Get out of that metal shop and head over to download.microsoft.com!

Download details: Managing Shims in an Enterprise

Another take on something I’d like to call “virtualization” for the purpose of application compatibility. Together with Windows XP Mode, it looks like there is some tough tackling of the issue by the folks in Redmond.

Somehow it must be possible to bring this all together seamlessly.

Note to self:

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=%22Directory+Object+Picker%22

Represents the "Select User" dialog shown when "Browse" is clicked to specify users for services, COM+ applications or access control lists. It offers all functionality to let the user browse Active Directory for certain objects.

There is already a wrapper on CodePlex (adui), see search results.