We are gradually migrating our core services from Netware to Windows Server 2003 and 2008. As part of this migration we needed to migrate all our DHCP reservations stored on our Novell servers to Windows Servers.

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 [...]

When you install Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 it may display a security warning when you access applications and files stored on Novell drive mappings if it does not consider them part of your local intranet. It may also prevent MS Access from opening databases from the network as [...]

In ConsoleOne it is relatively easy to change the path to an MSI but much more difficult to change the file name of the MSI itself. A trick is to install a second copy of ConsoleOne without any plugins. (I just have link to Clean ConsoleOne.) Using this version you can then Open the App [...]

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 [...]

Path Copy allows you to copy a file or folders path from a simple right click menu. You can get the Full, Short or UNC path. It is a great tool and one of the must haves for a network admin. http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/index.htm I use it constantly when writing scripts and need the full path, or [...]