You can do this by using Joe Richards excellent AD Find tool which you down download from http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/adfind/index.htm C:\>adfind -schema -s base objectversion AdFind V01.40.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) February 2009 Using server: 2008R2DC1.testlab.local:389 Directory: Windows Server 2008 R2 Base DN: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=testlab,DC=local dn:CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=testlab,DC=local >objectVersion: 47 1 Objects returned From this i can tell I am running …
Hyper-V KB Updates
If you need to know where to find Hyper-V specific patch updates you can find them here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd430893%28WS.10%29.aspx
AGPM 4.0 to be released in October
Taken from here: http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy/archive/2009/09/15/agpm-4-0-to-be-released-in-october.aspx As part of the official announcement on the MDOP blog, Advanced Group Policy Management 4.0 (AGPM) will be releasing in October to customers. With this release we had strong feedback on two main areas of improvement and an additional area that improves discoverability and manageability. 1. Multi Forest/Multi Domain Support We …
HP Proliant ML115 Noisy Fan after BIOS update
I recently upgraded my HP Proliant ML115 server to the latest BIOS version which is 2009.07.06 (A) (29 Jul 2009) I downloaded the firmware from here When you initially boot up the ML115 it sounds like a jet plane taking off and is VERY LOUD! The problem was that after the BIOS update it …
Exchange 2010 Resources
Nice list of Exchange resources can be found here on John Policelli’s blog: http://policelli.com/blog/?p=470
Group Policy Settings References for Windows and Windows Server
You can download the Group Policy Settings Reference documents here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=18c90c80-8b0a-4906-a4f5-ff24cc2030fb Overview Using column filters, you can filter the information in these spreadsheets by operating system, component, or computer or user configuration. You can also search for information by using text or keywords. These spreadsheets include the following categories of security policy settings: Account Policies …
Nice review of Windows 7
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/windows_7_review?page=0%2C0
PowerPoint 2010
Nice video of what can be produced from within PowerPoint 2010. Will be interesting to have a play when its released đŸ™‚
Running vSphere Client on Windows 7
When i recently set up my ESX box I had an error when i tried to launch the vSphere Client. Luckily there is a workaround for this problem for which the instructions are located here: http://www.techhead.co.uk/running-vmware-vsphere-client-on-windows-7 Hope they release an updated client soon!!
Training Update
I have kind of neglected my IT training these past couple of years. As we all know to keep up to speed you really need to put in a little bit extra effort to make sure you are fully up to speed with the greatest and latest technologies. So I have made some investments in …