Microsoft had changed the logging format for WU. run powershell command: Get-WindowsUpdateLog then type windowsupdate.log at the command prompt. Additional info can be obtained in c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log
Microsoft has a searchable catalog of all their updates located here: http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx. You will find links to standalone installers and other resources.
If Windows is setup for Key Management Services activation it can be converted to Multiple Activation Key. slmgr.vbs /ipk “MultipleActivationKey”
In Exchange, emails sent outside the organization are converted and the format of these can be set per domain or for all domains. If messages are sent in text format, some recipients will have issues viewing attached images. ContentType should be MimeHtmlText not MimeText when running: Get-RemoteDomain |fl To update it run the following with either a domain… Read More »
Windows is 10 is finally stable, but not easy to deploy. Here is what I have found:
IMPORTANT: Before you start, you need to know removing Office manually is a long, complex process and might require that you reinstall the operating system if certain steps are done incorrectly.
$tempfolders = @(“C:\Windows\Temp\*”, “C:\Windows\Prefetch\*”, “C:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\temp\*”, “C:\Users\*\Appdata\Local\Temp\*”,”C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\*”); Remove-Item $tempfolders -force -recurse
This will work for moving PFs from 2007 or 2010 to 2013 or 2016
You can export entire mailboxes (smaller than 50GB) to PST, from the Exchange console: New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox “Amy Smith” -FilePath “\\Server\Share\AmySmith.pst” To get Status of the request: Get-MailboxExportRequest | Get-MailboxExportRequestStatistics | fl These should be output to a fast drive with plenty of capacity (not a shadow copy volume). When decommissioning a user account move the file to the… Read More »
Microsoft is limiting the performance of windows updates from their end for Windows 7. If you need to clean install a PC that will require updates to reach full functionality I would build it 24 hours in advance to allow windows updates to download and install. Set client expectations.
Make sure that you use 8GB or larger USB drive. All existing data will be deleted. Diskpart list Volume select volume “X” (where X is the USB vol. number from 2) clean create partition primary format fs=ntfs label=OS_Install quick active Copy the contents of a bootable ISO to your USB.
Use this if the option to turn the icon on is greyed out in the system tray.
In the event a connection is lost while working on a remote file check c:\programdata\jungledisk\wg-cache\faileduploads
JungleDisk recommends that WebDav be turned on with Windows 10. They don’t say why however and doing so will add extra steps for the user as all windows links will take you to a web page which won’t actually work. Instructions on breaking it are here so that you can un-break it.
Apple seems to get their folder structure wrong on a regular basis. If you’ve been getting an “AppleSyncNotifier.exe – Entry Point Not Found” error every time you reboot your PC, here’s how to fix it.
It is possible to totally eliminate the outlook log on requirement when a user is on a workgroup PC. 1) set the workgroup name to match the pre2k log on domain that hosts the exchange server. 2) Set the user name on the users local account to match the user name in AD. These settings cause Outlook to… Read More »
MS Update KB3114409 (Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 32-Bit Edition) issued on Dec 8, 2015 is the culprit. Remove it and you are all good. Microsoft removed the update so if you haven’t seen it you shouldn’t.
Issue:Trying to launch pdf attachments directly from Outlook causes Acrobat to crash. Environment: Acrobat XI or above and Outlook 2010 on Win7 pro x64. Fix: Set reader to run as administrator
To Clear all partitions form a disk including Dell OEM run the following: DISKPART List Disk Select Disk “#” Clean From Disk Manager: Right Click the drive and Choose online Select GPT Create a New Volume with NTFS and 64K Allocation Size
When installing Windows ONLY connect the drive(s) that will run the OS and the optical drive. Be sure all others are disconnected by: inspecting the internal connections in the PC, disconnecting all externals, and verifying the target drive specs in BIOS > Drives Disable drives not connected in BIOS > Drives Set the RAID to AHCI for a single… Read More »
Open current iTunes backup: %APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync Move the folder” Backup” to the new destination At the original folder location, press the SHIFT key, right-click and select “Open command window here” and enter this command (ends in new location): mklink /J %APPDATA%\Apple Backup “E:\Backup\iTunes”
This assumes it’s installed and you have run the executable that adds it to your apps. 1. In AutoCAD execute command CUILOAD 2. Select MCOLOR9x and Unload it (eg. MCOLOR97 for M-Color 9.7) 3. Restart AutoCAD If CUILOAD did not not restore M-Color menu: 1. Run AutoCAD commands: MCO_MCOLOR_MENU & MCO_MCOLOR_MENU2
Control Panel Item Command Accessibility Options Access.cpl Add Hardware Hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs Appwiz.cpl Automatic Updates Wuaucpl.cpl Bluetooth bthprops.cpl Date and time Timedate.cpl Display Control desktop / desk.cpl Firewall firewall.cpl Folder Options Control folders Fos Control fonts / fonts Internet Options Inetcpl.cpl iSCSI iscsicpl.cpl Java jpicpl32.cpl Keyboard Control keyboard Licensing Mode liccpa.cpl Mouse main.cpl Network Connections ncpa.cpl Network Setup… Read More »
Windows default has hibernation turned on. This take good piece of the hard drive in the form of the hiberfil.sys file which takes up about as much c drive space as there is RAM installed. To dispose of the file and disable hibernation instantly use this in PowerShell: powershell -Command “Start-Process ‘powercfg.exe’ -Verb runAs -ArgumentList ‘/h off'”
Get-ExchangeServer | Format-Table Name, *Version* Get-ExchangeServer | Format-List Name, Edition, AdminDisplayVersion Here is the list of versions:
Some time ago I ran across a situation where the windows preview would cause files to lock, particularly excel and word files. More recently I came across a situation at Pasma Group where explorer would just randomly close up when you tried to open a window. We assumed it was related to the user’s profile until another user… Read More »
Dell is once again shipping their workstations with Intel Speed Step enabled. This should be turned off in the BIOS.
Notepad++ has a plugin called compare. Note the visual map on the right side. This makes finding small changes in a script much easier. To access it: Install it from Plugins>Plugin Manager
New Earth Pro keys are no longer being generated. If you do not have a key, use your email address and the key GEPFREE to sign in once you download the software here: https://geoauth.google.com/gev0/free_trial.html.
Before removing a drive from service or when moving a user to a new system, it is important to verify no PSTs have been left behind. To find all PSTs launch ISE as admin then run: Get-ChildItem -path c:\users\ -force -Recurse -filter ‘*.pst’ -erroraction ‘silentlycontinue’ | select name, Length, LastWriteTime, directory #Run as admin
In this example abaldwin is granted reviewer access to jjohnson’s calendar: get-mailbox -identity “jjohnson”| foreach {Add-MailboxfolderPermission $_”:\calendar” -User “abaldwin” -AccessRights Reviewer} To do this for an entire Co. use Excel and a list of all users then use Concatenate to edit the individual cmdlets which can be pasted in bulk to PowerShell.
This is caused after a new SSL Certificate is installed on Exchange. To resolve this go to IIS MMC find the certificate hash for the new cert then run the following PowerShell commands: Enable-ExchangeCertificate CertificateHash -Services SMTP Enable-ExchangeCertificate CertificateHash -Services IIS
I was recently retiring the admin PC at HSLA and giving it to an end user for home use. At the same time I had a newer T3500 with a clean install of Windows that would make a great admin PC, however, I did not want to reinstall all the software and transfer the files. I first tried… Read More »
Microsoft Outlook 2007-2013 support American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and UNICODE personal folders (.pst) and offline folder (.ost) files. The WarnFileSize registry entry determines the maximum data that both the .pst and the .ost files can have. After this maximum data is reached, neither the .pst nor the .ost files are permitted to add any more data. These… Read More »
IMPORTANT: Before you start, you need to know removing Office manually is a long, complex process and might require that you reinstall the operating system if certain steps are done incorrectly.