Rolling out new Password Policies can require planning. Captain Obvious? Maybe. But planning, planning and planning will ensure you ask all your questions upfront. It is tortoise and hare right? “Less haste, more speed!” In discussing some planning with... Read More
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Custom Attribute Mobile
Overview Specops Password Reset (SPR) leverages mobile devices for resetting passwords, and receiving new, possibly temporary, passwords from the Service Desk. When organizations choose to use Mobile Devices, the mobile numbers must be available to the Service Desk. SPR... Read More
Orphaned Deployments
I have been known to say “Group Policy comes without a this may be a career limiting configuration change you are about to make, are you sure!? message.” You can do a lot of things with GP that can cause... Read More
Reset passwords with mobile app
We know what it’s like to get blasted with helpdesk calls after every holiday and vacation period. As long as people use passwords, people will forget passwords. Which is why we’ve made resetting passwords even easier with our mobile... Read More
Multiple Drives Causes a Deployment Error
My colleague Johan had lent his tablet to Mikael, another fellow Product Specialist, to evaluate for a few days. When Mikael started to deploy Windows 8 to the tablet with Specops Deploy, he got the following error: Failure (5456):... Read More
Gpupdate Prof: Read Remote Registry
Gpupdate Professional is a remote management tool that allows a desktop administrator to manage his or her desktop environment from a single location. You essentially get a remote administration center for your client machines through a menu extension in... Read More
Create a secure password you can actually remember
A strong password is long and complex. Adding spaces, upper case, and special characters make it harder to crack. But if you take user behavior into consideration, it is unrealistic to expect them to create and remember long passwords... Read More
Press Release: Specops Password Management now supports passphrases
Passphrase policy increases password security New admin interface improves user experience Stockholm, Sweden – June 17, 2014. Specops Software announced today the latest release of Specops Password Management. The new version now supports the use of passphrases in addition... Read More
Custom MDT Properties
There is a relatively new feature in Specops Deploy/OS that has proven to solve some interesting challenges. There have been a few posts related to the feature showing examples of how it can be used. You can find the... Read More
NIC Configuration Error
Recently, I redeployed a few laptops with Specops Deploy and after boot up I got the following error: Once I hit OK, the computer rebooted into the same error. This unusual error is caused by the system booting into an... Read More