The dot before the Net : Technical

Synchronizing machine time with domain controller

Sanket Bakshi — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:30:30 GMT

Sometimes when joining a machine to a new domain, you might get an error saying "The time on your machine does not match with the network time". On getting this error while logging in, the machine will not allow you to log in to the domain. I just got this error today when setting up a new virtual machine for the environment.

The basic issue here is that the time on the machine is not automatically synched with the time on the domain controller. (Not sure why this matters, great if somebody can clarify).

But anyways, to resolve this problem, simply login as a local account and sync the time with the domain controller using the Net time command.

To do this, goto the command prompt and run the following -

NET TIME /domain:mydomainname /SET /Y

This will synchronize the machine time to that of the domain controller. After doing this, you can simply log off and log on again with the domain user.

--Sanket

My new articles published

Sanket Bakshi — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 22:08:00 GMT

Since my last post regarding my articles, there have been a couple of things that I was working with. Here are some things that have been published since then.

1. Biztalk Server - Business Value
http://www.pcquest.com/content/enterprise/2006/106060807.asp

2. Fighting Call Center Blues with CCF
http://www.pcquest.com/content/enterprise/2006/106071603.asp

3. Biztalk 2004 Business Rules (This is an old one but published online recently)
~~http://www.pcquest.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?artid=82720~~
http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/enterprise/2006/106040804.asp (Changed Link)

As always, do let me know your feedback on these. That will just help me make them better. :)

--Sanket

Virtual PC goes free!

Sanket Bakshi — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:48:07 GMT

Since its inception, the Virtualization has definitely been a fantastic stuff for the Dev Community.
Nothing better than the fact that it allows you to separate out your environments without any extra hardware cost :).

Brilliant isn't it? I myself use quite a lot of virtual PCs for all the technologies that I work on.

So I can mess up however with my Biztalk 2006 Server and still my host OS - Win XP remains cool.

The best part thats now unveiled - MS Virtual PC is FREE

So just run to the Microsoft's virtual pc site and download your copy there.

--Sanket

Links to my other writings

Sanket Bakshi — Wed, 24 May 2006 08:33:00 GMT

Off late, I have been quite active in writing for various publications including the Developer.com, Devx.com and the PC Quest magazine (India).

Following are just a few links of all my articles that have made it online -

1. Message Transformations in Biztalk Server
Thats the first Biztalk article that I had published. It revolves entirely around the message transformation features in Biztalk 2004.
http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/29128

2. EAI with Biztalk Server
This was published with PC Quest in December 2005 issue. This article does a pretty good job of introducing the .Net developers to the Biztalk Server. It gives a high level overview of what the Biztalk Server is and about its components.
~~http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/enterprise/2005/105121801.asp~~
http://www.pcquest.com/content/enterprise/2005/105121801.asp

3. Business Rules in Biztalk Server
This article gives an introduction to the Business Rules Engine in Biztalk Server 2004. It also gives an introduction to the Business Rules Composer for editing the rules.
http://www.pcquest.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?artid=81452

4. EAI with Service Oriented Architecture
Take an insight into how Biztalk Server helps creating modular applications leveraging the Service Oriented Architecture.
http://www.pcquest.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?artid=80856

5. Tap into Oracle Databases with SQL Server Reporting Services
A small hands on article giving an insight into accessing the Oracle databases from the SQL Reporting Services.
http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3524781

--Sanket