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Previously we had a discussion on ActiveDir Org about using Tree Delete on an OU or other container with a large number of objects, specifically more than 16,000 or so objects (16384 to be even more specific). http://www.activedir.org/ListArchives/tabid/55/view/topic/postid/44636/Default.aspx MSDN Article about the error http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc223490(v=prot.10).aspx And an old blog post from me about the error http://blog.joeware.net/2007/06/01/905/ […]

We, as IT people in general and AD people in particular, often get dinged with the ubiquitous “quick question”. You all know what I mean, the “Hey I have a quick question” or “Hey do you have a second for a quick question” or most often just “Hey, got a sec?” as the person sits […]

So today I needed to test a script and as part of the test I needed to update a multi-value attribute on my own ID without admin rights. I wasn’t sure off the top of my head which attributes I could modify were multi-value so just told Active Directory to tell me… for /f %i […]

So another new file system supposedly coming out of Redmond… http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/microsoft-introducing-refs-file-system-with-windows-server-8/   or if you prefer a variety of articles http://bit.ly/wS2rhK   Hopefully it will fix this type of issue…   Rating 4.00 out of 5

If you have ever had AdFind output CSV before *and* you sent that output into Excel[1] *and* one or more of the fields had embedded double quotes as part of the value you likely ran into an issue with how AdFind escapes the double quotes. The default for AdFind’s double quote escape character is "\" […]

F:\dev\cpp\AdFind\Release>adfind -rootdse AdFind V01.46.00cpp **BETA** Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) January 2012 Using server: WIN8Dom-DC1.win8dom.loc:389 Directory: Windows Server 8 Developer Preview dn: >currentTime: 20120116035246.0Z >subschemaSubentry: CN=Aggregate,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc >dsServiceName: CN=NTDS Settings,CN=WIN8DOM-DC1,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc >namingContexts: DC=win8dom,DC=loc >namingContexts: CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc >namingContexts: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc >defaultNamingContext: DC=win8dom,DC=loc >schemaNamingContext: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc >configurationNamingContext: CN=Configuration,DC=win8dom,DC=loc >rootDomainNamingContext: DC=win8dom,DC=loc >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.319 [LDAP_PAGED_RESULT_OID_STRING] >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.801 [LDAP_SERVER_SD_FLAGS_OID] >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.473 [LDAP_SERVER_SORT_OID] >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.528 [LDAP_SERVER_NOTIFICATION_OID] >supportedControl: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.417 […]

So unfortunately I had to make a change that I very much try to avoid making with my utilities, I modified the core behavior of one of the shortcuts. Certainly this is much less painful than changing core behavior of a switch but it is still painful. First… why do I avoid making core behavior […]

There are a whole slew of AdFind shortcuts added the last few versions specifically to assist people in using AdFind in FOR /F loops. Some of those shortcuts are dclist, gclist, domainlist, domainncssl, apppartsl, etc. For example… You need to loop through all of the DCs of your domain to execute an ldap query looking […]

I have been seeing a disturbing trend in email requests for help lately, well I should say the continuation of a disturbing trend I have been seeing in general the last few years. In particular, in the last couple of weeks I have seen no less than 6 or 7 questions of "How do I […]

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