Author Archives: brian.wuchner

Windows 2000 P2V blue screens

Posted on January 7, 2010 by brian.wuchner

I recently had two older model Compaq servers blue screen after a P2V conversion. In each case the physical machines had a diagnostic partition (without an assigned drive letter) on disk before the boot/C: partition. While using the VMware Converter … Continue reading →

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Active Directory Management with Active Administrator

Posted on December 15, 2009 by brian.wuchner

I had a need the other day to restore a deleted OU from a Windows 2003 Active Directory.  This used to be such a big deal; requiring the AD, Server and Backup guys all working together.  Authoritative restores are such a … Continue reading →

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Homegrown Dictionary/Rainbow Table Password Discovery

Posted on November 22, 2009 by brian.wuchner

Sometimes it is really easy to figure out a user’s password.  Just check out that picture to the right.  Other times the password is less obvious but could come from a list of passwords you already know.  For example, if your … Continue reading →

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Script to create 10,000 test users

Posted on November 22, 2009 by brian.wuchner

I thought I would share the script I made to create 10,000 test users in an NT 4.0 domain for my test lab.  I should note a couple of things: When I first ran this script, my domain only had … Continue reading →

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Verify network translation

Posted on October 24, 2009 by brian.wuchner

Again, some earlier code.  I’m not sure how good this works…I had ran it for a few weeks awhile back.  However, my IP address changed and I received a lot of notifications before I had a chance to resolve it. … Continue reading →

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