By Thomas Eck, 10/24/2002
Download and adapt this sample solution to increase efficiency and security in your enterprise.
By Thomas Eck, 10/21/2002
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.
By Thomas Eck, 09/05/2002
These free Microsoft tools can help you lockdown your IIS server.
By Thomas Eck, 03/29/2002
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 ...
By Thomas Eck, 03/05/2002
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 ...
By Thomas Eck, 01/09/2002
The IADsTools.dll object in the Win2K Support Tools provides useful functions for working with ADSI, AD, and native LDAP namespaces.
By Thomas Eck, 11/19/2001
Here’s some important information about the listings in “Practical Usage of ADSI: Advanced Techniques for Querying AD.”
By Thomas Eck, 11/19/2001
Learn how to use the IADs interface’s Schema property and the IADsPropertyList interface to display an object’s properties.
By Thomas Eck, 11/16/2001
Find out why ADSI initially writes changes to the property cache rather than the underlying directory.
By Thomas Eck, 09/24/2001
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 ...
By Thomas Eck, 09/24/2001
Discover the perils and pitfalls of the XCOPY command with the /O switch.
By Thomas Eck, 04/23/2001
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 ...
By Thomas Eck, 03/26/2001
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 ...
By Thomas Eck, 02/26/2001
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 ...
By Thomas Eck, 01/22/2001
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 ...
By Thomas Eck, 01/03/2001
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 ...