Being an EDU Microsoft about gives us the licensees.  Lousy pay and
benefits are made up for with the nice extras that companies like Microsoft
and a couple of other give us to work with.

Jon

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:47 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Shame - I can't find the resource to deploy a 2008 DC just yet, what with
> our new housing system going live and VDI approaching rapidly over the
> horizon
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> 2009/5/29 Jon Harris <[email protected]>
>
>  If you have one 2008 DC you have preferences, but I have not played with
>> them yet.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>   On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:42 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote:
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>>> I thought that was for AD 2008?
>>>
>>> 2009/5/29 Sean Rector <[email protected]>
>>>
>>>   Instead of using a custom AD attribute, what about GP Preferences?  I
>>>> rid myself of a logon script completely by using GPP.  WS2k3 Domain, XP
>>>> clients
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sean Rector, MCSE
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, May 29, 2009 9:34 AM
>>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>>> *Subject:* Custom AD attribute question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We are in the middle of cutting down our reliance on AppSense and as
>>>> such have had to come up with new ways of mapping drives, printers,
>>>> deploying shortcuts, etc.  We have deployed drive mappings via AD group
>>>> memberships using a custom AD attribute assigned to the group. However, for
>>>> our helpdesk staff, using ADSI Editor to change the attributes of the group
>>>> (if necessary) is a little daunting. Is there any way that you can create
>>>> some sort of extension to ADUC to modify a custom attribute? Or does anyone
>>>> have any other way of modifying this without using ADSI Editor? i was sure 
>>>> I
>>>> read an article once relating to it, but my Googling appears to be weak
>>>> today (must be the heat in here)
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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