New Directory Services KB Articles/Blogs 2/21-2/27

KB

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Application Compatibility Update for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2: February 2010

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Error message when you try to change a password on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2: "The specified account does not exist"

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The domain controller runs slower or stops responding when the garbage collection process runs

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You cannot enter an agreement number of a volume license that contains more than seven digits in Remote Desktop Licensing Manager or in TS Licensing Manager

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The DFS Replication service stops responding on a Windows Server 2008-based downstream server that is configured to replicate data from many upstream servers

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A Windows Server 2008 R2-based Remote Desktop server denies some connection requests randomly under heavy logon or logoff conditions

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Error code when the kpasswd protocol fails after you perform an authoritative restore: "KDC_ERROR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN"

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FIX: Communication over an IPsec connection is broken unexpectedly when a client reconnects to the IPsec server within four minutes after the client restarts

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Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario – Windows 2000 End of Support Networking/DHCP

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Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario – Windows 2000 End of Support Domain Controller Migration

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Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario – Windows 2008 R2 Cluster Installation with Hyper-V

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Microsoft Advisory Services Engagement Scenario – Windows 2008 R2 Cluster Installation

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SSL connections that are successful on earlier versions of Windows can fail in Windows 7

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The customized folder names might not be copied when you enable the Folder Redirection feature in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2, and in Windows 7

Blogs

Get Shiny with USMT: Turning the Aero Theme on During XP to Windows 7 Migration

Friday Mail Sack – Very Late Edition

Powershell script to help check WMI setting has been configured

Find out when your Password Expires

Load Balancing Domain Controllers

NIST “Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6” Special Publication is available for public comment

Creating a Firewall Rule to Allow ICMPv4 Echo Requests

Planning for disaster recovery with Microsoft Hyper-V

Integrated Authentication with Firefox and Exchange 2010

How does a RODC know what writable DC to replicate from?

Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters: Networking (Part 3)

New Networking-related KB articles for the week of February 14 – February 20

Identity and Access Management Solution

How to use Group Policy to configure home page settings – Part 1

End of Support for Windows 2000, Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RTM

Mi-Greatness: Full release version of Windows Server Migration Tools update lets you migrate Hyper-V and RRAS

Powershell 2.0 Script to Backup GPOs

Troubleshooting Group Policy

Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant - Now Available!

Hyper-V Technical Information and Resources

Looking for Reviewers for PowerShell Cookbook v2

Measuring Response Times

TechNet 2.0 – Episode 6 – Wiki

Announcing Managed Desktop Optimization Pack 2010

FAQ: Windows Server 2008 R2