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

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

…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 [...]

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

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…

“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”

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

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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? [...]

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? [...]

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? [...]

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? [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]