Often you would like some personal information filled in for the user before they start the application. E.g. Why have Office or Acrobat ask for the users name when it is already stored in active directory? Here are some simple VBScripts that can be added to a log on script or similar to pre-fill these [...]

Recently we had to change the login names for around 1200 students. As part of this rename we needed to change their Novell eDirectory account and home directory. We also needed to ensure linked systems such as an LDAP authenticated Moodle site and an IDM linked Active Directory (AD) domain were properly updated. To perform [...]

Those who in the past have used the Novell Change Pass utility may have been missing it when moving to Active Directory. A great tool is Wisesoft Password Control which allows you to just type in the username, it will display info about the account and give you the option to change the password, enable/disable [...]

A great new feature in Windows Server 2003 is Access-based Enumeration (ABE). What ABE does is hide any file or folder that a user does not have access to. So for example the folder where you store all your users home drives, would usually appear jam packed with folders, most of which would return an [...]

This was very similar to a previous presentation given as part of the Tech KNOW Tour. However the Using Moodle presentation has some slight additions from Paul for a more technical audience and the spoken part of my presentation concentrated on a more technical side. Some additional notes: To use the DET mail server you [...]

When using Group Policies with Zenworks and Windows XP you may find users are able to create folders and files in root of C:. This is due to the change in default security settings for drives on Windows XP from 2000. You need to use the Security Template editor to create a template restricting rights [...]

An LDAP browser for Active Directory. Makes it easy to see all attributes of objects and assists in configuring web applications that authenticate using LDAP. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Networking/AdExplorer.mspx You can connect to your AD server without knowing any LDAP paths, just use your standard login. Can also take snapshots to allow you to see what effect changes [...]

A great site with a large collection of tools, everything from Active Directory Management and Monitoring through to security, process monitoring and funny screen savers. http://www.sysinternals.com/ SysInternals was taken over by Microsoft so they also have new URL http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ Tags: Active Directory, Management, Monitor, SysInternals, Tools