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  • SQL 2005 Install with Windows XP SP3

    What a nightmare! Having XP Service Pack 3 installed leaves you with an inline upgrade to the MSXML 6.0 Parser. This version is newer than the version used by the base install of SQL 2005. Big Fail! Microsoft officially doesn't have a working solution, but a work around. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968749 for further details on their work around. While their work around is feasible for single install cases, software distributors are left dealing with the problem of how to get a product...

  • VPC to VMWare Mouse Problem

    Today I took an older VPC base image for Sever 2003 with SQL 2005 I had created and converted it to a VMWare Server 1.x image using the VMWare Converter. I had done this countless times with various XP and Vista VPC's without encountering any problems. Upon booting the new VM and installing the VM Tools, my mouse was stuck in the lower left hand corner. This was not a good sign! I spent a while looking for answers on VMWare's sight with not much luck. I did find some excellent advice on ZarkBlog...

  • VB.Net Email Wrapper Class

    Introduction System.Net.Mail is easy to use, so why would I want to have a wrapper for it? I have often found myself writing this code over and over again. Each time its different and managing multiple version of the same functionality across projects is not very efficient. Consistent code is always easier to maintain. Background This wrapper class was the outcome of a discussion on how to encapsulate some common features used in sending email. The environment had multiple SMTP gateways, and it was...
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  • VB.Net: Returning AD UserName from Multi-Domain Forrest

    Growth sometimes brings out the unexpected flaws in designs. What seems like a quick solution, may intern lead to what I have affectionately call 'Learning Opportunities'.After a recent expansion from a single domain environment to a multi-domain forest, the following VB.Net function ceased functioning for retrieving the user's full name. Public Shared Function GetADUserName() As String Dim returnString As String = String .Empty If HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated Then...

  • More LDAP Queries: Accounts never logged in

    In continuing to audit a network, the number of accounts in Active Directory did not match employee records, nor previous asset records. While using the interval variable for lastLogonTimeStamp will find accounts that have not logged on in a specific time period, it will not find accounts which have never logged on. The following queries will find them: (&(objectCategory=Computer)(!lastLogonTimeStamp=*)(!userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)) (&(objectCategory=User)(!lastLogonTimeStamp...
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