New Directory Services KB Articles

KB Articles

950836	You encounter poor performance when you use the SMB 2.0 protocol to perform network-related operations, such as ADMT migration, on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
972105	SYSVOL migration to DFSR unnecessarily replicates or conflicts files in Windows Server 2008
970659	A computer that is running Windows Server 2003 stops responding (hangs) during startup if many IPv6 addresses are assigned
973071	The File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) service may cause high CPU usage in a Windows Server 2003
959963	Description of Group Policy Preference Migration Tool (GPPMIG)
971302	Single CALs support is available for Terminal Server license servers that are running Windows Server 2008
973306	Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 may report incorrect ping statistics for a response similar to “Destination Host Unreachable”
973072	Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) takes more than 60 seconds to load Group Policy object (GPO)

 

Windows 2008R2 Webcast

So you are up to speed with Windows 2008 , time to get on to Windows 2008 R2 🙂

webcast by Matt Hester from MS – Link

New Blog to add to the list.. PowerShell and AD

This looks like a good one .. PowerShell and Active Directory. I need to start using PowerShell soon and hopefully this blog will give me some ideas.

Link to Blog

REPLMON on 64bit/ Windows 2008 … where is it?

Have to admit I was suprised when I found out that there would be no 64bit Replmon and Windows 2008 Version.  This article from the DS Team explains how repadmin can be far more powerful then Replmon. I can understand that but sometimes a GUI is a real time saver….

Getting Over Replmon

New Directory Services KB Articles

KB Articles

972852	Promoting a Windows Server 2008 RODC with a pre-created computer account fails wit error “c00002e2 Directory Services could not start….”
973049	The logon screen on a portable computer may not be resized correctly after you remove an external monitor, and then you wake the Windows XP based computer from sleep or hibernation
959085	When you run the “Ipconfig /displaydns” command in Windows XP, the results are incomplete
960890	Some tabs are not available in the properties of a user account in the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in after you install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on a computer that is running Windows Vista
971259	Some security events are not logged into the security event log on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista after you restart the computer
970146	The Group Policy setting is not displayed in the GPMC after you configure either the “Change the time zone” or the “Create symbolic links” Group Policy setting on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
969874	When you use the Active Directory Lookup feature for Microsoft Services for NFS the ownership information of the files and folders in an NFS share is missing after several minutes
971404	You encounter poor performance after thousands of IP addresses are bound to a network adapter on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
949538	A smart card logon to a terminal session stops responding on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008
968292	Cached passwords for computer accounts are reset when you remove a RODC that is running Windows Server 2008 from an Active Directory after you clear the check box that resets cached passwords for computer accounts