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I fielded a question today on the article at http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/f3df8a52-81ea-4a1d-9823-4e51fbd3422a1033.mspx?mfr=true   Basically it incorrectly says:  To determine the tombstone lifetime for the forest    1.  On the Start menu, click Run, type adsiedit.msc, and then click OK.   2.  In the console tree, double-click Configuration [DomainControllerName], CN=Configuration,DC=[ForestRootDomain], CN=Services, and CN=Windows NT.   3.  Right-click CN=Directory […]

As you probably know, Virtual Server Software is making a huge splash. Anyone who has seen a Virtual Machine POST knew that was going to happen, that magic moment happened for me several years ago when I saw, I think, VMWARE 3.1 Workstation POST and I was seriously blurted out “Holy shit!” in the middle […]

Look at me, I am link boy today… (catching up on emails) http://www.gizmoproject.com/ Rating 3.00 out of 5

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It is old news at this point but Microsoft has aquired Winternals and with it gets Sysinternals. This is both good and bad news from my viewpoint. It is good news to hear that MSFT picked up two strong technical guys, I look forward to Mark adding considerable value to the platform group. It is […]

So one year ago on July 18, 2005 I announced that Sanjay Tandon had left Microsoft. So what has happened in that year and are we now more secure as a result of it?   Well to start out…. let me first say that contrary to what some folks thought when they read my blog post from […]

Today is focus on security day… The first entry here is a challenge to anyone who feels they are up to a security challenge. This is a great way to be known as someone who has some security chops…. It was posted to an internal MSFT/MVP security list but I got permission to bring it […]

I was peeking around at the blogosphere (eww I can’t believe I said that) and saw over at Mini-Microsoft that Intel is dropping 1000 managers… http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/07/intel-ligent-re-design.html The poster at MiniMSFT is asking (with sugar on top) that MSFT not hire those managers. I concur. Might I recommend that to other companies with too many managers […]

I was pinged about two positions inside of Microsoft today…. I didn’t want either of the jobs but am willing to redirect others to the folks involved.  The first is Microsoft looking for Rapid Response Engineers for Windows Server 2003 Migration and Directory Services. This is for the PSS teams in NYC, SF, and LA/Irving California. The positions require deep […]

IBM is about to cede the descriptive moniker “world’s biggest computer company” to long-time rival Hewlett-Packard. Within the next few months – maybe weeks – analysts say, HP will charge ahead of IBM in total revenue and grab the title that Big Blue has held since the mid-1960s, when the success of its Series 360 […]