HOW TO: Reset your Lost 2003 Active Directory Admin Password

AskTheAdmin is back again with another “how to” for the GAS readers. Today’s tutorial will be covering a technique that will allow you to reset your lost 2003 Active Directory Administrator Password.

Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us and you are not alone. I have never had this happen to me in a production environment but it did a few times in test domains.

This article assumes that you forgot the AD admin password, someone changed it on you, or you are recovering from an attack.

This is not meant as a how to hack your company’s Active Directory – nope, not in any way, shape, or form. In case you decide to use this tutorial for nefarious purposes, we can not be held liable for your stupidity. With that said let’s move on.

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HOW TO: Destroy Civilization with Nanotechnology

All you need to know to destroy the world is in this step-by-step guide. A motion capture animation by Ransom Riggs.

Overpowered Power Wheels Kid Car

What do you get when you combine an adult with too much time on his hands and a Power Wheels toy car? This is what you get:



Time to Update Your Acrobat Reader

By PatB
Contributing Writer, [GAS]

On February 20th, [GAS] warned readers that the current version of Acrobat Reader had a security flaw that bad guys were exploiting to deliver malware.ย  Adobe has worked hard and just released an updated version of their ubiquitous software for both PC and Mac.ย  So don’t walk, but run to Adobe’s site here and get the new patched version.

Wednesday Geeky Pics: A “Wii” Bit Geeky

By Casey Lynn
Contributing Writer, [GAS]

Whatever your opinion of the Wii as a gaming platform, one thing is for sure: it’s a lot more interesting to watch someone else playing a Wii than the more traditional videogame consoles. Not since the invention of the home DDR mat has there been such opportunity for spectator entertainment. In any case, that means that there is a fair amount of photography devoted to the Wii floating around, and here are a few gems picked out from the herd.

My wife thought she’d won when she banned videogames to the garage, but really that was my plan all along! Bwhahaha.
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Welcome to the Solar System (Video)

Why was Pluto demoted? What is the Kuiper belt? Do you know your way around our galactic neighborhood? Welcome to the Solar System: At least 7 billions miles across, home to 8 planets, 166 moons, and billions of asteroids, comets, and meteorites.

Green Geek’s Dream: Philips Master LED Light Bulb

Isn’t this the coolest looking light bulb you’ve ever seen? Philips’ new Master LED light bulb gives as much light as a conventional 40-watt bulb, but with a 45,000-hour lifespan, four times as much as a CFL and a total power consumption of seven watts. However, with a price tag of $50 to $70 per unit, replacing all light sources in your home with LED light bulbs could become quite the project. The Master LED Light Bulbs are already on sale in Europe, but we won’t see them here in North America until next July.

[Via Core77]

The Sixth Sense: A Revolution in Wearable Tech

This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.

Geeky Wedding Attended by Robots

By Casey Lynn
Contributing Writer, [GAS]

Do geeky marriage proposals end in geeky weddings? Maybe so, but at the very least, here’s one example of the latter. These two were married during a break in a robotics competition, right in the middle of the arena. I wonder if they brought in the judge, or if he’s a robot buff, too?

Congratulations to the happy couple, and may their days be long and filled with epic robot battles.

[Via Geekdad]

Seagate Unveils SATA3

Yesterday, Seagate unveiled the new SATA3 hard drive interface technology, which should offer transfer speeds of up to 6 Gb per second, about twice as fast as what SATA2 can currently achieve.

The new technology will be retro-compatible with SATA and SATA2 interfaces and should be released before the end of the year. Unfortunately, SATA3 isn’t a standard yet and is only supported by AMD, which should change quickly enough if the new drive interface is a fast as announced. AMD plans to fully support the technology on all its future chipsets.

[Via CNet]