Another day-in-the-lifetype post. We have all been there; systems engineers, developers, hobbyists, tinkers or the like finding ourselves troubleshooting network issues. And the first thing we do? Anyone? PING. Right? We all head to PING or IPConfig or some... Read More
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What is the value of passwords?
You probably already know that passwords have not been considered the most secure authentication mechanism for the last 20 years or so. So why are they still around? If you think about it, they don’t even show any sign... Read More
Press release: Specops Deploy enables mobile workforce
Specops Deploy 5.0 supports UEFI and Windows 8.1 Mobile workforce can access PC software One deployment solution for Windows XP to Windows 8.1 Stockholm, Sweden – February 4, 2014. Specops Software announced today the release of Specops Deploy 5.0... Read More
Double Hop Authentication Issue
Have you ever been plagued with the “double hop” authentication issue? I recently had a customer who had this issue and it took a group effort to get it sorted. First things first, what is the double hop? It’s... Read More
Alternate Ways to Update Trusted Sites
Internet Explorer assigns all websites to one of four security zones: Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites or Restricted Sites. The security settings that will be used for that site are dictated by the security zone the site is in.... Read More
Troubleshooting with Group Policy event log
Walking through the basics in troubleshooting anything is a good process to follow. In a previous post about Group Policy troubleshooting I talked about the four areas where you should start: Getting a bit deeper into the Events can be... Read More
4 Steps to Troubleshooting Group Policy
A customer called recently who was having some pretty basic troubles with Specops Deploy. What struck a chord with me was how important the simple, basic steps are in troubleshooting Group Policy. Sure, there is plenty of complex stuff... Read More
Can You Sysprep More Than Three Times?
Sysprep has some limitations, like not being able to run this more than three times on the same machine. But this may be exactly what you want to do when you update a captured image with the latest patches... Read More
Inconsistencies in Password Settings
I have had a couple of customers baffled when their default domain policy has one set of password settings but there is a different set of password settings listed for the Default Domain Policy when they look Specops Password... Read More
Specopssoft.OSDeploy/ImageServer Did Not Receive a reply within the configured timeout (00:30:00)
When publishing a new driver in Specops Deploy OS you may receive the following error message: Specopssoft.OSDeploy/ImageServer did not receive a reply within the configured timeout (00:30:00). This happens when the publish takes longer than the expected 30 minutes.... Read More