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This provides the search syntax for using the dsquery command on a Domain Controller to find the correct Active Directory DN for a user for use in LDAP authentication scenarios. For example: dsquery user dc=example,dc=com -name user1* which outputs: "CN=user1,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com"

Adding a User Principal Name, or UPN, to Active Directory lets you match user logon names to email addresses, for example, among other things. This page describes how to add a UPN to Active Directory, so you can assign the alternate name to a user in Active Directory Users and Computers.

"User Profile Wizard is a workstation migration tool that will join your machine to a domain, and share your original user profile with your new domain logon so that you can carry on using all your existing data, and keep the same settings that you've always had. By using the User Profile Wizard command line interface and the User Profile Wizard Deployment Kit you can build a scalable, enterprise solution to migrate tens of thousands of workstations." HT to Angela Creason (@creason) for the link!

Customize Default Windows 8. Start Screen for all Machine Users. Allows user to change default screen and doesn't require use of group policy.

"ICSWEEP is a command-line utility to clear the Temporary Internet Files cache of ALL user profiles that are NOT in use when this command is executed." This is excellent for use on Terminal Servers where you want to clear off everyone's Temporary Internet Files at once!

"A Free Standalone GUI utility to Set Permissions for any Windows Service Easily allow (or deny) a user the ability to start, stop, pause or modify any Windows Service with just a few clicks of your mouse! Service Security Editor will help you to configure who can access your important Windows Services. It is an easy-to-use GUI alternative to Microsoft's powerful SC and SubInACL.exe command line programs. However, as with any other administrative tool, please use it with caution"

How to add a Trusted Sites URL without deleting existing sites from the list or locking users from making changes to the same afterwards, using Group Policies.

Your over eager Mac Users may need some pre-coaching before they try to upgrade the OS on their Macs...if you don't manage them.

Great scripts for automating home folder permissions on Windows file servers. \n\n"Using the following three files (Addperm.cmd, Addperm2.cmd, and Yes.txt) you can add the Administrators Group and the User (whose logon name must be the same as the folder na

xNeat clipboard manager (free) is handy and very simple to use. it captures clipboard items as they are copied to the Windows Clipboard, and you can simply bring up a menu containing all (up to user-definable limit, default of 10) the previously copied items and select the item you want to paste from it using a hot key (by default, Ctrl+Shift+V).

Elevate User Permissions in Windows

"AD Tidy is a completely free tool that I created to help other IT Pros out. It can be used to identify when user/computer accounts last logged on to the network and can tidy up these accounts in various different ways."

"The good news is that businesses don't need to wait any longer to deploy Google Chrome. Today, we're announcing that Chrome offers controls that enable IT administrators to easily configure and deploy the browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux according to their business requirements. We've created an MSI installer that enables businesses who use standard deployment tools to install Chrome for all their managed users. We've also added support for managed group policy with a list of policies and a set of templates that allow administrators to easily customize browser settings to manage security and privacy."

"Xinorbis is a simple but powerful (free) hard disk analyser. Using a sophisticated mix of graphs, tables and tree displays, it gives the user a complete overview of the contents of a hard disk, folder, removable or network drive."

"David Mikhail, one of Fairfax County Public Schools' top Windows engineers had put together a master list of software to blacklist via GPO.  This gives us the flexibility to allow users local admin right with some comfort that known bad software can't be installed."

"Tired of crappy software? AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations."

"Simple Network Tester's agents run on PCs located at key locations. You command them to send live test data through your network when you need it.  Run tests from your office using Simple Network Tester's user-friendly web pages.  Monitor the health of your network just by clicking a few links." Tests jitter to simulate VoIP calls and has a free command-line version to download. $29 per company after 15-day trial.

"HTTP Commander is a web file manager known since 2002 and used by 100s of educational organisations and companies. It's a web file sharing and management, file upload -alternative to FTP, WebDav, Sharepoint, Novell, etc. colutions. This software is intended for fast and easy integration into web sites functionality of sharing and management files and documents at the server through a web browser over HTTP. Users can work remotely with personal or shared folders or edit documents online stored on a server." Brought to my attention (and demo'd) by Rob Shaw of Greenwood Christian Church at August Indianapolis CITRT.