Comments for Mark Parris http://markparris.co.uk Technology Insights (plus a few other random musings). Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:18:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Best Practices for Securing Active Directory by Aidan Simister http://markparris.co.uk/2013/04/29/best-practices-for-securing-active-directory/#comment-1653 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:18:47 +0000 https://markparris.wordpress.com/?p=1975#comment-1653 Really interesting article Mark, thanks for this. I think there are still a lot of organisations out their how don’t have any form of meaningful security and auditing around Active Directory which is clearly something that needs to change. I’ll share this on linkedin and with our customers.. I’d like to think there are some instances here where we could help in automating the monitoring and auditing of Active Directory, http://www.netwrix.co,uk

]]> Comment on Office 2010 Installation Error: The language of this installation package is not supported by your system. by itpro http://markparris.co.uk/2010/04/23/office-2010-installation-error-the-language-of-this-installation-package-is-not-supported-by-your-system/#comment-1618 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:05:13 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=645#comment-1618 thanks a lot this saved me

]]> Comment on Configure DFS-Namepaces to use Fully Qualified Domain Names – (It’s not the default). by Richard http://markparris.co.uk/2010/03/19/configure-dfs-namepaces-to-use-fully-qualified-domain-names-its-not-the-default/#comment-1598 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:27:46 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=256#comment-1598 What’s not clear from this article is whether you need to set this registry entries on servers that being linked to from the DFS, and what if they linked server is not a Microsoft OS, like Samba or NetApp Waffle?

]]> Comment on Active Directory Domain and Forest Functional Levels by The things that are better left unspoken : Windows Server 2012-based Domain Controllers and required Active Directory domain and forest functional levels http://markparris.co.uk/2010/12/07/active-directory-domain-and-forest-functional-levels-3/#comment-1584 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:25 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=1323#comment-1584 [...] Understanding Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Functional Levels   Prerequisites for Deploying an RODC  What Are Active Directory Functional Levels?  Differences in domain and forest functional levels 2000 to 2008  Determining the Functional Level in Windows Server 2003  Active Directory Domain and Forest Functional Levels [...]

]]> Comment on Configure DFS-Namepaces to use Fully Qualified Domain Names – (It’s not the default). by markparris http://markparris.co.uk/2010/03/19/configure-dfs-namepaces-to-use-fully-qualified-domain-names-its-not-the-default/#comment-1572 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:42:22 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=256#comment-1572 It is safe to do and I have done it many times.

]]> Comment on Configure DFS-Namepaces to use Fully Qualified Domain Names – (It’s not the default). by Zach P. http://markparris.co.uk/2010/03/19/configure-dfs-namepaces-to-use-fully-qualified-domain-names-its-not-the-default/#comment-1570 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:49:23 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=256#comment-1570 Will this tweak work on a domain controller? is it safe to do? and are there any additional steps required?

]]> Comment on Office 2010 Installation Error: The language of this installation package is not supported by your system. by Ken DeWitt http://markparris.co.uk/2010/04/23/office-2010-installation-error-the-language-of-this-installation-package-is-not-supported-by-your-system/#comment-1568 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:19:05 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=645#comment-1568 It took me a few hours to find your post, but it was THE only solution to my problem. I was attempting to do an Office Repair, kept getting invalid location after clicking on .exe file. This worked perfect!!! I ran into this same problem a few years ago, one would think MS would have fixed this problem, or at least posted this solution to their website.

]]> Comment on Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 is Released to Web (RTW). by Gerry http://markparris.co.uk/2010/05/05/active-directory-federation-services-2-0-is-released-to-web-rtw/#comment-1546 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:28:17 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=779#comment-1546 Update Rollup 2 for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 is available at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2681584

The Microsoft article recommends only applying this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem(s) described in this article,but is does address some interesting issues.

]]> Comment on How to get Microsoft Podcasts on to your iPod (easily). by Garrett http://markparris.co.uk/2010/05/04/how-to-get-microsoft-podcasts-on-your-ipod-easily/#comment-1469 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:57:40 +0000 https://markparris.wordpress.com/?p=739#comment-1469 Just what I was looking to do, for the same reason!

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Office 2010 Installation Error: The language of this installation package is not supported by your system. by User http://markparris.co.uk/2010/04/23/office-2010-installation-error-the-language-of-this-installation-package-is-not-supported-by-your-system/#comment-1467 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:14:04 +0000 http://markparris.co.uk/?p=645#comment-1467 Awesome! Thanks for this blog and saving my time. I was running into the same issue with extracting from a ZIP program.

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