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Replication error 8464 after schema upgrade

Problem Environment Contoso has a very large branch-office deployment of Active Directory. Each...

Date: 10/28/2009

Quick Tip: Move Window position via keyboard

Hi Everybody! Ever have an application's window that you need to move but can't---either because you...

Date: 06/23/2009

Quick Tip: Back up your NTFS security permissions

Here is a simple command that you can run right now in order to save you from some down-time the...

Date: 02/26/2009

Microsoft Certified Master registration...

Hi Everybody! Have you heard about the new certification from Microsoft? In the grand scheme of...

Date: 09/02/2008

Sysinternals developer answers your toughest Vista questions...

Hi Everybody! This should be a pretty good presentation on Windows Vista internals. Mark Russinovich...

Date: 08/29/2008

Quick TIP: The replication operation was preempted

This tip can help clear some confusion when you encounter the following error while forcing...

Date: 08/21/2008

RODC compatibility pack available now...

Hi Everybody! I just wanted to write a quick note to let you all know that the RODC compatibility...

Date: 05/29/2008

Windows Server 2K8 Reviewers Guide

Hi Everybody! This one comes at the request of several customers. Many of you out there are trying...

Date: 03/24/2008

Quick TIP: Quickly verify AD replication status

It can be a little tedious to verify replication status in a large Active Directory environment via...

Date: 11/29/2007

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 and Home Server RC

Hi Everybody! This is just an update to let you all know about two software releases: We just...

Date: 06/13/2007

Quick TIP: Force FRS replication

For this tip you will need a somewhat newer version of ntfrsutl.exe You can grab a version out of...

Date: 04/27/2007

Quick Tips

I've added a new tag called "Quick Tips." These are going to be smaller posts where I offer some...

Date: 04/27/2007

AD User and Group Restore Webcast

Some time ago I did a webcast presentation on Active Directory User and Group Restore. I've included...

Date: 04/05/2007

Performance team blog

I see a lot of customers unnecessarily using the boot.ini /3GB switch. Explaining when and when not...

Date: 03/28/2007

Active Directory Forest Recovery...

The helpdesk phone had been ringing incessantly all day. Many people throughout the AD forest were...

Date: 01/18/2007

Active Directory Puzzle from Technet Mag...

Check out this cool poster size image now available for download from our website. Link courtesy of...

Date: 01/04/2007

Happy New Year!

Hi Everybody! I just wanted to drop a quick note wishing you all a happy new year, and to let you...

Date: 01/03/2007

Missing or corrupt Systemced - part 2

****EDIT Hey Guys, I goofed on this post: This post discusses a utility used during the course of a...

Date: 12/21/2006

Cluster service failure update...

Just a quick note to say that they did update KB 269229 with my comment about requiring the SERVICE...

Date: 12/21/2006

Missing or corrupt Systemced... What's that?

Technorati tags: Cluster, Setup, Boot, Windows 2000 Part 1 of 2 The on-call pager went off at two in...

Date: 12/16/2006

Cluster service failure after AD lockdown...

Users were unable to connect to their shares. John discovered that the Cluster service wasn't...

Date: 12/14/2006

Active Directory User and Group Restore...

Problem: John was awakened from a dead sleep by the Benny Hill theme ring tone he had just...

Date: 12/07/2006

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to my blog. I am a Support Escalation Engineer on the Platforms After-Hours Support team. I...

Date: 12/07/2006