Thomas Eck
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Thomas Eck manages a production tools development team within the Perot Systems Financial Services Industry Group. He is an MCSE+Internet, an MCSD, an MCDBA, an ASE, and the author of Windows NT/2000: ADSI Scripting for System Administration (Macmillan Technical Publishing).
Email address: teck@windowsitpro.com
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16 results found for Thomas Eck, displaying items 1 - 16
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October 24, 2002 |
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Sample Self-Service Account-Administration Application
Download and adapt this sample solution to increase efficiency and security in your enterprise.
Windows IT Pro
Self-Service Account Administration
Use ADO, ADSI, and ASP to create a self-service application that can free up your IT staff members' time or increase Help desk security.
Windows IT Pro
High-Security IIS Deployment
These free Microsoft tools can help you lockdown your IIS server.
Windows Web Solutions
Downloading the CAB File Through a Proxy Server
Hive_svc is a Visual Basic (VB) service that leverages the Microsoft Internet Transfer Control (ITC) to download the Microsoft compressed cabinet format (CAB) file automatically through a proxy server.
Windows Web Solutions
Automating Hotfixes
The Hotfix Identification and Verification Engine (HIVE) is a WSH application that lets you leverage Microsoft’s Hfnetchk command-line tool to not only identify vulnerable servers in your enterprise but also automatically apply necessary hotfixes.
Windows Web Solutions
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January 9, 2002 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Using IADsTools’ General Functions
The IADsTools.dll object in the Win2K Support Tools provides useful functions for working with ADSI, AD, and native LDAP namespaces.
Windows IT Pro
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November 19, 2001 |
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Code Use with Objects Outside AD
Here’s some important information about the listings in “Practical Usage of ADSI: Advanced Techniques for Querying AD.”
Windows IT Pro
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November 19, 2001 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Advanced Techniques for Querying AD
Learn how to use the IADs interface’s Schema property and the IADsPropertyList interface to display an object’s properties.
Windows IT Pro
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November 16, 2001 |
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The Core of ADSI's Efficiency: The Property Cache
Find out why ADSI initially writes changes to the property cache rather than the underlying directory.
Windows IT Pro
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September 24, 2001 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Server Consolidation
Migrating and consolidating data between servers can be a tedious and time-consuming task, especially in a large enterprise. Thomas Eck provides a scripted data-migration solution to make this task easier.
Windows IT Pro
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September 24, 2001 |
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Using XCOPY /O to Copy Data and ACLs
Discover the perils and pitfalls of the XCOPY command with the /O switch.
Windows IT Pro
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April 23, 2001 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Using COM Objects to Manage WTS Profile Paths, Part 2
Although you can’t use Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) to programmatically manipulate profile paths for Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (WTS), you can create a COM object to manipulate them. This two-part series shows you how.
Windows IT Pro
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March 26, 2001 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Using COM Objects to Manage WTS Profile Paths, Part 1
Although you can’t use Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) to programmatically manipulate profile paths for Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (WTS), you can create a COM object to manipulate them. This two-part series shows you how.
Windows IT Pro
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February 26, 2001 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Managing User Accounts in Win2K and NT
Issuing new user accounts typically involves many steps. You can use Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) to create a solution that not only reduces the tedium of this multistep task but also reduces the risk of errors.
Windows IT Pro
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January 22, 2001 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Managing Service Account Passwords
If you don’t regularly change the passwords for privileged service accounts, you expose your firm to needless risk. By using the presented code, you can reduce this security risk as well as reduce the risk of downtime when changing these passwords.
Windows IT Pro
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January 3, 2001 |
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Practical Usage of ADSI: Password Management for Machine Accounts and Local Administrators
This new column shows you how to use ADSI to solve problems that administrators face regularly. This month, learn how to use ADSI to tackle two tasks: finding and removing unused machine accounts and changing the local Administrator account password.
Windows IT Pro
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