Windows – Remove the Username (Personal Folder) From the Start Menu
KB ID 0000398 Problem Normal users probably won’t care, but if you’re in a corporate environment or a school for example, you might not want your users having access to the personal folder in their Start Menu. The video below runs though how to remove this option on a single machine and how to remove it with Group Policy Preferences (GPP). Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Group...
Active Sync on Small Business Server 2003 with iPhone
KB ID 0000336 Problem I don’t know why but ActiceSync will NOT work out of the box with SBS 2003, for a long time I’ve just told my clients “it can’t be done”. However after the problem went off the boil for a while, it was the topic of conversation in the office, I did some searching and came up with a solution. You don’t need IMAP – you don’t need ISA server – you just need 5...
Windows – Reset all User Passwords in an OU
KB ID 0000497 Problem I did some bulk user imports for a client this week, and then needed to set all the passwords on these accounts. Seeing as it was a school, and each year group was in its own OU in Active Directory, I needed a way to “Bulk Reset” the passwords. Note: Passwords can NOT be set with a CSV / CSVDE import. Solution 1. We are going to perform this procedure while logged onto a domain controller with...
Bulk Importing Users with CSVDE
KB ID 0000498 Problem This is not a task I’ve had to do for ages, so when I had to do it this week, I thought I’d just do a quick Google search as a refresher. What I can remember was a simple task took me far too long to work out. So heres a quick solution for everybody else. Solution Before I begin, the spreadsheet below, was the hard work of John Haddock, I have only made some minor tweaks and adjustments. 1. You will...
Granting Users Password Change Ability (Password Administration)
KB ID 0000503 Problem This is a two part operation, firstly you need to give the user(s) the rights to change passwords, then give them the tools to do so. Solution Step 1: Grant the rights (Delegation of Control) 1. Whilst logged into a domain controller with administrative access, open “Active Directory Users and Computers” and create a group that you are going to allow password reset rights to. Note: In this example...