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I recall sharing how to extend an Active Directory user’s password expiration previously somewhere, probably on the ActiveDir Org list but perhaps even in this blog… I don’t remember exactly where. This topic popped up in my head this morning because I saw via twitter (@joewaredotnet) that someone released a tool called "AD Password Extender" […]

It was terribly more difficult than it should have been but it has finally been accomplished. I have changed from some perl CGI scripts to some PHP scripts for download functionality so let me know if you have issues. Also I think there may be something a bit hinky going on in wordpress so I […]

Google apparently broke some IPv6 DNS lookup functionality in the latest rev of Chrome (v28.x) and folks who were using it to tunnel into corporate networks via DirectAccess suddenly stopped working. The simplest fix is to add the switch "–enable-ipv6" to the shortcut. Things should work great after that. Rating 4.00 out of 5

So I am trying to duplicate the output of a very simple AdFind command to locate a universal group and enumerate the members in a simple quoted DN format. I want identical output to the console or perhaps I could live without the quotes. The AdFind command looks like: adfind -gcb -f "displayname=some group displayname" […]

Active Directory 5th Edition in Amazon ratings as of today… Rating 4.33 out of 5

  You can do it with Forms http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/prevent-e-mail-message-recipients-from-using-reply-all-or-forward-HA001114224.aspx Some additional links about Outlook Forms http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/overview-of-forms-in-outlook-HA010165958.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/tutorial-creating-and-distributing-custom-forms-with-outlook-HA001210610.aspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/146636 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-easy-steps-to-customizing-an-outlook-2010-form/2635   Or you can use a simple plugin from Microsoft Research http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/researchdesktop/noreplyall.aspx Rating 4.33 out of 5

You really want to get this applied ASAP then… Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup: July 2013 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2855336 Specifically for Active Directory database becomes corrupted when a Windows Server 2012-based Hyper-V host server crashes http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2853952      joe Rating 4.33 out of 5