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Alternate working title… The super cool PERL backup script I wrote in 1997 doesn’t work on Windows Server 2003 x64 *&(#%^&^#
Back in the golden days of Windows NT 4 SP2 or maybe it was SP3 in or around 1997 by then I had a problem I had to solve with automatically backing up some file [...]

‘To (Robert) Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like “knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for maximum effect.” It is procedural: it is about knowing how to do something without necessarily knowing why you know it or being able to explain it. It’s practical in [...]

As I have griped in the blog before I have had some serious issues with the 500GB Western Digital drives from a few years ago. This was about the time that the drive warranty changed dramatically (go figure – duh). In the last month I have had several more fail on me, 3 of them [...]

I recently received an email asking how to find old trusts. I sent back an AdFind query that will list all trusts and when they last had a password change. That query is
adfind -default -rb cn=users -f "&(objectcategory=person)(name=*$)" pwdlastset -tdcd -sort pwdlastset

The command looks in the user’s container of the default domain and looks [...]

Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
    – Robert Heinlein

I got this humorous email from one of my relatives (for those who know my family… Bill C.), it cracked me up… I understand it, too many mechanisms for communication anymore with real communication completely dying at the same time. I don’t tie my work email to my mobile. I rarely give out my mobile [...]

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/13/les-paul-guitar-legend-dead-at-94/
 
Les Paul, one of the most revered guitarists in history and the father of the electric guitar, passed away last night, August 12th at the age of 94. Paul’s manager confirmed to Rolling Stone that cause of death was respiratory failure, and a statement from Gibson indicates Paul was suffering from severe pneumonia and died [...]

Just saw this in one of the private listservs that Microsoft DS PG and DS MVPs chat on, they said it could be shared…
 
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Automate Metadata Cleanup
Metadata cleanup is a required procedure after a forced removal of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). You perform metadata cleanup on [...]

I have updated the wordpress software for this blog, if you experience issues, please let me know.
    joe
 
P.S. I love the WordPress automatic upgrade process. 30 seconds and the blog software is updated and the plugins that have updates are updated as well.

Just a quick blog post. I am on vacation which is just a way of saying I am doing a whole ton of yard work around my place. I need a big front loader with a back hoe if anyone is feeling particularly giving. Or a bulldozer would be nice as well… 
 
Anyway, a [...]

This is an update I just added this week to AdMod that people may be interested in… Nope, sorry no scheduled release date though.
 
[Sat 08/01/2009 14:14:22.31] F:\Dev\Current\CPP\AdMod\Debug>adfind -e -default -f name=admod_test_group member
AdFind V01.40.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) February 2009
Using server: TEST-DC1.test.loc:389 Directory: [...]