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Support and honesty are crucial

I have been involved with attempts to rescue failed projects. The ones that seemed to turn around like magic are where there is (1) executive support for the recovery work, and (2) the new leader has the time and authority to understand the root cause

Tags: fail, rescue, agile, programming, it management, project management, software, theo@..., Honesty, root cause

Discussion threads 2006-11-12

Use root cause analysis to get to the bottom of an issue

One way to understand the root cause of a problem is to perform a simple root cause analysis. Root cause analysis just requires you to ask a series of "why" questions. When an issue arises, it should be resolved as quickly as possible. This makes sense since our...

Tags: Tom Mochal, Workforce management, Project management, Root-cause Analysis, symptom, root cause, puddle, Project Management Newsletter, Problem, Cause, Analysis, Plant Manager

Technical articles 2005-07-19

Use root cause analysis to get to the bottom of an issue

Not done often enoughRoot cause analysis isn't done often enough by vendors who support major systems, even though they profess to supporting a root cause analysis approach. When push comes to shove though, I rarely see a true root cause analysis. This seems to be a more severe problem now...

Tags: analysis, it management, root cause, root cause analysis, rzimmerman@...

Discussion threads 2005-07-20

Reimaging vs. troubleshooting

Reimaging a user's hard drive is a great way to get that user back up and running quickly, but this approach does not usually reveal the problem's root cause. When do you believe it is better to reimage instead of troubleshoot?Techs are often forced to choose between troubleshooting a problem...

Tags: Bill Detwiler, hard drive, root cause

Technical articles 2001-02-15

Get to the root of your project management problems

When you're struggling to meet a project deadline, there could be dozens of reasons why you're missing the mark. Project mentor Tom Mochal explains how asking a series of "why" questions can get to the root of a problem.All too often, project managers waste valuable time by simply treating the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Tom Mochal, bank, Chi, root cause, project management

Technical articles 2000-10-02

Additional Resources

Root PDC installation

Basicaly i need to do a brand new reinstallation of the root PDC for the company as far as i am aware this means all the child domains will need to be demoted and joined to the new root domain. but a colleague tells me that all we need to...

Tags: SuP3RcEl1, domain, PDC

Discussion threads 2007-07-04

Microsoft Exchange Server Add Root Certificate (EXE)

Use the Add Root Certificate tool to add your own root certificate onto your Pocket PC device. For security, organizations often wish to use secure connections SSL when syncing or accessing a server. A number of Pocket PC 2002 applications use root certificates and SSL. If your organization prefers to...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Certificate, Pocket PC, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Productivity, E-mail Servers, Network Security, Groupware, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Security, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking

Software downloads 2007-09-05

lost root password.

Hi,We have Sun Server with Solaris 8 and root file system is vxvm, now i have lost root password how to recover the root password when root file system is vxvm ?Please help this is urgentThanks in advance DattatrayYou may want to search for some Veritas or Sun Forums and...

Tags: Servers, password

Q&A 2006-08-31

Fedora Core user name

by any chance would anyone know what would be the user name for fedora core 4 by defualt if you didnt set up a username.thanks in advancerootthe always in any *x os is root, the system administrator account.YOu have to have a root account. If you don't know your...

Tags: Fedora Core, Fedora Project, linux, michael@...

Q&A 2005-08-11

Move a domain from the forest

Is there a way to move entire domain from an exisiting forest to a new forest. I have a subdomain in the exisitng forest with FQDN domain.root.com. I want to make isolate it and make it a forest root for a new forest with the same name. Is there a...

Tags: forest, domain

Q&A 2006-09-05

DFS share to non-domain computers

Hi,How do I give non-domain account access to dfs share folders? I have the main root, lets call it mydomainmain. The main dfs root is on server A. The non-domain computers can access that just fine. The problem I'm having is with the links that's is on another server (server...

Tags: computer, Eminent87, it management, non-domain computer, server

Q&A 2005-04-04

installing amsn

hey folks, just installed fedora 2.0, i ve gone through most posts and tutorials on linux and am kinda stuck if not frustrated...becuase most of the posts assume all goes well which doesnt happen all teh time.all im trying to do is install amsn. and this how am doing it:downloaded...

Tags: Linux, Instant messaging, pcbuddy

Q&A 2004-10-30

Replicating Dfs Root

Am trying to replicate my new dfs root to my other domain controller but keep having problems.when i get to the screen,Specify the dfs root share.When i specify the share,i get an error saying"Cannot create a file when that file halready exits"When i change the file,i still get the same...

Tags: Dfs Root

Q&A 2005-10-09

The Art of Rootkits

A rootkit is a program. Rootkits come in all different shapes and styles, some more advance than others. Rootkits are basically programs that help attackers keep their position as root. Rootkits are usually installed on systems when they have been successfully compromised and the highest level of access has been...

Tags: Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

White papers 2004-04-06

Sophos antivirus put out a free root remover

Sophos has a free down load of a root kit, it will find hidden shares or files and show them to you. So you can ether remove them or disable them. With the root kit from the music company a few months ago and the bot nets going on, this...

Tags: antivirus, off-topic, root kits, security, Sophos Anti-Virus, Sophos Plc., spyware, windows, xp, zlito@...

Discussion threads 2006-09-01

Windows 2003 root CA hosed up

When I first set up this Win2K3 domain, I installed a root CA and a subordinate CA. We started to have problems with the certificate exchange within the domain, so I looked up the problem here and ran the certutil function, which cleaned it all up. the result is that...

Tags: bernhardt@..., certificate, Computer Associates International Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2003, root ca, windows, windows 2003

Discussion threads 2007-01-19

Preventing users from moving folders

How do I set the permissions on NT 4.0 and 2000 to prevent users from moving folders in the root share, but have full control of their subfolders that are inside of root folders...-root share -root folders "don't want users moving these" ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, rusty383@...

Discussion threads 2005-02-14

i forgot root password of my system

Hi Every OneI am using linux OS and i forgot root password of my system .so i want to ask u that is there any posibility of breaking the password pls help me in this......Review this site firstForgetting the root password is not the end of the world - there...

Tags: raghu_nath_flint@..., password

Discussion threads 2007-10-20

SCO root password recovery

The root password has been lost for a SCO 2.01 box, we do not have emergency recovery disks. Is their a way to "break" the boot cycle to access single user mode or some other way to get into this box? HELP!!New job, old Admin took info with...

Tags: disk, jgtyler@..., linux, password, SCO Group Inc.

Q&A 2004-12-15

Domain Trusts

I've configured a lab with 2 forest root domains (A & B forests). The A forest is a root domain and the B forest has a C and a D child domain.I've created a forest to forest trasitive trust between A and B. I also created an external non-transitve...

Tags: C, Domain, domain, Forest Root, jbm@..., windows

Q&A 2006-08-21