Spat's WebLog (Steve Patrick)
When things go wrong...
EFS failures after upgrade to 2008
FYI .. ( havent had time to finish the kerb posts.. but here is an important FYI )...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 02/18/2008
Been busy..
Just an FYI that I've been very busy but do plan on posting again soon.
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 02/15/2008
MELE KALIKIMAKA!!!
Well, things have been very busy ( too busy to finish the Kerberos series for now ) but Merry...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 12/23/2007
"Kerberos delegation .. end to end" Part III
When we last left off, we had just installed SQL. Also my standard disclaimer for this series: First...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 11/26/2007
Set WMI namespace security via GPO (script)
This was an example of setting WMI security via a script - the specific question was: “Is there a...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 11/21/2007
"Kerberos delegation .. end to end" Part II
When we left off - I was about to install SQL. Also my standard disclaimer for this series: First...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 11/20/2007
(OT) recent going ons
Way off topic.. Well lot’s of things been going on lately. First off I learned how to fly fish! Man...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 11/15/2007
Dr Watson knows best..
I recently worked on a case which involved a crash ( it was the MMC ) which didn’t have a lot of...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 11/07/2007
A few handy queries to ask Active Directory
I just wanted to do a random DS related post . These are a few useful constructed attributes. A...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 11/06/2007
AD insight released as free download
Some folks may recall this from using the Winternals product,.. ADInsight is an LDAP (Light-weight...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 11/06/2007
(OT) In College? Download Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for US$59.95
Yes I know.. I havent done a real techincal post in a while.. but I thought this was cool...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 10/25/2007
I'm proud to work for this man..
https://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/malaria/2003897861_malariatanzania09.html When you stop and...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 09/24/2007
Debugging services..
How to debug Windows services covers the main points – but I think a common issue is debugging why a...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 09/17/2007
(OT) Sun to become Windows Server OEM and companies to collaborate on cross-platform virtualization
cool news! https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/sep07/09-12MSSunAlliancePR.mspx
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 09/12/2007
Back up your event logs when full
So many reg keys, so little time AutoBackupLogFiles - backs up the event logs "Using this entry...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 09/11/2007
Authentication weirdness
Odd things … Well - its been very busy around here and I haven't had a lot of time for posts.. but...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 09/05/2007
Putting CAPI2 logging to good use...
So there was a problem with a printer which you could connect to via SSL in order to print via IPP....
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 08/08/2007
Is there any debug logs or tracing logs can help us to monitor certificate importing or EFS decrypting?
This is a recent question I saw ... You can track detailed EFS events such as EFS decrypt\encrypt...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 08/07/2007
Get a hotfix -- without having to call MS...
In this new age of the internet... You now can obtain a hotfix without having to interact with a...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 07/25/2007
Why not to use DFSR one way replication....
I won’t go into any support statements or nonsense in this post ( not foolish enough to step into...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 07/21/2007
(OT) Western Digital My Book exprience.
A few friends have lost data from HD crashes recently - important items like music collections and...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 07/19/2007
Notify users of cert expiration...
A recent mail thread was asking about querying for cert about to expire and notifying the users of...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 07/19/2007
Breakpoints 200
Before I got distracted with cred roaming and new netlogon goodness… we were talking about...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 06/28/2007
MaxConcurrentAPI update - monitor the netlogon secure channel ... finally!
Edit 11/21/2011 NOTE: Please see https://support.microsoft.com/kb/975363 for updated informaton Here...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 06/22/2007
Credential Roaming hotfix...
Just a slight detour from our debugging stuff for some new info on credential roaming\DIMS ......
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 06/19/2007
Breakpoints 101
So I thought I would do something about breakpoints.. something basic and build it up to something...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 06/08/2007
EFS and Vista... and XP
I just wanted to make sure folks realized that Vista and XP EFS files aren't exactly compatible......
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 06/07/2007
New Security code samples...
Dan, over at JWSecure has written a bunch of new samples for some difficult to use API's (...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 05/14/2007
New Auditing in Vista
Something that is not well known in Vista….this ain't your typical auditing. There is a HUGE amount...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 05/11/2007
Smartcard logon over Terminal Services ( RDP redirection ) pII ( vista FYI )
It seems I do spend a fair bit of time with smartcards lately, but I have some other interesting...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 05/09/2007
A few of my favorite things...debug commands
Well. not really, I mean - not in the big picture right? Else that would be a sad existence...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 05/07/2007
Group Policy and profile load tshooting in Vista
In my other post I mentioned that we moved some of the events from Userenv logs to other areas, and...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 05/02/2007
LH Beta 3 OCSP doc..
This white paper describes the concepts behind and steps needed to install, configure, and...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 04/30/2007
What does CTRL+SysRq+SysRq do?
Well, if you booted to debug mode - but not really, via /debug=disable, noumex (no user mode...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 04/30/2007
Support WebCast: Credential Roaming Basics
If you want to know more about DIMS ( credential roaming ) this may be interesting to you. Webcast...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 04/24/2007
Corrupted EFS Files...
Be aware of this - https://entkb.symantec.com/security/output/n2007020810462848.html spat keyword:...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 04/11/2007
OT: Summer is nearly here...
So I was thinking about buying one of these el cheapo RC planes...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 04/11/2007
SSPI failures due to stack size.
I was recently engaged by a SQL dev in order to help out on a tough nut they were working on. A...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 04/04/2007
What's SPat been up to..
Another reason not to have a single label domain name.... I worked on a case recently where the WMI...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 04/02/2007
Vista and mandatory profiles
In Vista roaming profiles are a little different. We append .V2 to the file servers copy o fthe...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 03/15/2007
Atbroker.exe - Application Error in Vista
So I go to remote into my machine via RDP tonight and up comes a black screen and the popup error:...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 03/14/2007
Troubleshooting PKI Problems on Windows Vista
CAPI2 Diagnostics is a feature in Windows Vista™ and Windows Server® Code Name "Longhorn". This...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 03/13/2007
Kerberos PAC Validation… what is it?
Kerberos is well… Kerberos. And NTLM is NTLM right? Right. Most of the time. This post is from a...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 03/07/2007
EFS and Vista.... and backup ( or lack thereof )
EFS and Vista…One word of warning. Backup with Vista does not backup your encrypted files. Let’s...
Author: Spat-MSFT Date: 03/01/2007