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Office 365 password expired - How to disable 90 day password expiration

2012-01-24T13:09:00.000-05:00

I ran into an issue with my first Microsoft Office 365 cloud hosted deployment. I went to go log in as the administrator to work on an issue and I found that my password had expired. I then discovered that by default, all user passwords are set to expire every 90 days. If you don't want such a policy, it IS possible to disable. Though you won't find the settings anywhere in the Admin portal

Transferring my Blogger.com blog and custom domain to GoDaddy for hosting and dns management

2011-09-23T10:50:00.001-05:00

I've just transfer my custom domain over to GoDaddy to do my DNS and domain management there. Since I no longer had a hosting plan with HostGator, only a domain management plan, it seems they would not allow me to add custom A records to my domain, which is critical to getting Blogger to work with a custom domain. So I signed up at GoDaddy and initiated the domain transfer. It wasn't too

Problem loading and finding drivers for Windows Home Server (WHS) PC full system restore from backup

2011-08-29T12:04:00.001-05:00

I'm a big fan of the Windows Home Server (WHS) product - specifically the earlier versions prior to WHS 2011 before they removed the Drive Extender feature. I've deployed several HP MediaSmart servers for small businesses and home offices. The full PC restore feature has come in handy on several occasions. You just boot from a CD, connect to your WHS box and select the image that you want to

6 more free apps for your HP TouchPad | ZDNet

2011-08-29T11:32:00.000-05:00

For those of you with brand new HP Touchpads, here is a link to get a few free apps. Typically these cost $$ but there are promo codes in the article that allow you to get them for free. 6 more free apps for your HP TouchPad | ZDNet: 'via Blog this'

Free Box.net account for HP Touchpad user - max file size limit of 100MB

2011-08-27T09:42:00.000-05:00

As part of your HP Touchpad purchase (like the $99 version I just purchased), you are also entitled to a free 50GB of online storage from Box.net. As far as I can tell, this seems to be pretty similar to Dropbox. You get an online folder that you can sync and access from different devices - including the HP Touchpad obviously. Just look for the Box.net app in the HP app store on your Touchpad

I was able to buy a $99 HP Touchpad tablet with WebOS - Quick Review

2011-08-24T11:41:00.000-05:00

The HP Touchpad Tablet I'm a real sucker for a deal. I always say "Hell, I'd buy an elephant if I found one for 80% off!". Well how about a $400 tablet for 75% off? HP introduced the Touchpad tablet just a few months ago and they've already discontinued it due to dismal sales, dropping the price down to $99 (16GB) / $149 (32GB). The trick is finding them at the sale price before they are

You have not been added to the Blackberry Enterprise Server error - no enterprise data plan

2011-08-17T08:54:00.000-05:00

I was trying to add a new Blackberry Curve to a Blackberry Professional Server (predecessor to the Blackberry Express Server) but it would not connect to the server. I entered the email address and wireless activation key but it just sat on "Contacting Server..." for several minutes. Then I would get an error message that read "You have not yet been added to the Blackberry Enterprise Server.

My favorite Bluetooth headset for iPhones (and other phones) - The Jawbone ICON

2011-08-16T12:21:00.000-05:00

I've tried out several different Bluetooth headsets for my iPhone but so far the best I've found is the Jawbone ICON. The Icon comes in several different styles - The Thinker, The Hero, The Rogue, etc. but they all have the same guts - the style just changes the appearance slightly. This is "The Thinker" style that I have. If you connect it to your PC with the included USB cable, you can

Microsoft Onenote template for wedding planning

2011-08-16T10:06:00.000-05:00

I've been a big fan of Microsoft OneNote since day one. It's a great place to store un-structured and semi-structured information - as opposed to very structured information like a proposal or business plan which you would create in Word. I have a OneNote section for each of my clients were I keep info like server names, IP addresses, steps to perform certain tasks, locations of software

How to share your 3G or 4G USB mobile broadband connection

2011-08-11T09:26:00.000-05:00

Many of my clients are using mobile broadband devices (air cards, USB modems, data modems, etc.) such as the Pantech UML290 from Verizon. This is a USB device that plugs into your laptop and gives you internet access via the wireless phone network. Recently I needed to find a way to share that single connection with a few different laptops. I had originally looked into buying a regular wifi

Some fixes for slow Youtube app on iPhone and iPad over WiFi connection

2011-07-27T07:40:00.001-05:00

One issue that I've run into many times that doesn't seem to have a 100% solid fix is dealing with the really slow loading of YouTube videos using the native YouTube app on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. Sometimes it's really slow over a WiFi connection but it will work fine on the much slower 3G connection. Seems backwards. The theory is that the native YouTube app is pulling in whatever the

Correct order to start and stop Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) services

2011-07-25T09:41:00.000-05:00

The Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) is made up of several different services. It's important that you stop and start them in the proper order if you need to shut them down for maintenance or troubleshooting purposes. Stop the services in this order : Blackberry Controller Blackberry Dispatcher Blackberry Router All remaining Blackberry services Then start the services in this order:

Home electronics dying? Might need a voltage regulator like APC LE1200.

2011-07-24T08:18:00.003-05:00

In the span of a month, one of my clients had to replace a new HP Laserjet CM1415FNW twice and Medialink Wireless N Router twice (great router by the way, nice strong signal). They were both connected to surge protectors. After the first incident we thought maybe it was just a rare lightning strike. But then when the new replacement items were dead a week later, we figured there must be a more

MRxSmb error 8003 on SBS 2003 Server - master browser

2011-07-22T08:26:00.000-05:00

After adding a new Dell Windows 7 64 bit laptop to a Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 domain, i started seeing an error message in the servers System event log. The event source was MRxSmb and the event ID was 8003. The description said "The master browser has a received a server announcement from the computer [insert-computer-name] that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on

Turn off 4G in your Verizon USB Modem (aircard, mobile broadband internet)

2011-07-21T09:07:00.001-05:00

I have a few users with the new Pantech 4G LTE UML290 USB modems from Verizon. Some of the users are in locations with very weak 4G signals. It's constantly dropping the connection. One tip from Verizon tech support was to disable the 4G service in the device and just allow it to connect to the 3G network which will hopefully provide a more stable signal and not disconnect them constantly. This

Microsoft CRM 4.0 ASP.NET Error 1309 - your registration period has expired

2011-07-19T11:00:00.000-05:00

This post is somewhat related to my previous post with a similar error message but the detailed error on that one says "you have reached the maximum number of user quota". Please see that post if that is your ASP.NET error when trying to login to Microsoft CRM. In this case, the users aren't able to login to CRM 4.0, they get an error saying "Invalid User Authentication". This was a test/demo

Microsoft CRM 4.0 ASP.NET Error 1309 - CRMException - maximum user quota

2011-07-19T10:40:00.000-05:00

I was working on a Microsoft CRM 4.0 system the other day for one of my clients. It's mainly used for demo and testing purposes so it hadn't been used in a while. The customer was unable to login to the server. When they tried to login to CRM via the browser, they just got a message saying "Invalid User Authentication". I spent quite a while checking security settings, IIS settings, etc.

Microsoft delivers Office 2010 Service Pack 1 | ZDNet

2011-06-28T17:11:00.000-05:00

Microsoft delivers Office 2010 Service Pack 1 | ZDNetTest post using the BlogThis! extension for Chrome.

Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 is available

2011-06-28T17:09:00.001-05:00

Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 has just been made available for download. You can read more about it here. Here is a list of some of the updates... Outlook fixes an issue where “Snooze Time” would not reset between appointments. The default behavior for PowerPoint “Use Presenter View” option changed to display the slide show on the secondary monitor. Integrated community content in

Official launch of Office 365 cloud offering from Microsoft

2011-06-28T16:50:00.000-05:00

PC Mag has coverage of today's official launch. Office 365 provides hosted Exchange, Sharepoint and Lync services, starting as low as $7/month per user for small businesses. If you'd like to check it out, you can always sign up for a free trial.

Back in business

2011-06-28T16:27:00.002-05:00

Trying to get my blog back in action. Checking out some of the new Blogger features and settings. Updated the layout too. Looks nice!

Privacy Policy

2010-07-26T07:37:00.001-05:00

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Test post using FeedBurner

2007-03-22T16:20:00.000-05:00

I just added a FeedBurner feed to my site in hopes it'll fix some of my problems (wrong dates on feeds and no links) and provide some additional functionality.My new feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/TechRoundup

PDF Preview Handler for Outlook 2007

2007-03-22T15:07:00.000-05:00

I love the new "attachment preview" feature in Microsoft Outlook 2007. There is where you can click on certain attachment types (Word, Excel, etc.) and view the attachment right in Outlook 2007 without having to launch a seperate product.I know we'd all like to be open those PDF attachments in the same manner. There is no official PDF support yet - either from Adobe or Microsoft but I've found

Feed posts are out of order and no links in posts

2007-03-21T15:50:00.000-05:00

For anyone reading my blog via the RSS/Atom feed, i've just noticed that the posting date is wrong on all of the posts i've submitted recently. The posts on the website are fine (www.JasonHartman.net), its just the feed posts that are messed up.Seems to be a problem others are having with Blogger. I'll see what I can do to fix it.Also, I've noticed that since moving over from the "classic"