Month: November 2008
SQL Server services user account
When you install SQL Server 2000 / 2005 / 2008 you can configure under what user account the services are running. In the past i’ve often seen people selecting “local system”, I also selected that….not thinking too much about security Read More …
Some applications survive
Throughout my IT career i have seen many application development projects but most applications would not have survived more than 5 years until they got replaced by a new one. So I was quite pleased to find this success story about Read More …
Extending User Information in AD
The Windows 2003 Resource Kit contains a nice extension for the Active Directory Users and Computers console showing additional User Account information. The additional user account information can be enabled by registering the acctinfo.dll as described below. Follow the steps Read More …
Creating GPO reports
Usually when you need a report for a given Group Policy object, you would launch the Group Policy Management Console, select the GPO and then select the settings tab that produces the report. But what if you need a report Read More …
Conference Call Rules
As part of my job i am joining conference calls quite frequently, although whenever i can I stay away from them as mostly they aren’t productive, especially when there is more than 5 people in a call, as mostly you Read More …
Get your favorite RSS feeds emailed as PDF
Ever wanted to have your very personal daily or weekly newspaper that does just contain the information you want ? Then go to http://www.tabbloid.com/. Just 3 simple steps, and you have your very personal information summary document prepared. Enter at Read More …
ToolTip: Bulk Drive Manager
Easily and quickly disable USB Storage Drives, CD and Floppy drives across the network. The tool can be executed in GUI and command line mode. The tool is actually just configuring the appropriate system services , therefore after applying a Read More …