New Directory Services KB Articles/Blogs 1/10-1/23

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A memory leak occurs when an ADO Recordset object calls the UpdateBatch method

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Windows Automation API 3.0 release notes

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The DFS Replication service exits unexpectedly on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2

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The Lsass.exe process exits unexpectedly on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 after a password is synchronized in Identity Management for Unix (IDMU)

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Error code 0x80070002 when backing up files in Windows 7

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FIX: A memory leak may occur when you use the Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects Library in Windows Vista, in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Server 2008 R2

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The Licensing Diagnosis tool incorrectly reports that there are no available Terminal Services client access licenses in Windows Server 2008

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The DFS Replication service crashes randomly in Windows Server 2008

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Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel could allow elevation of privilege

File Services Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 – Beta now open

How Active Directory PowerShell CMDLETS find a DC running Active Directory Web Services

Cluster Migration Wizard, is this the only way to migrate shares on a Cluster?

Use The Right Version of PowerShell.

Group Policy Setting of the Week 11 – Prompt for password on resume from hibernate /suspend

Cloning Forests for Divestitures / Acquisitions

Microsoft Office 2010 system requirements: Changes in disk space, GPU recommendations

Defining a new attribute - version 2

Defining a new attribute

Outlook signature based on user info from AD

Heads Up: End of Life support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2

How to schedule a delayed start logon script with Group Policy

Diagnostics in AD FS 2.0

SMS 2003 Transitions to Extended Support

Active Directory Scalability

Forget your password?

Event ID 2042: It has been too long since this machine replicated - updated.

Perform asynchronous asset management using Windows Powershell cmdlets for WMI

Shared password mistake affects 1.2 million people!

How to detect RDS-specific application compatibility issues by using the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer

Where oh where, did my AD site go...[Alternate title: It's the DNS, stupid.]

Troubleshooting Small Networks

Windows Server 2008 R2 Quick Look#7 - Best Practices Analyzers

First of the 2010 releases of Microsoft codename tracker is ready for download

Tales from the Community: How do I deploy Windows 7 policy settings

Delayed Screen Captures in PowerShell

Automate Group Policy Preferences printer-management using Windows PowerShell

How do I get my disk space back? Why does my DIT not shrink?

AdFind’s objectClass output is correct, it is CSVDE that is incorrect…

Building Windows 7 Images

Group Policy Setting of the Week 10 – Remove Default Programs link from the Start menu

Configuring Active Directory Federation Services 2.0

Where is my DC?

Updated LGPO utility sources

Enable Recycle Bin - with Powershell

How to mitigate KB979352 (a.k.a. “Google China”) security vulnerability using Group Policy

PowerShell and the Event Viewer

Speeding Reboot When Exchange is on a DC/GC

Windows Server 2008 R2 Quick Look #6 - Server Core

Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) and Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Explained

How to make Adobe Reader more secure using Group Policy

ADAM (aka ADLDS) is available for Windows 7 now!!!

New documentation is available for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)

Going Overboard with Microsoft Virtualization can get you into trouble

A couple of cool downloads for your Win 7 Platform

An Introduction to the Windows System State Analyzer

Windows XP Power Management and Group Policy Preferences Behaviour Explained

How to Verify Trusts

Microsoft release two new Group Policy hot fixes

Group Policy Setting of the Week 9 – Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation

How to use Group Policy Preferences to change account Passwords

How to configure Group Policy to use Data Recovery Agents with “Bitlocker to Go” drives – Part 2

How to use Group Policy to save “BitLocker to Go” recovery keys in Active Directory – Part 1

How to use Group Policy Preferences to manage Windows Power Plans

Welcome to the Group Policy Center

Group Policy Setting of the Week 8 – Group Policy refresh interval for computers