AD HelpDesk for OSX Desktop has been released!

Posted on 4/23/2012 by John Bowers in app store apple AD HelpDesk

Do you ever need to reset user passwords, or unlock Active Directory accounts? Is a macbook your primary desktop? If so, AD HelpDesk for OSX might be a valuable addition to your application library.

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AD HelpDesk error resolution: "Unable to find the service principal requested."

Posted on 4/20/2012 by John Bowers in AD HelpDesk LDAP

The full text of the error is:

"Unable to find the service principal requested. The service principal may have been detected incorrectly in your network. Set the 'Default Domain Controller' in preferences to try and work around this."

The suggested resolution (setting the domain controller in preferences) really does work around the issue normally, but if you have done that and are still experiencing difficulties this post will help you solve the problem completely.

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DON’T REJOIN TO FIX: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

Posted on 4/13/2012 by Dan Peterson

If you Google “the trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed”, you get plenty of information from support blogs and Microsoft articles; however, most of them ask you to rejoin your machine to the domain. That’s not always possible.

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AD HelpDesk for OS X Desktop

Posted on 3/21/2012 by John Bowers in AD HelpDesk

We have been working on a OS X desktop version of AD HelpDesk. If you are interested in a little sneak peak, read on.

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Building With GCC 4.6 on OSX

Posted on 3/1/2012 by John Bowers in GCC XCode LLVM Macports

I was recently faced with a problem building some C++ 11 code on OSX. I discovered that for all of the improvements Apple has put into LLVM, it has at least one glaring failure. It does not support lambda expressions. So I was forced to try to get GCC 4.6 building my project on OSX. I ran into two major issues.

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The App Store Revert Button

Posted on 12/13/2011 by John Bowers in app store apple AD HelpDesk

If Apple gave one simple tool to their application developers, users would have much better experiences upgrading applications on their iPhone's, iPads, etc.

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Easily manage more than one domain with AD HelpDesk

Posted on 11/10/2011 by John Bowers in app store AD HelpDesk

AD HelpDesk 2.1 includes support for user defined settings profiles. Settings profiles enable management of multiple Active Directory domains/forests from your iOS device. If you have ever had to try and manage users or groups in more than one domain then this might just be your new favorite feature. Read on to discover how to setup settings profiles and what else they can do for you.

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Introducing Varpanel

Posted on 10/25/2011 by Cody Batt in varpanel Windows developer tools

Why did we create Varpanel? What does it do? Why should you care? Read on to find the answers...

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AppStore Stats

Posted on 10/25/2011 by Jason in app store BUILD apple

Ran across these stats when trying to add some spreadsheet logic to a gut feeling. Really, it's part of the debate we're having when looking at the next implbits project. Pop quiz, how many games are available on Apple's app store today?

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