UPDATE [6/19/2009]:  Below is my original fix for this problem however in the comments section frymaster provided an alternative.  I am no longer running Vista 64 so haven’t tested it but another user has confirmed it worked for him.

Try deleting this file:

%userprofile%\appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\dsa

It will be recreated after you shut down your MMC console.

Thanks to frymaster for the update!


[Original Post]

I installed the newest version of RSAT for Vista Service Pack 1.  I am running the 64-bit Version of Vista.

After installing this newest version I got this error when trying to start Active Directory Users and Computers:

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
“the application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way”

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Powershell Cheat Sheet

June 27, 2008

Ever use Powershell?  I run into situations every once in a while where it is really useful but I always seem to forget the syntax.  I found a link to a really cool cheat sheet that I just tacked onto my wall so I won’t ever be lost again.

Check it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2007/01/24/powershell-cheat-sheet.aspx

Ever typed an email in Microsoft Outlook and went to put in the recipient and you were delighted to see that after you typed a few letters it had already guessed the right person?

Outlook 2007 Auto Complete

Cool, ever reinstalled an OS or Office and went to do the same thing and Outlook did not finish your thoughts for you? Crap! Were you depending on the auto complete?

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