February 2008 - Posts

posted Friday, February 29, 2008 7:48 AM by martin :: (Comments Off)

On Leaving Microsoft

Today was my last day at Microsoft.  I've worked at Microsoft in the UK for the last 8 years, and now it's time for something different. I want to say thanks to all the great people I've worked with over the years, including... The ADCs Dave Allen, Read More
posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:21 AM by martin :: 1 Comments

SLPS - Software Licensing and Protection Services

Here's an interesting new product/service from Microsoft.  Let's take the "protection" aspect first... You can purchase things called Permutations.  Each permutation is a new secure virtual machine, or SVM, which is unique to you.  Microsoft Read More
posted Friday, February 22, 2008 6:29 AM by martin :: 1 Comments

Windows SID Conversion Utility

Recently I wanted a tool that could convert a SID in SDDL format (such as S-1-5-20) into a Windows account name.  I'm sure there must be a lot of utilities out there to do this, but I couldn't find one.  So I wrote one. You can download it here. Read More