

The next step in air travel from Sir Richard Branson.
 
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/09/28/tech-virginspace-060928.html

Cool… Code Name - "Artificial Sun"

by @ Friday, September 29th, 2006. Filed under general

Chinese group has fusion reactor running for 3 seconds…
http://english.people.com.cn/200609/28/eng20060928_307241.html

Learning something new… Auth restoring a user to original domain after being moved to a different domain.

by @ Thursday, September 28th, 2006. Filed under tech

I don’t do a whole lot of playing with AD Backup/Restore ops and authoritative restores, I am a big fan of building systems such that they don’t allow people to delete objects accidentally in the first place. However, I have been working on a project that has as a portion of the work some user [...]

Space Progress…. Wish it was in the USA.

by @ Thursday, September 28th, 2006. Filed under general

This is a great news story. People moving forward trying to figure out how to do something in space because of the desire to have the knowledge and be ready when we get to space, not because it was the only way they could do it…
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060927/zero_gravity_feature_060927/20060927/
I wonder if this could even have been attempted in [...]

How To: Report explicit ACEs on Active Directory objects with AdFind

by @ Thursday, September 28th, 2006. Filed under tech

A fellow MVP, Brian Desmond, suggested in a previous blog comment that I should “add a switch to filter inherited permissions”. I thought, hey, great idea… I can do better.
In AdFind V01.32.00 you will find the new switches -sddlfilter and -sddlNOTfilter. These switches allow you to specify a value for each of the [...]

Bug in Microsoft LDAP API? - Revisited

by @ Thursday, September 28th, 2006. Filed under tech

In the blog entry Bug in Microsoft LDAP API? I documented a pain in my side I ran into with ldap_search_init_page. As I mentioned in the comments I began a conversation with one of the smart Microsoft Dev folks, specifically a Dev who previously did LDAP Client and now is a core dev. I am not [...]

AdFind/AdMod Updates

by @ Monday, September 25th, 2006. Filed under updates

I sent out the second beta for AdMod yesterday afternoon, I am expecting to release it to the general public within a week. The beta testers have not reported back any issues other than the general comments of the usage/help is huge… Note that is light help too, the tool now will do so much and [...]

How To: Dump Exchange SMTP addresses in Active Directory with AdFind…

by @ Sunday, September 24th, 2006. Filed under tech

adfind -sc exchaddresses:smtp
Ex:
F:\Dev\CPP\AdFind>adfind -sc exchaddresses:smtp

AdFind V01.32.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) September 2006
Using server: 2k3dc10.child1.joe.com:3268Directory: Windows Server 2003
dn:CN=$jricha34,CN=Users,DC=joe,DC=com>proxyAddresses: smtp:$jricha34@joeware2.net>proxyAddresses: SMTP:$jricha34@joe.com
dn:CN=Public Folder Store (2K3EXC01),CN=SG1,CN=InformationStore,CN=2K3EXC01,CN=Servers,CN=First Administrative Group,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=joeware,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=joe,DC=com>proxyAddresses: smtp:2K3EXC01-IS@joeware2.net>proxyAddresses: smtp:2K3EXC01-IS@joeware2.com>proxyAddresses: SMTP:2K3EXC01-IS@joe.com
dn:CN=Microsoft System Attendant,CN=2K3EXC01,CN=Servers,CN=First Administrative Group,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=joeware,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=joe,DC=com>proxyAddresses: smtp:2K3EXC01-SA@joeware2.net>proxyAddresses: smtp:2K3EXC01-SA@joeware2.com>proxyAddresses: SMTP:2K3EXC01-SA@joe.com
dn:CN=Public Folder Store (2K3EXC02),CN=SG1,CN=InformationStore,CN=2K3EXC02,CN=Servers,CN=Second Administrative Group,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=joeware,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=joe,DC=com>proxyAddresses: smtp:2K3EXC02-IS@joeware2.net>proxyAddresses: [...]

Bug in Microsoft LDAP API?

by @ Saturday, September 23rd, 2006. Filed under general

In the course of my AdMod Beta tests I found a couple of bugs in AdFind and am correcting those as well. I also may have found a bug in the Microsoft LDAP API that I have pinged one of my good MSFT friends on. Whether it is a bug or not I need to [...]

So I’m resetting the passwords on about 300,000 accounts…

by @ Saturday, September 23rd, 2006. Filed under tech

…and boy did I find a heck of a memory leak in AdMod…
I admit, this is probably on the unusual side for tasks people would normally be executing but just the same I am glad that I found it so I can stamp it out. So much for CodeGuard because it never once warned me [...]

Boat…

by @ Wednesday, September 20th, 2006. Filed under quotes

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
   - Mark Twain

Little men…

by @ Wednesday, September 20th, 2006. Filed under quotes

Conceit is god’s gift to little men.
  - Bruce Barton

Conceit…

by @ Wednesday, September 20th, 2006. Filed under quotes

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
  - Aesop

Guest quotes

by @ Wednesday, September 20th, 2006. Filed under general

A friend of mine emailed me some quotes so I thought I would post a few.

Added some AdMod Shortcuts

by @ Monday, September 18th, 2006. Filed under updates

In my testing I realized that the power to quickly create a bunch of test users or test groups was cool but was a lot to type… Unfortunately there is a lot of info that is needed, but I did find a way to shorten it a little by making some assumptions.
I added a new [...]

Debugging…

by @ Saturday, September 16th, 2006. Filed under general

Ugh… 2 hours of troubleshooting a crash that was occurring and it ends up being CodeGuard which is supposed to be protecting me from crashes…

Easy…

by @ Saturday, September 16th, 2006. Filed under quotes

“I was looking at my chart and it said that I was difficult. Why would they write that?”

“They’ve gotten to know you.”

“Oh come on, I’m not difficult. I’m easy.”
“Why because you dress casual and sleep with a lot of guys?”
       - Seinfeld - Elaine and Jerry, in “The Package”

This Longhorn picture is a riot

by @ Saturday, September 16th, 2006. Filed under humour

http://kolovrat.ru/Windows_Longhorn_900×720.jpg

Clearing all sIDHistories in a domain

by @ Saturday, September 16th, 2006. Filed under tech

A common question I see is “How do I clear all sIDHistory values in a domain?”. Microsoft does have a script on the support web site to accomplish this, you can find it at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;295758
 
I don’t have much direct experience with it but had folks that wanted me to modify it for them and heard complaints that [...]

Cats…

by @ Saturday, September 16th, 2006. Filed under quotes

“I don’t like cats.”
“Ever lived with a cat? No, I see you haven’t. How can you have the gall not to like something you don’t know anything about? Wait till you’ve lived with a cat, then tell me what you think. Until then… well, who told you you were entitled to an opinion?”
  - Robert [...]

Worry…

by @ Saturday, September 16th, 2006. Filed under quotes

Slim sighed. “Kid, you’re going to die someday and so am I. And so is your pup. It’s the one thing we can’t avoid. Why, the ship’s reactor could blow up and none of us would know what hit us till they started fitting us with haloes. So why fret about whether your dog comes [...]

A couple of quotes…

by @ Thursday, September 14th, 2006. Filed under quotes

I heard two interesting quotes related to my utilities today… I thought I would share…
 
The first was from the ActiveDir.Org list…
“AdFind is a bit like a potato - you can do so many different things with it.”
   - Mark Parris

 
The second was the first feedback from one of my AdMod V01.07.00 beta testers…
“I just looked [...]

Michigan Boy…

by @ Thursday, September 14th, 2006. Filed under quotes

I am Classic Rock Revisited. I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has the spirit and the attitude and the fire and the middle finger. I am Rosa Parks with a Gibson guitar.
    - Ted Nugent

AdMod V01.07.00 Beta seen in the wild…

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under updates

Yes! I finally got the beta out the door to a few beta testers. Hopefully the testers will beat the crap out of it and tell me where all of the issues are. In the meanwhile I will try to run through testing everything in various ways as well.
This is what September 13, 2006 [...]

AdMod Basic Usage Screen

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under general

F:\Dev\CPP\AdMod>admod

AdMod V01.07.00cpp_BETA1 Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) September 2006

-help Basic help.
-? Basic help.
-?? Advanced help.
-???? Shortcut help.
-sc? [...]

AdMod Advanced Usage Screen

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under general

F:\Dev\CPP\AdMod>admod -??

AdMod V01.07.00cpp_BETA1 Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) September 2006

-help Basic help.
-? Basic help.
-?? Advanced help.
-???? Shortcut help.
-sc? [...]

AdMod Shortcut Usage Screen

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under general

F:\Dev\CPP\AdMod>admod -sc?

AdMod V01.07.00cpp_BETA1 Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) September 2006

-help Basic help.
-? Basic help.
-?? Advanced help.
-???? Shortcut help.
-sc? [...]

AdMod CSV Usage Screen

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under general

F:\Dev\CPP\AdMod>admod -csv?

AdMod V01.07.00cpp_BETA1 Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) September 2006

-help Basic help.
-? Basic help.
-?? Advanced help.
-???? Shortcut help.
-sc? [...]

What’s up with Monster.com?

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under rants

Monster.com has been making some changes lately. Mostly I am not liking them. Please note, I am not actively seeking a job but I have my resume out there (as I have for >6 years) in the chance that someone says, hey that is the guy we need and has some really good offer to [...]

Deck in progress…

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under house stuff

I have been wanting a deck on the back of the house now for about 5 years and have been actually in a position[1] to build one but putting it off for one busy reason or another for 2 years. I finally realized that I wasn’t going to be be able to build it myself [...]

Jeff Foxworthy’s view of Michigan

by @ Wednesday, September 13th, 2006. Filed under humour

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Michigan
If you’re proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Pellston is the coldest spot [...]

VMWARE Server 1.0.0 question….

by @ Monday, September 11th, 2006. Filed under tech

So under Virtual Server, something I did and liked doing was using differencing disks. I would build a base image, say BASE_LHRC1 and then I would build multiple machines from that one disk via differencing disks. I am not seeing the option to build any type of differencing disks in VMWARE Server 1.0.0. Am I [...]

A.D.I.D.A.S.

by @ Sunday, September 10th, 2006. Filed under general

Korn Rocks!
The show was great. When they come to your area, check them out.

Real family values…

by @ Saturday, September 9th, 2006. Filed under general

Going to the Family Values Tour tonight to see Korn. Cheer!  Yeah I know you are jealous. You would be especially jealous if you saw our seats and parking… Corporate season passes…. Its raining today… too bad for the folks on the lawn…
   joe

Using x64 for DCs? Let’s hear your experiences.

by @ Saturday, September 9th, 2006. Filed under tech

x64 DCs are slowing getting rolled out to various companies. Most often I am hearing amazing things from an LDAP query standpoint which is great.
I am curious though how people are determining how many DCs they need? Are they just replacing their x86 DCs and leaving it at that or are they carefully watching [...]

Magellan Explorist XL in review after 700 or so miles…

by @ Saturday, September 9th, 2006. Filed under general

So I used the Magellan on the Cincinnati trip. Since I was just going down I-75 it wasn’t truly necessary but it was a good test to see what I thought. Plus I have been using it to drive around town locally here in Michigan etc.
Overall I like the device, the screen is very [...]

Cincinnati in review

by @ Saturday, September 9th, 2006. Filed under general

Overall, I have to say that I was mighty impressed with Cincinnati. I had heard a lot of bad things about it but overall I found it to be a very pretty and extremely nice city.
On Thursday the customer took us out for a night on the town. We left the customer’s office we [...]

Islam versus Christianity

by @ Saturday, September 9th, 2006. Filed under humour

Very funny…
 
http://fwd.jokaroo.org/c.php?i=9171

Oatmeal

by @ Thursday, September 7th, 2006. Filed under quotes

That dog’s as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrel of oat meal.
  - Foghorn Leghorn

Risk

by @ Thursday, September 7th, 2006. Filed under quotes

Failure to identify, understand, or realize your risk does not alleviate it nor cause it to disappear. Do *not* assume that the limits of your knowledge and capability apply to everyone. Do *not* assume that since some particular problem you are aware of has yet to have occurred means it can’t occur. Both fall well within the realm [...]

From the no good deed goes unpunished department…

by @ Wednesday, September 6th, 2006. Filed under general

Most Ground Zero Rescue Workers May Suffer for Life
Nearly 70% of rescue workers exposed to toxic dust at ground zero became ill as a result, a study released yesterday said, citing a correlation between respiratory illness and recovery work after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
http://www.nysun.com/article/39120

Looks like the City of New York is trying hard [...]

Bill Ford steps down as head of Ford Motor Company due to pressure from the AFA…

by @ Wednesday, September 6th, 2006. Filed under general

LOL. Yeah the AFA wishes they had that kind of power. That sounded pretty funny to me though as a title. Maybe it will attract some AFA folks to read this blog… if so… tend to your knitting people. If you don’t like that Ford and in fact all of the large car companies support [...]

Cincinnati doesn’t appear to like trucks…

by @ Tuesday, September 5th, 2006. Filed under general

Cincinnati doesn’t appear to be truck friendly… I had to go to down town Cincinnati for a week of meetings with a customer and some other folks I work with during my “day job” and since it is only a 4-5 hour I decided to drive instead of spending the time in the airport.
The nice [...]

Desktop sharing apps for meetings…

by @ Tuesday, September 5th, 2006. Filed under general

Do you use the various “meeting” apps like LiveMeeting, NetMeeting, WebEx, Virtual Conference Rooms, etc to share you desktop to others during a meeting? Have you found this to be generally useful or generally painful? I am on the road this week and was sitting in a office today I have never sat in and [...]

Crocodile Hunter No More

by @ Tuesday, September 5th, 2006. Filed under general

Unfortunately Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin’s life caught up with him. Fortunately for him he was doing what he wanted to be doing when it happened, we should all be so lucky as to die while we are doing what we love.
Some folks think he hurt Australia with his outlandish ways, I don’t think he did [...]

So your Domain Controller decides to get stolen… what next?

by @ Tuesday, September 5th, 2006. Filed under general

I recently received the September 2006 edition of TechNet magazine. Overall, good magazine, kind of boring, but relatively good info.
There is an article that seemed right up my alley… Lock Up Your Domain Controllers written by Steve Riley (aka  Sterile Y). Steve is an interesting person; when you initially meet him you don’t know if he [...]

Looking for your caffeine boost?

by @ Sunday, September 3rd, 2006. Filed under general

About this time of night when I am writing code or as I am now, documenting something, I start thinking about Caffeine boosts. I went looking and found a web site with mg of Caffeine per volume for various beverages. You can find it here -> http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm. I took that table and normalized it to [...]

Do you use AdMod?

by @ Saturday, September 2nd, 2006. Filed under updates

If you are serious about using AdMod I need you… When I mean serious I mean that when you have to change something in AD you start thinking of the AdMod switches to use, not what GUI tool to open. Do you do schema changes with AdMod in your lab on the fly? That kind of [...]

Why joeware tools have been slow to get updates…

by @ Saturday, September 2nd, 2006. Filed under general

The joeware dev crew just can’t get the swing of working hard…
 
Primary developers, Daisy Duke (DD) and Ethel May (Emmy), beta testing hammock V01.00…

 
Emmy testing the side roll maneuver with hammock V01.00…

 
DD really putting hammock V01.00 through the stress test ringer….

 
DD and Emmy beta testing bed V01.00 POC #1…
 
 
DD and Emmy beta testing cuddle [...]

Garage electrical pictures…

by @ Saturday, September 2nd, 2006. Filed under house stuff

Finally pics from the work on did on the garage lights that was mentioned in this blog entry http://blog.joeware.net/2006/08/10/517/
 
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