The DLT object can cause NTDS.DIT Bloat in the Active Directory. This will of course mean you are replicating objects around in your Active Directory unnecessarily. So firstly what are DLT objects DLT Objects See below as taken from http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312403 “You can use the Distributed Link Tracking Server service and the Distributed Link Tracking Client…
Tag: Tips n Tricks
Windows Home Server – Its Announced
Here is an excellent blog from Charlie Kindel ….hot from CES in Las Vegas about the announcement we have all been waiting for. Plus most interestingly a picture of the Windows Home Server. I think it looks really cool and funky. I suggest you watch his blog posts very closely in the future plus also…
Tips for Speeding up Outlook 2007
I have been using Outlook 2007 for quite some time now and have been using the RTM version for the last month or so. Anyway I have been noticing a slowing down recently in loading up Outlook and the new circle Hour Glass seemed to be sat “doing nothing”. Well apparently a few other people…
Useful Tips for TroubleShooting Group Policies
I have been spending some time up with our GTSC support department here in the U.K. and it has been fascinating. These Guys and Girls really rock and know their stuff ! While I was there one of the Engineers Kam Patel gave me some really great insight on how Group Policies work, function and…
Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 – Beta 2 available for download
This is now available for download from this location. http://www.Microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/downloads/servicepack.mspx This version of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 – Beta 2 will work with Vista. However a little tweaking needs to be carried out first. For the Virtual Server environment to work correctly under Vista, IIS settings need configuring in the following way; To do…
My Latest Gadget
Hi, on a somewhat lighter note of late. I have got a new really cool toy to play with. This is the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000. It has a really smooth action and has a duality of functions and features. If you are presenting you can flip it over use the control pad…
KDC Event I.D. 11
I was recently working on a customer site and notice in a significant number of System Event logs displayed the following error message. There are multiple accounts with name MSSQLSvc/ABCServer.contoso.com:1433 of type DS_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME. If you get the following message appearing in your System Event Log or something very similiar it needs to be dealt with….
Repadmin unraveling the syntax
Repadmin is a command line tool that is of course extremely useful when it comes to troubleshooting replication problems. However as with all command lines the syntax has to be exactly right otherwise you will get a negative experience. The thing to remember about Repadmin is that you often have to conform to certain naming…
Talking Blogs !
Being relatively new to the Blogosphere, I am like a child in a sweet shop when I come across something “new” to me with regards to making my blog more accessible and functional to my ….hopefully one or two readers !. Well I recently visited Anthony Clendenens blog and I noticed in the top left…
New Add-in for Windows Live Writer
I like many of my blogging colleagues have been using Windows Live Writer for a while now to construct save and post their blogs. I really love it as it means that if you get an odd 5 minutes during the day you can start a draft of your blog and save it for later….