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If you have a Windows XP SP3 or Windows Server 2003 SP2 machine that goes really slow for GPO application (like tens of minutes or even hours) and the network trace looks something like
I.E. Read AndX Request and Response with small values like 2-4 bytes over and over again until it gets through the whole registry.pol file.
Then look at KB319440 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319440) and apply the registry change for BufferPolicyReads.
For anyone interested, here is a link to some free training on using and becoming more efficient with Google search called Power Searching with Google.
http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/09/power-searching-with-google-is-back.html
I was digging into an issue and saw lots of search result hits around
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
and the BufferPolicyReads value in particular all referring back http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319440 and some of them mentioned making the change on Domain Controllers and some of them mentioned making the change on Vista and/or Windows 7.
I just peeked at the source code and I can’t find any references to that value in anything but Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 so I expect use of it on say Windows 7 would be pretty useless. I can’t say for sure as I haven’t gone through the replacement code for that functionality governed by that reg key but I do expect it is the case.
Also since the functionality was implemented in the GINA (replaced by the Credential Provider in Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008) the change performed on a Domain Controller wouldn’t have helped a client machine.
joe
This should be the near permanent title bar string for Server Manager…. Server Manager (Not Responding)
I have determined that the new strategy to get people to move to powershell is to make the GUI experience so damn slow and bad you couldn’t possibly get any work done if you try to go that route.
New Kindle Fire’s available plus the "original" version (though faster) has been marked down to $159.
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I am looking into an issue related to the subject, the background functioning of Domain Join (which involves setting the computer account password in the domain) and also Computer Account Password Changes in general.
My understanding, which appears to possibly be flawed now based on some lab testing is that computer account password changes are treated like normal userid password changes and hence will be forwarded to the PDC immediately (assuming no AvoidPDConWAN setting) and once there, if a client hits a DC that doesn’t have the current password, that DC will chain the request to the PDC (again assuming no AvoidPDConWAN setting).
Does anyone know the process to be different and especially have any documentation showing it to be anything other than that? Does anyone have any documentation showing that how I described it is how it is supposed to work? Does anyone know of any varieties in functionality based on OS version?
Now further, has anyone noticed an uptick in machine account issues (i.e. things like secure channel cannot be established or machines claiming they don’t have a machine account) after they deployed Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers (perhaps Windows Server 2008 – I am just now building out the test forest for that scenario)?
It could be just me, but overall I feel I am hearing about more and more machine account secure channel issues as of the last few years.
Any and all thoughts are welcome, I want to understand the general consensus on how people thinks this work or is supposed to work. Please respond in comments below or via email to joe@joeware.net.
Thanks, joe
Just found out about this, haven’t had a chance to look at it. Trying to recover from vacation still. 🙂
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2012/08/23/ad-replication-status-tool-is-live.aspx
joe
Not that I need anything else on my plate at the moment with all of the busy-ness of summer but the chapter drafts for Active Directory 5E has hit my inbox and I am told need to be reviewed by August 20th. So good news on the progress on AD5E, boo on its timing. 😉
joe
p.s. The Wiki work is still in progress. 🙂
When I pulled up Amazon today to go check on the price of something I saw the following announcement… Go Amazon, Go Bezos! I loved this, especially the bolded part… Logic based assistance… Who knew?
So, for people who’ve been with us as little as three years, we’re offering to pre-pay 95% of the cost of courses such as aircraft mechanics, computer-aided design, machine tool technologies, medical lab technologies, nursing, and many other fields.
The program is unusual. Unlike traditional tuition reimbursement programs, we exclusively fund education only in areas that are well-paying and in high demand according to sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and we fund those areas regardless of whether those skills are relevant to a career at Amazon.
I pulled this from http://www.amazon.com
Dear Customers,
At Amazon, we like to pioneer, we like to invent, and we’re not willing to do things the normal way if we can figure out a better way.
One area where we’ve seen particular success is our fulfillment center network. Sustained innovation inside our fulfillment centers has driven improved reliability, accuracy, and speed of delivery, as well as productivity and safety. Our high productivity allows us to pay our fulfillment center employees 30% more than traditional physical retail store employees while still offering customers the lowest prices. Our work on safety practices has been so effective that it’s statistically safer to work in an Amazon fulfillment center than in a traditional department store.
Our bias for reinvention extends into our recruiting teams. For most of the year, our full-time fulfillment center employees can keep up with customer demand. But during the holiday gift-giving season, our peak needs temporarily double, and we employ many more people. Our seasonal recruiting program called CamperForce — where RVers combine work with camping — has been very successful and much written about in the media. And our military veteran recruiting program effectively helps vets transition into the civilian workforce. Amazon was recently named the #1 Top Military Friendly Employer by G.I. Jobs Magazine.
Those are just a few examples, and innovation doesn’t stop. Today, we’re announcing our newest innovation — one we’re especially excited about — the Amazon Career Choice Program.
›Learn more about the Amazon Career Choice Program
Many of our fulfillment center employees will choose to build their careers at Amazon. For others, a job at Amazon might be a step towards a career in another field. We want to make it easier for employees to make that choice and pursue their aspirations. It can be difficult in this economy to have the flexibility and financial resources to teach yourself new skills. So, for people who’ve been with us as little as three years, we’re offering to pre-pay 95% of the cost of courses such as aircraft mechanics, computer-aided design, machine tool technologies, medical lab technologies, nursing, and many other fields.
The program is unusual. Unlike traditional tuition reimbursement programs, we exclusively fund education only in areas that are well-paying and in high demand according to sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and we fund those areas regardless of whether those skills are relevant to a career at Amazon.
Like many of our innovations at Amazon, the Career Choice Program is an experiment. We’re excited about it and hope it will pay big dividends for some of our employees. This is one innovation that we hope other companies in this economy will copy.
Thanks for being a customer,
Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
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