http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5777484/rsscomment/5777484en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:28:01 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:28:01 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/deploying-office-2007-and-managing-vpns-with-group-policy#commentsAnchorMon, 16 Apr 2012 10:03:16 GMT
Here's potential solution ... Synergix AD Client Extensions software ( http://www.synergix.com ) will allow you to run GPO applied computer startup scripts and GPO applied user logon script after the user has logged in with cached credentials and later connects to corporate network via VPN. For more stuff about SYNERGIX AD Client Extensions on youtube ADCE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1pae5MDBxg ]]>Es XMon, 16 Apr 2012 10:03:16 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/deploying-office-2007-and-managing-vpns-with-group-policy#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internet/securing-windows-desktops-using-group-policy#commentsAnchorWed, 09 Mar 2011 20:47:36 GMT
Brilliant write up Darren!! Keep up the good work mate. If possible can you do a flow chart version with boxes, squares, arrows, etc?

Karl]]>Karl MavadiaWed, 09 Mar 2011 20:47:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internet/securing-windows-desktops-using-group-policy#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-ad-in-bulk-using-powershell#commentsAnchorTue, 12 Oct 2010 10:53:42 GMT
Sorry, the link I gave was incorrect it’s http://www.maxpowersoft.com/adreportslite.php
I’ll be tweeting your article as well now. Cheers.]]>DanielsonTue, 12 Oct 2010 10:53:42 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-ad-in-bulk-using-powershell#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-ad-in-bulk-using-powershell#commentsAnchorTue, 12 Oct 2010 10:52:36 GMT
This is a great article because handling Power Shell commands can be a very daunting task. It is nice to have examples as Darren is showing above. If you need something to cross check against there is a free utility called Active Directory Reports Lite. http://ww.maxpowersoft.com/adreportslite.php So after you run your PowerShell script you can easily check what may or may not have changed! Cheers and thanks Darren for this post.]]>DanielsonTue, 12 Oct 2010 10:52:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-ad-in-bulk-using-powershell#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/deploying-office-2007-and-managing-vpns-with-group-policy#commentsAnchorTue, 23 Dec 2008 06:52:31 GMT
Excellent explanation of the mobile problems and office 2007 deployment complexities.]]>WILLIAMTue, 23 Dec 2008 06:52:31 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/deploying-office-2007-and-managing-vpns-with-group-policy#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorSun, 31 Aug 2008 03:15:11 GMT
z]]>bnSun, 31 Aug 2008 03:15:11 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsop#commentsAnchorTue, 08 Jul 2008 18:22:01 GMT
I liked the article and it was just what I was looking for. Then the screencast didn’t work. The link was wrong. They picked up my comment and after a couple of mails back and forth, we managed to sort out the problem, thanks to Colette. Well done ;-). The screencast was a pleasant addition to the arcticle. Just up my sleeve and what I was looking for. Thanks, ToreMF Norway]]>MartinTue, 08 Jul 2008 18:22:01 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsop#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsop#commentsAnchorTue, 01 Jul 2008 20:53:06 GMT
toremf, I’m sorry you aren’t able to view the screencast. The link works for me when I am logged on to the site, but not when I’m logged off (I get an error message). I’ll ask our customer service department to check your account and help you out. Thanks for reading!]]>AnneTue, 01 Jul 2008 20:53:06 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsop#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsop#commentsAnchorTue, 01 Jul 2008 10:11:13 GMT
The link to wms18.streamhoster.com/pentonmedia/windows/winscreencasts is not operational.]]>MartinTue, 01 Jul 2008 10:11:13 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsop#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorTue, 13 May 2008 10:26:20 GMT
John, we’ve queried several experts in this area and they’re not sure exactly what you mean in your question. The author of this article would like to assist you--please email him at dmarelia at symbol windowsitpro.com. I’ll also be posting a list of MMC articles that might be of help. Caroline]]>CarolineTue, 13 May 2008 10:26:20 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorMon, 12 May 2008 14:02:54 GMT
I created an association in Microsoft Management Console to run a task with an event. I can’t find how to end, stop or undo the task anywhere. This problem is basically shutting down my laptop. Any useful info on how to end an association in MMC would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,]]>John Wynne Mon, 12 May 2008 14:02:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorTue, 06 May 2008 15:17:59 GMT
This is critical in a large Enterprise with slow links and KIOSK’s that are controlled by Group Policy. We have seen the effects of this very thing at our company.]]>JOHNTue, 06 May 2008 15:17:59 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348#commentsAnchorMon, 17 Mar 2008 10:32:00 GMT
The links for "Setting your System Path..." and "The Case of the Failed File Copy" are broken in the Windows IT Pro Master CD volume 20.]]>splettMon, 17 Mar 2008 10:32:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorFri, 11 Jan 2008 23:13:06 GMT
can anyone send this article to dai.xudong@sssworldwide.com? i have no permission to get this from the web. thanks Dai Xudong]]>daixudong Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:13:06 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348#commentsAnchorMon, 07 Jan 2008 16:21:21 GMT
The link is now fixed. Thanks for letting us know about the error!]]>AnneMon, 07 Jan 2008 16:21:21 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348#commentsAnchorFri, 14 Dec 2007 11:25:25 GMT
The link to "The Case of the Failed File Copy" is wrong. In fact, there are several incorrect links in this month’s articles (only one of them in "Ask the Experts")]]>ThomasFri, 14 Dec 2007 11:25:25 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorWed, 05 Sep 2007 08:38:46 GMT
Dose anyone know when a WINDOWS folder gets created under user profile??? I have noticed that some users have it some don’t.]]>BekimWed, 05 Sep 2007 08:38:46 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorMon, 20 Aug 2007 05:39:06 GMT
a]]>LeonMon, 20 Aug 2007 05:39:06 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorSun, 29 Apr 2007 08:28:10 GMT
Thank you for pointing this out! It’s very odd, but I’m having our Web team investigate. Please let me know if you run into other problems.]]>KarenSun, 29 Apr 2007 08:28:10 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorSat, 28 Apr 2007 13:39:53 GMT
Where is the rest of this article, that is posted in the magazine. Looking for the part about "Removing a machine from the domain won’t erase GPO settings"?? I wanted to distribute to mystaff. Thanks!!]]>JamesSat, 28 Apr 2007 13:39:53 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/optimize-gpo-processing-performance#commentsAnchorWed, 13 Sep 2006 10:01:55 GMT
I created an account / I subscribe to this magazine. It won’t let me view an article online. junk.............]]>TomWed, 13 Sep 2006 10:01:55 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/optimize-gpo-processing-performance#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorWed, 10 Aug 2005 13:06:44 GMT
Use DHCP to push WINS and DNS settings to the desktops.]]>Anonymous User Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:06:44 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorWed, 27 Jul 2005 09:15:59 GMT
The workstation will initially use TCP/53 to query for SRV records, not UDP/53. This is confirmed by using a Sniffer or Ethereal to capture the packets and analyze them.]]>Anonymous User Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:15:59 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorThu, 07 Jul 2005 11:23:36 GMT
User profiles that don’t unload properly are very common. There is a utility put out by Microsoft called the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service that will resolve most problems with improperly unloaded profiles. I have had to use this on my network, and it actually works very well. The utility can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&DisplayLang=en]]>Anonymous User Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:23:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorTue, 14 Jun 2005 11:45:29 GMT
I am in a NT 4.0 domain and upgrading to active directory, and was wondering if there are any utilities to automatically push the WINS and DNS settings to the local desktops.]]>Anonymous User Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:45:29 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorWed, 08 Jun 2005 04:16:03 GMT
Quote: Anonymous User - November 19, 2004 I gotta say, this is total BS. As a support technician, I am ready to bludgeon the makers of the MSI installer package. It routinely performs half installations and leaves the user stuck with an application that won’t work, won’t uninstall, and can’t be fixed. Even when you try to reinstall the app over the top of the broken one, it will not work. The MSI installer is one of the biggest nightmares on my job because of the horrible design and total lack of thought that went in to it. End Quote You dumb idiot, the fact that you don’t know how to handle msi doesn’t mean its not well designed!!]]>Anonymous User Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:16:03 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorFri, 15 Apr 2005 11:22:28 GMT
I have the same problem with the RunWait command. I copied and pasted the code from the above link and still had the same problem. Do you have to do something with the .dll file? Perhaps put it in the System32 directory?]]>Anonymous User Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:22:28 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorTue, 15 Mar 2005 15:51:43 GMT
Perhaps this article will help a lot!]]>Anonymous User Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:51:43 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorFri, 04 Mar 2005 23:45:17 GMT
Very useful article. You didnt mention Terminal Server Profiles though. They actually are invoked if the user is logging onto a Terminal Server and the attribute is populated within the User object of Active Directory. It is not good practice to mix Roaming Profiles with a Terminal Server AND workstation environment. You are better off using seperate profiles and redirecting important things like Favourites to a 3rd location, accessible no matter which profile is used.]]>Anonymous User Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:45:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorThu, 03 Mar 2005 10:41:32 GMT
This is the kind of article that reminds you why you got into this field to begin with.]]>Anonymous User Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:41:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/chat-with-darren-mar-elia#commentsAnchorTue, 22 Feb 2005 14:48:03 GMT
if this moron cant understand an explanation, then why the f*** is he in this forum? this is for IT Pros, not morons....go call the helpdesk you loser]]>Anonymous User Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:48:03 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/chat-with-darren-mar-elia#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/chat-with-darren-mar-elia#commentsAnchorTue, 22 Feb 2005 14:44:46 GMT
your an *******....thats all]]>Anonymous User Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:44:46 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/chat-with-darren-mar-elia#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/windows-installer-takes-control#commentsAnchorTue, 22 Feb 2005 05:58:53 GMT
hi ]]>Anonymous User Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:58:53 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/windows-installer-takes-control#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorWed, 16 Feb 2005 15:57:36 GMT
Really helpfull, but as in many cases, roaming profiles are hugely problematic and cannot be relied upon (MS needs to re-think the tech behind this). More areas of troubleshooting would have been totally awesome. Keep it up (it’s one of those articles that keeps me comming back for more).]]>Anonymous User Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:57:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorThu, 03 Feb 2005 03:59:56 GMT
1st thing 1st, great Article. Not too sure if anyone could help (Don’t know if this is the right place to post but i’ll try,) If anyone can help, i am a network manager at a school so i have no money to spend. I need to limit the internet temp files for all users in windows 2000. (Or else they will all use their 596MB std limit!!!) My client log onto the PC and get profiles from NT4 Server but temp files are stored on the PC. If anyone could help, can you e-mail me at: Carl.robinson@merseymail.com Any help would be really great, Thanks for the read anyway.]]>Anonymous User Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:59:56 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorTue, 01 Feb 2005 06:37:51 GMT
sorry - I forgot to rate your article with the last post! full marks! stressed_admin]]>Anonymous User Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:37:51 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorTue, 01 Feb 2005 06:31:22 GMT
A well written and informative article. Thank you for your time and efforts in describing what is a shadowy process at best - you have made my life significantly easier. Respect ]]>Anonymous User Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:31:22 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorThu, 27 Jan 2005 08:32:21 GMT
I dont’t know if it is OK to post a help message here. But, any way: If you I delete a User from de list user of Windows 2000, all the files (like .pst) will be deleted from windows documents and settings profile? Could I recover the .pst file that was in the documents and settings profile from a deleted user? I change the name of a server and all the deleted user lost their files. Could you please help me? e-mail yara.goncalves@previdencia.gov.br]]>Anonymous User Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:32:21 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/chat-with-darren-mar-elia#commentsAnchorWed, 26 Jan 2005 06:04:59 GMT
My ’D’ drive is not recognising any discs inserted, all I want is a simple explanationn of why this has happened, all I can get is a load of technical bumf which I cannot understand. Is it due ti an automatic update or what?, I have done nothing to alter the settings.]]>Anonymous User Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:04:59 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/chat-with-darren-mar-elia#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorTue, 18 Jan 2005 10:31:38 GMT
"If you have an .msi file that includes an embedded .cab file, you can use the Windows Installer SDK’s msidb.exe tool to extract the .cab file." How to do that? I have tried with -x option (msidb.exe -x #Data.Cab -d cabinside.msi) but it returns "Stream not found in database". Which is the correct command line to extract an embeded cabinet? Thanks! ]]>Anonymous User Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:31:38 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorTue, 04 Jan 2005 14:47:21 GMT
Nice article. Been playing with building and deploying packages for over a year and haven’t found anything that tells the basics so nicely. I think the self healing .msi technology is great. One thing I found hard to find was for testing purposes using a command line to install packages while logged in as a standard user. I found the runas command and the /jm switches to be invaluable for this. (e.g. runas /user:[local\admin] msiexec /jm packagename.msi) Hope this helps someone out there! :~) Kind Regards, Paul]]>Anonymous User Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:47:21 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorThu, 16 Dec 2004 18:27:29 GMT
great article. it’s a great primer for msi. just what i was looking for. Thank you! msmith]]>Anonymous User Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:27:29 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorWed, 15 Dec 2004 13:08:31 GMT
on an xp machine, is there any way to retrieve a user profile that was deleted from System Properties-> user profile -> local]]>Anonymous User Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:08:31 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorWed, 15 Dec 2004 08:27:43 GMT
Excellent info on user profiles written in Layman’s terms, I find the info from MS limited and over ’padded’. Thanks ;) ]]>Anonymous User Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:27:43 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorFri, 10 Dec 2004 07:55:26 GMT
look at this page and compare to your script: http://www.dx21.com/SCRIPTING/SCRIPTIT/ViewItem.ASP?OID=101]]>Anonymous User Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:55:26 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorTue, 07 Dec 2004 03:34:23 GMT
Answer:- no once your local profiles is deleted you cannot get anything back as it looks to the server to pick up the profile again]]>Anonymous User Tue, 07 Dec 2004 03:34:23 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorSat, 04 Dec 2004 02:22:18 GMT
Simply beautiful .... Real good article .. I found it very useful and i learnt so much ...!! Thanks a lot]]>Anonymous User Sat, 04 Dec 2004 02:22:18 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorFri, 03 Dec 2004 16:05:41 GMT
edit of above question: its a LOCAL user profile]]>Anonymous User Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:05:41 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorFri, 03 Dec 2004 15:44:54 GMT
Question: I deleted my main user profile that had all my documents in it. Is there a way to recover deleted user profiles? THanks!]]>Anonymous User Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:44:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorThu, 02 Dec 2004 04:33:36 GMT
Thanks for the clarity & intelligence of this article]]>Anonymous User Thu, 02 Dec 2004 04:33:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorTue, 30 Nov 2004 08:06:32 GMT
Would like to see more about problems with profiles and how to fix them, but still a very good article.]]>Anonymous User Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:06:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorThu, 25 Nov 2004 04:40:04 GMT
RunWait won’t work at all for me. All I get is the scriptit window with the title "Scriptit Runwait" and the text "Processing Line: RunWait". That’s all. The script never goes any further. I’ve tried on several machines. I downloaded scriptit again in case it was faulty. RunWait is the command I would use most. Does anyone have any bright ideas. Am I doing something wrong?]]>Anonymous User Thu, 25 Nov 2004 04:40:04 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorTue, 23 Nov 2004 20:52:36 GMT
i breakdown of the files needed for a roaming profile to work would be a great addition , we know how they are set , where they are saved , but the bare minimal of whats really needed and why]]>Anonymous User Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:52:36 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorFri, 19 Nov 2004 10:45:43 GMT
I gotta say, this is total BS. As a support technician, I am ready to bludgeon the makers of the MSI installer package. It routinely performs half installations and leaves the user stuck with an application that won’t work, won’t uninstall, and can’t be fixed. Even when you try to reinstall the app over the top of the broken one, it will not work. The MSI installer is one of the biggest nightmares on my job because of the horrible design and total lack of thought that went in to it.]]>Anonymous User Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:45:43 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorMon, 15 Nov 2004 09:10:56 GMT
necesito el msiexec.exe ]]>Anonymous User Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:10:56 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorFri, 05 Nov 2004 08:44:17 GMT
I have been running a WINS server on a multihomed computer straddling two networks and had no problems. Of course one of the two subnetworks relly don’t use the WINS server at all. Only one of the two subnetworks use it and with remarkable good results. Maybe I have been lucky. One suggestion would be to allow the WINS server to be able to choose which of the NIC to bind to, just the same it is allowed to the DNS server. ]]>Anonymous User Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:44:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorWed, 27 Oct 2004 07:17:17 GMT
There’s an on-line reference for ScriptIt there too - http://www.dx21.com/scripting/scriptit/index.asp]]>Anonymous User Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:17:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorWed, 27 Oct 2004 07:14:03 GMT
ScriptIt is good, AutoIt is better - much better, free, and actively being developed. http://www.Dx21.com/scripting/autoit/index.asp]]>Anonymous User Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:14:03 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorMon, 25 Oct 2004 11:14:01 GMT
An absolutely fabolous overview - I learned so much!]]>Anonymous User Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:14:01 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorMon, 25 Oct 2004 08:33:30 GMT
Since no-one can find it, let me help. Download it here.. http://www.dx21.com/SCRIPTING/SCRIPTIT/scriptit.zip]]>Anonymous User Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:33:30 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorFri, 15 Oct 2004 07:30:35 GMT
Do use of mandatory profiles affect IE from installing client certificates on a local PC?]]>Anonymous User Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:30:35 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorThu, 14 Oct 2004 10:32:45 GMT
Really good article. Explains the workings of a profile very well. ]]>Anonymous User Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:32:45 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorWed, 06 Oct 2004 02:56:17 GMT
"In Win2K or later, Windows compares the date stamps and timestamps of the files in the local and roaming profiles to determine which ones need to be written on logoff, then writes only those files." What happens if you want to delete something from your local profile. Will that automatically delete it from your roaming profile. I am experiencing many users getting large profiles. One reason commonly seems to be due to there being recovered documents stored in documents and settings\application data\microsoft word Should I exclude this from the roaming profile as well? If so I assume that I will need to manually go into each users profile and delete the folder from the server to stop it being copied back down. Thanks]]>rfraserWed, 06 Oct 2004 02:56:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorWed, 04 Aug 2004 14:50:33 GMT
Very good explaination of the Windows Installer technology.]]>DONWed, 04 Aug 2004 14:50:33 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/installation2/inside-windows-installer#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/ip-addressing/network-architecture-101#commentsAnchorFri, 30 Jul 2004 01:18:10 GMT
general]]>manomano Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:18:10 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/ip-addressing/network-architecture-101#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/ip-addressing/network-architecture-101#commentsAnchorThu, 22 Jul 2004 17:11:08 GMT
Clear, concise, and useful to intermediate students.]]>STEVEThu, 22 Jul 2004 17:11:08 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/ip-addressing/network-architecture-101#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorWed, 07 Jul 2004 12:27:57 GMT
I do not agree with your description of super mandatory and mandatory. In future article I would like to see this be clearer. I create mandatory profiles as per the normal mandatory but DO NOT see the users favorites or my documents get stored or saved. Just an FYI....]]>daniel gagnon Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:27:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-event-tracing-for-windows#commentsAnchorWed, 07 Jul 2004 05:33:30 GMT
Good article but lacks in detail. Wwhat if I want to write code to analyze the ETL file myself? And how can registry be manipulated to enable tracing?]]>aWed, 07 Jul 2004 05:33:30 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-event-tracing-for-windows#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorMon, 07 Jun 2004 08:49:44 GMT
I am currently a sysadmin within a large forrest (school district) and it is believed that our network is bogged down by contant relication. We dont have a specified time for replication, but im now wondering if replication is the issue since you mentioned how light weight the replication process is (bandwidth wise). This article sparked further investigation on my part. Well done on the article.]]>JeffMon, 07 Jun 2004 08:49:44 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-event-tracing-for-windows#commentsAnchorTue, 01 Jun 2004 06:52:05 GMT
Very interesting. For some reason local and even domain admin account didn’t give me enough rights to start a log session with system providers.]]>IsraelTue, 01 Jun 2004 06:52:05 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-event-tracing-for-windows#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorThu, 20 May 2004 19:40:44 GMT
The slow logoff has been an issue in my company. We even went through an ms support issue and they were unable to help us. But I found a little known utility. Its called uph clean. I think this problem started after a windows update but I am not sure. Either way ms wrote a little program that releases your profile and then tells you what was locking it. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115]]>JoshThu, 20 May 2004 19:40:44 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorThu, 20 May 2004 11:59:46 GMT
Yes, I agree with jc warren, excellent article. However, JC, i believe you meant to say "throw some people off" instead of "through some people off." That might throw a few readers off too.]]>JeffThu, 20 May 2004 11:59:46 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorTue, 11 May 2004 10:40:45 GMT
Excellent article. Very useful for our troubleshooting. This level of detail is absolutely necessary.]]>Jim Tue, 11 May 2004 10:40:45 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/introducing-group-policy#commentsAnchorThu, 15 Apr 2004 03:31:45 GMT
Atlast, i have encountered a valuable stuff here and it’s a great article to read for begineers as well as for the experts really really really thanks for the material and once again thank you for this priceless possession.]]>K.ASHOK KUMAR Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:31:45 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/introducing-group-policy#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorWed, 03 Mar 2004 10:38:49 GMT
This is a very good article on user profiles. Thanks for being so clear. One correction I’d like to suggest is regarding the location of profiles. They are found in %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder, NOT in the %SYSTEMROOT% folder. Minor difference but it could through some people off who are not familiar with environment variables (which I’ve found to be fairly common). Also, it would be very helpful if a future article could include troubleshooting as it relates to profiles. I’m amazed at the amount of time spent by experienced techs on "network" or "messaging" issues that are profile specific. It doesn’t seem to occur to folks to test functionality with a different profile. Thanks again.]]>JC Warren Wed, 03 Mar 2004 10:38:49 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-user-profiles#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorThu, 19 Feb 2004 15:37:39 GMT
Can I replicate WINS servers between NT Domain and windows 2000 domain running Active Directory? Thanks, ]]>Jorge Jeri Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:37:39 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/implementing-enterprisewide-wins#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorThu, 29 Jan 2004 05:31:43 GMT
its really good man. i like it thanks]]>KhizarThu, 29 Jan 2004 05:31:43 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-event-tracing-for-windows#commentsAnchorMon, 05 Jan 2004 03:51:03 GMT
Really enjoyed this article..great to have monitoring techniques that can provide so much more information and for what seems to be less of a system overhead as well.]]>johnMon, 05 Jan 2004 03:51:03 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/inside-event-tracing-for-windows#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorTue, 23 Dec 2003 21:26:27 GMT
This is exactly the sort of article I’d like to see a lot more of. Personally, I think Active Directory should receive more attention than it does, and I’d like to see this level of detail in every AD article you come out with. I used to subscribe to your magazine, but quit doing so when the articles became less relevant and more ’dumbed down’ for newbies just entering the field. If the articles in each issue were similar to this one, with this level of technical detail and depth, I’d be a full-time subscriber again. In fact, this is probably the best article I’ve found on how Active Directory authentication occurs, and I’ll be sending it out as reference material for my team!]]>Scott Rachui Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:26:27 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dns/ad-network-interactions#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/introducing-group-policy#commentsAnchorThu, 04 Dec 2003 07:07:33 GMT
I found this to be an extremely useful article, I have been trawling the net for the past while trying to find an article that gives a solid introduction to GPO... I believe I have found it! Many thanks]]>Stephen Hackett Thu, 04 Dec 2003 07:07:33 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/introducing-group-policy#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorThu, 30 Oct 2003 19:30:52 GMT
I found the article informative but was interested in seening the screen shots he mentioned. Unless I missed somthing, they weren’t include.]]>Mitchell J. Kelley Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:30:52 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/microsoft-management-console-mmc/microsoft-management-console3471#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorThu, 23 Oct 2003 04:43:54 GMT
Do you know where I can find a download of ScriptIT? Looks like Microsoft has removed all links to it.]]>Enzo Simoni Thu, 23 Oct 2003 04:43:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorTue, 21 Oct 2003 00:52:41 GMT
A direct link to the utility would be nice!]]>bengt grønås Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:52:41 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorFri, 17 Oct 2003 13:51:03 GMT
I just started using ScriptIt about 20 minutes ago and it seems like a pretty nice tool. It sure beats having to deal with the timing issues of Visual Basic Scripting. Sadly, I can’t seem to figure out how to simultaneously wait for multiple command the way I would in Expect.]]>James Liang Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:51:03 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorWed, 01 Oct 2003 23:05:37 GMT
Does anyonw know where on the microsoft site this utility can be downloaded from? I have looked at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winntas/downloads/scriptit.asp but that only has the documentation. Has Microsoft stuffed up the web page?]]>SAMWed, 01 Oct 2003 23:05:37 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/optimize-gpo-processing-performance#commentsAnchorMon, 07 Apr 2003 11:44:45 GMT
Hello, I am an OU admin at a large University, where Domain admins have placed all users in a users container on the root of the domain. To me the user accounts are unmovable. I want to apply a folder redirection GPO in my OU for ~25 users. I’ve created a security group in my OU for my users, and created a GPO and ACL’d it for that group. I know you can’t apply GPO’s to security groups and then have that apply to the users contained in the groups. The domain admins have denied requests to place my security group ACL’d GPO on the root of the domain. Basically it boils down to how can I apply Group Policy in my OU when the User accounts are all located above my OU? If that can’t be done simply, how would performance behave if there were multiple ACL’d GPO’s in the root of the domain? (Thier excuse for not putting my GPO on the root is that logon times will increase exponentially when everybody wants to put thier OU GPO’s on root.) If there were 15, 30, 60, or 100 GPO’s on the root of the domain how would logon times be affected for my 25 users with one GPO, that I limited access to through ACL’s for just my 25 users?]]>Todd Mote Mon, 07 Apr 2003 11:44:45 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/optimize-gpo-processing-performance#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/introducing-group-policy#commentsAnchorFri, 14 Feb 2003 06:56:55 GMT
I have a software program that only can to be installed as locan admin on 2k wkstn. But my something, probably,OU GP is preventing any user on that local machine from using the program fully. i.e. it locks up when we click on a certain icon. Is it ok to allow full rights on machines "on installation" reg key? Or is there another policy restriction we have to look at, like restrictions on the hkey_current machine_software>]]>jimFri, 14 Feb 2003 06:56:55 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/introducing-group-policy#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/optimize-gpo-processing-performance#commentsAnchorWed, 08 May 2002 14:52:54 GMT
I read Darren Mar-Elia’s "Optimize GPO-Processing Performance" (March 2002, InstantDoc ID 23831) and was wondering whether you have any advice about my company’s situation. We’re converting users from Novell Directory Services (NDS) to Active Directory (AD). We have a fairly extensive Novell script that maps drives and printers based on group membership. I was thinking about using Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to do the same thing: I’d create a GPO for every mapped drive and printer, and I’d give only the appropriate groups the right to run Apply group policy for each policy in question. Would this process cause less or more overhead than writing one script that all users would run to map drives and printers?

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The answer depends on how many drive and printer mappings you’re talking about. In general, I think you’ll have less overhead and a more scalable solution if you perform group membership testing within one or a few GPO-based logon scripts than if you have a GPO for every possible drive or printer requirement that comes up. In terms of performance, checking group membership in AD isn’t that expensive. You could even take a middle road. For example, if you know that only certain groups of users will be processing a GPO linked to a particular organizational unit (OU), you can test for only those user groups within that GPO.
--Darren Mar-Elia]]>Paul Zelmer Wed, 08 May 2002 14:52:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/performance/optimize-gpo-processing-performance#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/windows-nt-system-policies#commentsAnchorMon, 04 Feb 2002 07:30:17 GMT
In this article "Windows NT System Policies" (InstantDoc #3570) the author wrote "For example, to point a workstation to an ntconfig2.pol policy file, specify %logonserver%\ntconfig2.pol as the value of NetworkPath." I think that there is a mistake here and wanted to confirm it. I also could be wrong and would appreciate a more indepth definition for this entry and it’s settings (variables, etc...) so that I may fix a problem. I think that a share path needs to be defined. Am I correct? I think the entry should be something like "%logonserver%\SHARENAME\ntconfig2.pol" Thanks, ]]>Kevin P. Henriksen Mon, 04 Feb 2002 07:30:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/system-policies/windows-nt-system-policies#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dhcp2/wins-and-dhcp-preventive-maintenance#commentsAnchorSun, 27 Jan 2002 20:59:28 GMT
Is there any way to VIEW the records in a DHCP.MDB file? just a thought... ]]>Tony Vining Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:59:28 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/dhcp2/wins-and-dhcp-preventive-maintenance#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/planning-for-active-directory#commentsAnchorThu, 17 Jan 2002 05:46:09 GMT
Yes, it’s a very powerfull tool. We use AD in an environment where we distribute software, printer drivers and so on. It’s easy to use, but you have to plan things carefully.]]>Hans Koppens Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:46:09 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/planning-for-active-directory#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorWed, 24 Oct 2001 12:14:38 GMT
Yes, I have also noticed that title+text doesn’t work on some complex windows!]]>VELWed, 24 Oct 2001 12:14:38 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/remote-computing/10-resource-kit-remote-administration-tools#commentsAnchorTue, 19 Jun 2001 13:51:03 GMT

You’re right about ShareUI; it’s a good utility for working around Windows Explorer’s lack of a good sharing facility. However, I haven’t had much luck using this tool on Win2K machines running Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 and Active Desktop; the tool simply fails to work. But, for users on NT 4.0 or for those who don’t have Active Desktop installed or are using an earlier version of IE, this tool is definitely worth checking out. --Darren Mar-Elia]]>Darren Mar-Elia Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:51:03 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/remote-computing/10-resource-kit-remote-administration-tools#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/remote-computing/10-resource-kit-remote-administration-tools#commentsAnchorTue, 19 Jun 2001 13:45:14 GMT

I thoroughly enjoyed Darren Mar-Elia’s "10 Resource Kit Remote Administration Tools" (April 2001). I love to find new command-line tools to make my life easier, but I was surprised when the author mentioned that Windows NT doesn’t provide an easy way to create shares through the Windows UI. ShareUI (shareui.inf) in the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit is an excellent tool for this purpose. Just right-click the tool and select Install. When you browse to a machine, you’ll see the shares, the Printers folder, and a new Shared Directories folder. Opening the Shared Directories folder shows all the shares--even hidden shares. Double-clicking a share brings up its properties. If you right-click in the empty space inside the folder, a pop-up menu offers the option New, with a subfolder: share. Selecting this option lets the administrator create a new share on the box. This process works on Windows 2000, NT 4.0, and NT 3.51 servers. You can install the tool on Win2K Professional and NT 4.0 machines. When you use it on Win2K machines, you’ll get script errors, which you can ignore (or you can configure Windows Explorer not to run scripts). You can even use ShareUI to restore administrative shares or add or modify permissions.
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Has anybody noticed that the "title+text" functionality does NOT work?]]>DavidWed, 25 Apr 2001 05:39:42 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/planning-for-active-directory#commentsAnchorTue, 13 Mar 2001 03:30:54 GMT
Fully agree. Now it looks like AD is only suitable for large networks. We HAVE to use AD because we are implementing Exchange 2000 in a 50 user network.]]>Ton Tue, 13 Mar 2001 03:30:54 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/planning-for-active-directory#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/planning-for-active-directory#commentsAnchorThu, 21 Dec 2000 10:33:17 GMT
I see a lot of info on how to plan for AD for large networks. But not a lot of resources for small networks. I would like to see an article on how to plan AD for small business.]]>George Lara Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:33:17 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/planning-for-active-directory#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/taming-dll-hell#commentsAnchorMon, 30 Oct 2000 00:23:35 GMT
Your example of replacing comctl32.ocx v1 with v2 and having an app fail is a good one. However what happens far more frequently is an app install replaces version 2 of a component with version 1. So even if the developers of the shared library were careful and did not break compatibility, it doesn’t matter. The app which is looking for version 2 is going to fail.]]>Steve Sheldon Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:23:35 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internals-and-architecture/taming-dll-hell#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorSun, 18 Jun 2000 21:25:21 GMT
Good Article]]>sylvainSun, 18 Jun 2000 21:25:21 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/task-scheduling/scriptit#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/interoperability/services-for-macintosh#commentsAnchorThu, 12 Aug 1999 14:49:20 GMT
I still think AppleTalk is an effective protocol, so I’m troubled to see bad advice in publications purporting to give good advice. Apple has made many mistakes over the years and perhaps one of the biggest is not publishing better notes on how to easily administer AppleTalk.
AppleTalk is perhaps the most user-friendly protocol ever created. However, to make it so, you must ensure that all routers are properly configured and follow several (rarely written) rules.
One rule concerns the dynamic nature of AppleTalk. You must configure AppleTalk on a given LAN segment with at least three times as many AppleTalk addresses as AppleTalk devices. Otherwise, the result is AppleTalk broadcast storms as Macs try to find an available or unused AppleTalk address.
In November’s “Services for Macintosh,” Darren Mar-Elia states, “When designing a large AppleTalk network, use as small a range as possible on each segment to conserve network address space.” Because any network can use the entire allowable AppleTalk address range of 1 through 65,279, this advice is very bad: The penalties for are high for using too small an address range.
--Bart Stidham,
The Latin School of Chicago

Thanks for your letter, but I have to disagree. I suspect you’re referring to a situation like the following: A new workstation comes up on a 250-node subnet and requests a node number. In this case, the new node picks a number and sends a broadcast on the local subnet to determine whether the number is available. The new node may have to go through 250 guesses before it finds a free number.
On most high-speed media (e.g., Token Ring, FDDI, and even Ethernet), this process would not generate much concern. Even so, this kind of traffic does not constitute a broadcast storm.
A broadcast storm is generally defined as a node broadcasting packets that require a response from many or all nodes. Remember that the node number discovery process is one broadcast packet out and one unicast packet in response.
I can see a situation where 250 nodes all start at once, resulting in heavy network activity and probably protocol timeouts, but this situation is true of any networking protocol and is generally not recommended.
Additionally, because of the underlying contention issues of the MAC-layer technology, most networks today have far fewer than 250 nodes on a given segment. A smaller segment is usually recommended, especially with AppleTalk, which tends to generate more background traffic for routing functions, name binding, and so forth. I’ve never seen or heard of broadcast storms as a result of small network ranges.
One advantage to smaller network ranges is an easier time troubleshooting network problems with a protocol analyzer. If you’ve ever had to put a sniffer on an AppleTalk network, you know that tracking packet activity from nodes spread across wide network ranges can be difficult. For example, if you trace packets from network 20 and network 21, you don’t necessarily know whether they come from the same segment or are on two distinct ranges (e.g., 19 through 20 and 21 through 23).
Again, thanks for the input. Let me know your thoughts on this.
--Darren Mar-Elia]]>Bart Stidham Thu, 12 Aug 1999 14:49:20 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/interoperability/services-for-macintosh#commentsAnchor