Ramblings from The Montopolis Group

This error can occur if the password for the user account that is used for anonymous access in IIS is not synchronized with one of the following passwords:• The password for the user account in Active Directory

• The password for the user account in Local Users and Groups

To synchronize the IIS password with the password that is used in Active Directory or in Local Users and Groups, follow these steps:1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

2. Use the cd command to connect to the folder where the Adsutil.vbs file is located. By default, the Adsutil.vbs file is located in the following folder:

drive:\Inetpub\Adminscripts

Note drive is the folder where Windows is installed.

3. At the command prompt, type Cscript adsutil.vbs get w3svc/anonymoususerpass, and then press ENTER. Note the password that is generated.

Note You may have to set the Issecure property in the Adsutil.vbs file to False before you generate a password. To do this, follow these steps:a. In Notepad, open the Adsutil.vbs file.

b. On the Edit menu, click Find, type IsSecureProperty = True, and then click Find Next.

c. Change “IsSecureProperty = True” to “IsSecureProperty = False”.

d. Save the changes, and then close Notepad.

4. Click Start, click Run, type Dsa.msc, and then click OK.

Note If the Web server is a stand-alone server, type Lusrmgr.msc.

5. Expand the domain that you want, and then click Users. If the Web server is a stand-alone server, click Users.

6. Right-click the user account that you want, and then click Reset Password or Set Password.

7. Type the password that you obtained in step 3 two times, and then click OK.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909887

I upgraded my HP nc8430 laptop from 1gb of RAM to 2gb today because Vista performance was just killing me. 

I didn’t believe 1gb of RAM would make that big of a difference – BOY WAS I WRONG!

Vista is no longer a hinderance to me – its fast and snappy.   YEAH!!!

I had already turned off all the “extras” like Aero, Defender, etc to try to make 1gb work.

What a difference 1gb of extra RAM makes…

After much frustration

1. reboot
2. reset wsus on client (script), wait for propogation
3. reset ie security settings, resync client
4. reset ie advanced settings, resync client
5. review windowsupdate.log for in-depth troubleshooting

The diva has done it again!  A post every business owner and person in charge of IT needs to have. 

http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/05/11/looking-for-disaster-planning-links.aspx

I have been so looking forward to these two features in Longhorn:

• Server Core (a barebones way to install Windows, allows “embedded” type servers like we do on Linux/Unix)
• Read-only domain controllers

A very nice article at TechTarget gives the low down.  A must read for all system administrators!