Stability and reliability update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Having just blogged about a Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Application compatibility update , I discover additional updates for stability and reliability. These updates do not appear to be accumulative. This one is dated April 2010 and I assume these updates are the Windows [...]
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“dsget user -memberof -expand” returns incorrect results in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
April 15, 2010
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This is an issue that I have come across and I thought it worth sharing. There is a hotfix available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 for the dsget utility. When the dsget user command is executed with the two switches –memberof and –expand, the output is incorrect. Only group information is expected to be returned but both group and user information is [...]
Read moreLDAP Limits – Are now hardcoded in Active Directory.
April 12, 2010
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On ActiveDir.org a couple of weeks ago, there was a discussion around the fact that Microsoft now have hardcoded LDAP limits for Active Directory. This may not directly affect you in a Windows 2003 forest – but if you have changed your LDAP Policies to make a poorly written application work in Windows Server 2003 then [...]
Read moreNetwork port requirements for Active Directory and Windows Server.
April 9, 2010
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In the companies that I work with, Active Directory and Firewalls are often said in the same sentence, this KB article discusses the essential network ports; protocols and services that are used by Windows client and server operating systems; server-based programs and their subcomponents in the Windows server system. I have found this document to [...]
Read moreActive Directory and Network Address Translation (NAT).
April 6, 2010
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Active Directory environments configured to use Network Address Translation (NAT) appear to be a support scenario with multiple configurations some supported and some unsupported. Detailed below is the information I have collated so far. Active Directory over NAT – KB 978772 The Microsoft statement regarding Active Directory over NAT is: Active Directory over NAT has not been tested by [...]
Read moreCritical – Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7
March 30, 2010
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There will be a Critical (As the vulnerability allows remote code execution) Out of Band Security Patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 later today. Executive Summary Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer [...]
Read moreDFS Hotfixes for Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008 and 2008 R2.
March 19, 2010
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If you are implementing DFS (Namespaces or Replication) then you should baseline your DFS environment to the levels detailed in these articles. KB 968429 List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 KB 958802 List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) [...]
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