You can also turn on debug logging for Userenv which will give you a lot more information about what is breaking: Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinlogonValue: UserEnvDebugLevelValue Type: REG_DWORDValue Data: 10002 (Hex)

  for /f ''tokens=1,2'' %%u in ('date /t') do set d=%%vfor /f ''tokens=1'' %%u in ('time /t') do set t=%%uif ''%t:~1,1%''=='':'' set t=0%t%set timestr=%d:~6,4%%d:~3,2%%d:~0,2%%t:~0,2%%t:~3,2%echo %timestr%

I was writing a console app that wanted to retrieve the same memory settings that show up in task manager.  Here are the 4 properties, you just have to divide them by 1024 to get the Megabyte size.    Memory Usage = WorkingSetSize (WMI Property)Peak Memory Usage = PeakWorkingSetSize (WMI Property)VM Size = PageFileUsagePeak VM ...

Q: How can I force my Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 clients to check for new program advertisements? A: Program advertisements occur as part of the Machine Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle action in the SMS 2003 Advanced Client. To force a client to find new programs that are available ahead of the regular discovery ...

I was trying to change the 'schema' on an object from a 'username' to 'dbo' in SQL Server 2005.  The script generates code you have to copy, paste and run on the database.  Thanks to the DBA gurus on the sql-sqlsvr-sprocs@sqladvice.com list (Bill Swartz thanks a bunch) that provided the syntax.  I encourage everyone ...

Over the last few weeks I've actually starting writing articles again.  I've published them on my own little world of code samples and more.  ''This article covers how-to setup an anonymous “blind get” FTP server using Microsoft Windows 2003 built-in FTP server. A “blind get” FTP server provides a method to anonymously transfer files ...

I'm reading up more on Exchange and becoming familiar with some of the options the product offers.  The article below discusses the Sender ID filtering option, it also shows how to apply various policies on incoming SMTP messages. Here are some good reference links besides http://Microsoft.com/exchange/ Various Exchange ...

For those running IIS 5.1 (XP) I would suggest checking this out. Hopefully no one is using for internet production apps. I ran through this sample on my laptop which has visual studio and a debugger and was able to reproduce this. Hmm. Good thing IIS 5/6 are not affected. http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/ Steve

Exchange goodies. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/downloads/2003/tools.mspx

This article covers some basic steps and commands to encrypt your connection string and other items in a configuration file using ASP.NET 2.0.  Microsoft has made it much easier to have a portable key that encrypts certain sections in a web.config that are normally clear text.  I haven't found a quick how-to reference to allow for a ...