Changing a Windows account picture on one computer is simple. Changing it reliably for multiple domain users, across multiple domain-joined computers, while retaining central control is a slightly different problem. I wanted a system where profile pictures could be administered…
I wanted domain users on my order.realm network to have their own Windows account pictures automatically applied when they log on to a domain computer. The environment in this example uses: The final result is that a user can log…
When I first started experimenting with Active Directory in Realm Labs, the obvious platform was Windows Server. That’s what Active Directory is built around, after all. I already had Windows Server running virtually under Proxmox, which gave me somewhere to…
Remote Desktop is one of those Windows features that usually either works immediately or sends you down a permissions rabbit hole. This particular problem came up in Realm Labs when I had a Windows machine joined to the order.realm domain…
One of the things I like about running Active Directory at home is that it gives me somewhere to experiment with the same sort of problems that appear in much larger environments. Mapped drives are a perfect example. They start…
