Monthly Archive for September, 2008

Car Test: BMW 325dA Convertible

Ik had al de 120d Cabrio getest, en de dubbelgeblazen 123d in coupé-model geproefd. Ik had ook al even een zijspoortje binnen VW gedaan met een Passat CC en EOS, maar ik was nog altijd niet aan een echte sechszylinder geraakt. Zou ie echt zo goed zijn, of is het allemaal krom gelul van fanboys? Toch even bij mijn atypische BMW-vriendje aangedrongen (hij probeert me altijd in een 320d te lullen), en hij regelde me dan toch een testrit in een 325dA Cabrio - iets anders was niet direct beschikbaar. Piekfijn, dacht ik zo! Een zescilinder, een drie-serie cabrio én een automaat. Drie dingen die nog niet aan bod waren gekomen!

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Stopped the WSS Search? D’oh!

If you’re like me, you sometimes play with SharePoint.  In the last SharePoint Services 3.0 installation I noticed that the search function did not give back results, and I went out to scout what the problem was.

The Windows SharePoint Services Search is configured on the Central Administration website, Operations tab and Services on Server section.  There, you can select which server’s services you want to see, and see their running state and if necessary stop them.

I stopped the Windows SharePoint Services Search services, and that was a Bad Idea.

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Be mindful of the Current Time

If you ever run into one of those messages “The current time on the computer and the current time on the network are different” when trying to log on, you will probably try to log on on the domain controller and try to assess in which amount the time got desynchronised in your domain or between domains in your forrest.  As you might know, Active Directory is picky about time, because the Kerberos authentication does not accept timestamps that differ more than 5 minutes between the machine that is trying to host the login and the domain controller.

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SharePoint redirects, DNS confused

Suppose you have just finished installing a SharePoint Services 3.0 installation in a multi-domain environment, and the installation should be available from a multiple other domains. Suppose you also configured a Web Application that links to http://mysite/.

In your own domain, this will work without a glitch. But not in the other domains!

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Daylight Saving Time woes

Windows features automatic Daylight Saving Time switching, which removes the hassle of changing the date and time manually.  This however causes issues when your government decides to change the beginning and end dates of your local DST regulations, and Microsoft does not or too late come up with the necessary hotfixes.

To set up your DST changes manually, Microsoft published an extensive Knowledge Base article to create the necessary modifications and replicate it throughout your organisation.