Z2K9: The Day the Zune 30 Died…
Wednesday, December 31 2008 - zune, microsoft - 2 comments
It appears that today, at midnight, Zune30’s froze, rebooted, and appear locked up. I have 2 30gb which are showing this issue, but my 80gb Zune is doing just fine.
The issue appears to have been resolved as per below.
JAVA of the PAC
Friday, December 19 2008 - java, kerberos, active-directory, authorization - 1 comments
In some ways, working with .NET code spoils you. When working with ASP.NET apps which want to use Authorization information based upon the authenticated user’s PAC contents, it’s a simple call to IsInRole(). This uses the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) in the Kerberos ticket to determine if a user is in a specific group for determining authorization.
Useful Links for 2008-12-09
Wednesday, December 10 2008 - ilm, idm, miis, active-directory - 0 comments
While finally getting the time to sift through my newsreader, I wanted to post a collection of useful ILM posts that I wanted to remember for future reference:
Zune 3.0: Major Update
Tuesday, September 09 2008 - zune, media, microsoft - 0 comments
Well it looks like Zune 3.0 is dropping the fall update for release on September 16th, and it definitely looks feature rich! The one big feature I have been asking for, which is the ability to subscribe to an artist and have it download any new content on the marketplace is finally here. No more having to remember to search for new content for artists you like! The Wi-Fi integration just took a giant leap forward letting you download and sync from any hotspot, which makes it truly a breakthrough for DAPs. It's not just purchasing, but streaming media. You can find a very detailed list of the new...
Monitoring Hurricane Gustav
Saturday, August 30 2008 - hurricane, storm - 3 comments
In 2005, I was amazed to be able to watch and listen to the events that were going on in the southern US during Hurricane Katrina. Quite a few people had provided webcams, news feeds and audio links of what was going on in real time in that area. So as another hurricane season is in full swing, Gustav, Hanna, and possibly Ike, Josephine, and Kyle in the winds, which are all threatening to cause trouble once again. Here are some of the links of live feeds and information sources that I and others might find helpful over the next few days for remote monitoring of conditions down south. Good luck...
120gb Zune on the way
Monday, August 18 2008 - zune, microsoft - 1 comments
Well look what Long found here . Just this weekend I was complaining (quietly…to myself…) that I was running out of room on my 80gb Zune, so maybe this is a sign. I tend to listen to live DJ sets which can be 2-6 hours long, which as you can imagine can take up a large amount of space on the Zune. I wonder what the “Sweet” spot really is for my collection of music and podcasts, as every time I get a larger player, I always seem to get more music. Do I really need to have it all with me at all times anyway? The Zune Marketplace makes it almost too easy to just keep...
Is Microsoft’s Exchange the new Kleenex?
Wednesday, July 09 2008 - exchange, microsoft - 0 comments
I hope it’s not often that one can relate a messaging platform from Microsoft, with a disposable tissue from the Kimberly-Clark company. It appears that “Exchange” maybe making in roads into our genericized vocabulary similar to how “Kleenex”, “Coke”, and “Tivo” are used when referring to Tissues, Cola based soft drinks, and Digital Video Recorders (DVR). After reading a post on Tim Heur’s Method ~of~ Failure blog, where he mentions that Apple is using the slogan of “Exchange for the rest of us” when referring to their latest MobileMe service, you would believe that everyone knows what...
Logging the source IP of simple LDAP binds
Thursday, May 22 2008 - adds, adlds, ldap - 0 comments
Simple bind events don't record the calling Computer as the source, but record the ADDS-DC or the ADLDS instance name, so you cannot determine where the simple bind request came from. So if you are trying to track down where the calling machine is that is locking out a user, you cannot determine this from the event log. However, you can tell what instance the event is taking place on if you are trying to determine which AD server is being used. Here are some ideas that might help you track down what machine the simple bind is coming from, even if you cannot log it normally.
Help Microsoft to improve DHCP server
Wednesday, May 21 2008 - networking, windows - 0 comments
It appears the Networking team is looking for feedback on how to improve future releases of the Microsoft DHCP server role in Windows Server. For me, the first thing that comes to mind is: Add WMI support This has always been one of the "Duh" points in the whole management of network services for me. You really can't get access to DHCP server information such as scope definitions, or lease information programmatically. Sure, netsh is a great tool for doing some management tasks, or dumping configuration data to text files , but that requires parsing out of data, in an attempt to make...
Share your Zune Pass, not your Social
Wednesday, May 21 2008 - music, zune, media - 5 comments
I love the Microsoft Zune Pass, since to me it's the most economical way to discover and enjoy music. Currently with a single Zune pass for $15 a month, you can connect 3 computers, and 3 Zune devices, with unlimited downloads of music. It allows you to have separate music libraries on multiple profiles on a single PC, or multiple PCs.
This is a much improved model over the Apple iTunes "Buy" model which seems to lock you in to pay more, and get less ability to consume media how you may want too. However, with the addition of the Zune Social community some issues are apparent with sharing a Zune Pass that I think MS should rectify to promote the Zune pass.
