If you haven't found out, the Windows Server 2003 Admin Pack does not work on Vista. This can be annoying for sys admins that aren't lucky enough to have Server 2008 installed everywhere. Luckily, there's a quick fix

1. Download and install the Server 2003 Admin Pack
2. Copy and and paste the following code into notepad and save it as "Adminpackfix.cmd" or something like that
   @echo off REM RegisterAdminPak.cmd REM (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. set filelist=adprop.dll azroles.dll azroleui.dll ccfg95.dll set filelist=%filelist% certadm.dll certmmc.dll certpdef.dll certtmpl.dll set filelist=%filelist% certxds.dll cladmwiz.dll clcfgsrv.dll clnetrex.dll set filelist=%filelist% cluadmex.dll cluadmmc.dll cmproxy.dll cmroute.dll set filelist=%filelist% cmutoa.dll cnet16.dll debugex.dll dfscore.dll set filelist=%filelist% dfsgui.dll dhcpsnap.dll dnsmgr.dll domadmin.dll set filelist=%filelist% dsadmin.dll dsuiwiz.dll imadmui.dll lrwizdll.dll set filelist=%filelist% mprsnap.dll msclus.dll mstsmhst.dll mstsmmc.dll set filelist=%filelist% nntpadm.dll nntpapi.dll nntpsnap.dll ntdsbsrv.dll set filelist=%filelist% ntfrsapi.dll rasuser.dll rigpsnap.dll rsadmin.dll set filelist=%filelist% rscommon.dll rsconn.dll rsengps.dll rsjob.dll set filelist=%filelist% rsservps.dll rsshell.dll rssubps.dll rtrfiltr.dll set filelist=%filelist% schmmgmt.dll tapisnap.dll tsuserex.dll vsstskex.dll set filelist=%filelist% w95inf16.dll w95inf32.dll winsevnt.dll winsmon.dll set filelist=%filelist% winsrpc.dll winssnap.dll ws03res.dll for %%i in (%filelist%) do ( echo Registering %%i ... regsvr32 /s %%i ) echo. Echo Command Completed
3. Run the script as administrator and you're set

External Links

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930056 - KB article about this subject. Gives you more specifics than I go into.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e487f885-f0c7-436a-a392-25793a25bad7&displaylang=en - Server 2003 SP1 Admin Pack

Clearing out the last logged on user from the login screen is is a very simple task that I like to set on my domains and as the local policies for workgroup computers. It helps out in two different ways: first as a matter of security because an attacker walking up to the computer doesn't necessarily know a user name to log in with and second it helps to teach the user what their user name is because we all know if we don't type it in every day, we forget it. [see saved passwords]

Overview

For those of you that know mostly what you're doing and just need a reminder, here it is. The policy setting you need to change is located under:

• Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > and Security Settings > Local Policies >Security Options
• Edit the "Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name in logon screen" entry and check "define this setting" and "enabled."

On a Windows Domain Controller

1. Under Administrative Tools open the Group Policy Management
2. Find the group policy you want to change select it, right click, and choose "Edit".
3. Expand Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, and Security Settings
4. Expand Local Policies node, and then click Security Options.
5. Edit the "Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name in logon screen" entry and check "define this setting" and "enabled."
6. The setting will take affect on the next time the clients reboots. As a reminder, it can take varying amounts of time for group policies to be applied.

On a Local Vista Machine

1. In the Control Panel, click System and Maintenance and open the Administrative Tools
2. Open the Local Security Policy .
3. Expand Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, and Security Settings
4. Expand Local Policies node, and then click Security Options.
5. Edit the "Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name in logon screen" entry and check "define this setting" and "enabled."

External Links:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310125 - Link to the MS KB article

After attempting to install the most recent version of Polycom PVX software on a brand new Windows Vista machine, I found that there were horizontal lines all over the picture and some major lag. I looked through all the support documents and tested with two other cameras.

Finally I gave up and called Polycom Support [1-888-4143]. They explained that there was a new version that wasn't yet public. Great! So here is the currently super secret link.

www.polycom.com/support/pvx804

From the release notes:

PVX 8.0.4 delivers the following upgrades and modifications for PVX users:

• Support for Microsoft Vista Business and Enterprise editions
• Enhanced support for dual core Intel and AMD processors
• Fixes for priority field issues (see release notes for details)
• Upgrade support is provided in English only

External Links:

www.polycom.com/support/pvx804 - the site that I'm talking about http://downloads.polycom.com/video/pvx/804/PVX_8_0_4_4035.zip - the direct link to the newest software