joeware - never stop exploring...

I occasionally get asked if there are any ListServs like the ActiveDir Org list for AD. I have to respond that I don’t know and in great part don’t care as I don’t work much with Exchange anymore. However one of the Exchange MVPs tends to respond to these requests for lists on the AD [...]

Got this from one of my friends… Cracked me up[1].
Now we need one with the FreeBSD Devil too… And not sure how to represent Apple in a costume but that would be funny too. Maybe a big white apple with a I’M A PC bumper sticker on the butt?
 

 
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[1] Note I [...]

I usually get 3-4 emails a month with this problem… Hey joe, where you going with that gun in your hand… err no… Hey joe, how come I get this error when running against such and such an object or user or whatever??
The reason I have found about 97 times out of 100 is that [...]

http://trycatch.be/blogs/decaluwet/archive/2009/10/04/great-documentation-using-problem-steps-recorder.aspx
 
Very cool tool that watches what you do and records images and any comments you make along the way. Could see all sorts of uses for this. Just plain documentation of the steps to do something alone is awesome for any of us who have had to write step by step documentation on how to [...]

This was forwarded to me…
School bus in Japan

School bus in India
 

 
 
But where do you call when you have a technical problem with your computer?

As you have have noticed, today is catchup day in joe’s personal life. I am trying to get various things done that I haven’t been able to previously. While going through the mailbag I ran into the following email…
Subject: -binenc question
I am trying to use the following to return the samAccountName from a SID:
adfind -b [...]

I just added a plugin to WordPress that should make reading the blog easier from say an iPhone, iTouch, or Android based smartphones. It’s called WPtouch and seems pretty cool.

After updating my blog software I thought I would go through and look over some of the settings, etc to see if there was anything new to turn on to tighten up security, etc etc ad nauseum whatever…
I went to the Akismet SPAM stats and was pleasantly shocked to note that SPAM substantially dropped as [...]

I didn’t break anything… At least I don’t think so.

Just got an email that Symantec is now reporting ChangePW as being infected with a virus. Sure enough, went to Jotti and did the online testing and found that several scanners are reporting changepw has a virus. Like all the other times this occurred, if you got the file directly from my website, this is [...]

It surprises me but this is still a pretty popular question I get in email. I realize that the usage help for adfind and admod are substantial, but the info on this is in the basic help…
Anyway, I got another email on this and decided I would blog it.
 
 
The basic format of AdFind is [...]

Stupid is a condition.
           Ignorance is a choice…
  – Not sure where this is from originally but saw it in Non Sequitur 10/14/2009

Some people still don’t know this even after all of these years… But Exchange can change your non-security enabled groups (sometimes mistakenly called DL’s[1]) into security enabled groups. This is done automagically anytime someone applies a “DL” to security in Exchange, such as on a folder in a mailbox or on public folder or something. [...]

Thank goodness! 
My freshly loaded PC, previously SFMXP32, now SFMWIN764[1] has been running great. However I have been a bit lax in fully setting it up because I haven’t activated the license yet and think, who knows, maybe I will reload it again for some odd reason… Well that means I haven’t joined it [...]

Saw this in a security list and thought it was worth posting. It is a CD/DVD you can burn to test a machine while the main OS isn’t running so any real bad virus type critters on the machine can’t block the check. Best part is that it is free. It is Linux based but [...]

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I recently updated my main PC to Windows 7 Ultimate RTM and Office 2010 Preview.
As you can expect, when you come from Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003, there are going to be some changes, some good, some maybe that don’t seem so good.
Overall my thoughts (on both Windows 7 and Outlook) is [...]

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1977-09-01/Mothers-Heat-Grabber.aspx

Due to an issue with the WinPcap install, WireShark doesn’t seem to work on Windows 7 after you install it. Here are the steps I followed to get it to work.
1. Download WinPcap 4.1 Beta5 from http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm
2. Manually install WinPcap. Next through Dialogs…
Update 2009/10/12: If the above still doesn’t allow the install of WinPcap and [...]

I responded to an ActiveDir Org post that was talking about finding the DCs that are not doing well when you see an Event ID 1864 like so
Event Type:    Error Event Source:    NTDS Replication Event Category:    Replication [...]

Surprised how many people still aren’t aware of Security Essentials, the free Microsoft AV software.
http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials

This is something that people occasionally want to do. There are two basic answers that I am aware of. The first I always remember right off since I am an LDAP API coder, is to look at the dnsHostName attribute of the rootdse of the server you are connected to. That is what AdFind and [...]

Seems my value to the community is still enough to merit recognition. I am very happy to be in a position to help folks out with the things I have learned and the things I am still learning every day.
 
Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This [...]