When trying to connect to a second domain controller from the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in I received a vague “local error.” Read on to find out how to troubleshoot and correct it.

Friday afternoon I received a call from a coworker who was getting an Access Denied error when she would try to print to a particular network printer.  Sure enough upon inspection of the printer’s ACL I found that one of our organization’s most important Security Groups had been deleted (how that happened is another story). Because ACLs in AD environments are based on the SID, or Security Identifier, of an object rather than it’s name, [...]

Three simple steps for migrating virtual machines created under VMWare’s VMWare Player or Oracle VirtualBox to Microsoft Hyper-V.

This short tutorial will teach you how to perform an unattended (silent) install of Adobe Shockwave Player using the MSI installer they have available to download through their Enterprise Software Distribution website.

If you intend to run niche software or devices, think twice before switching to a 64-bit operating system.