Nerd | Notes

Associate an Exchange Mailbox with a new User

2008-02-08T11:05:00.000-06:00

Occasionally you will need to move an existing Exchange 2003 mailbox from one user to another. This may be the result of employee turn over or change of responsibilities. To move the mailbox, you must first detach it from the current user account. To detach a mailbox you will use the Exchange Tasks wizard in Active Directory to delete the mailbox. In Exchange 2003, deleted mailboxes are not

Removing a Provisioned Switch from a Switch Stack

2008-01-21T12:13:00.000-06:00

When a provisioned switch is removed from a switch stack, the member number must be manually changed back to 1 and the provision information must be removed from the switch. If you try to remove the provision information from the switch before the member number has been reset to 1, you may receive the

MAC Access Lists

2008-01-16T21:05:00.000-06:00

Just as we can create access lists based on IP addresses, we can also create access lists based on MAC addresses. The first section sets up an extended access list based on MAC address named mac_filter. It then adds an allow statement for a single host with the MAC address 00 00 00 00 00 00, and allows it access to any other host. This is followed by a deny any any, which will deny any other

Auto-Negotiation Required for Auto-MDIX

2008-01-10T18:35:00.000-06:00

Auto-MDIX allows connectivity between Cisco devices (and other vendors that support the HP Auto-MDIX standard) with a straight-through cable. In IOS version 12.2.18 and higher, Auto-MDIX is enabled by default on all interfaces. It is however, a requirement of Auto-MDIX, that auto-negotiation be enabled. This means that Auto-MDIX will be disabled on any interface were the duplex mode or line speed

Creating an Empty Copy of an Outlook Personal Folder Hierarchy

2007-12-31T11:34:00.000-06:00

Have you ever needed to duplicate a personal folder hierarchy in Outlook without duplicating the messages contained in the original folder hierarchy? For example, you may want to create a 2008 folder and copy all of the subfolders from your 2007 folder into the 2008 folder. This is very straightforward and can be done by right clicking on the folder, selecting copy �??folder_name�??, and following

IE Security Zones, A Registry Roadmap

2007-12-29T22:46:00.000-06:00

Here is a very useful collection of registry keys and values that you can leverage to configure Internet Explorer. In my environment, we use Desktop Standard's Policy Maker to push registry changes with Group Policy. For those of you not familiar with Policy Maker, it is an application that snaps into the GPMC (Group Policy Management Console) and allows you to push individual registry changes

Delivering Email to Disabled Accounts

2007-12-29T16:43:00.000-06:00

When using MS Exchange, mail sent to a disabled account bounces. If you need to allow mail to be delivered to the inactive user's mailbox, you will need to grant SELF the Associated External Account permission. This is probably the best solution, if you only have to manage a small number of mailboxes or if you sometimes choose to bounce the mail. If your policy is to always accept the mail,

RDP Connection Manager

2007-12-28T09:29:00.000-06:00

If you use terminal services in administration mode for remote access to your servers, you may be aware of a MS tool named Remote Desktops. Remote Desktops allows you to set up connections for each server and choose them from your connections list. For those of you that shy away from the command line, it even has a checkbox on the connection properties to allow you to connect to the console.

Copying PuTTY Saved Sessions

2007-12-27T21:23:00.000-06:00

PuTTY stores Saved Session information in the following location of the registry: HKCU\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions Note: Simon Tatham is the author of PuTTY, this is not a user specific reg key. To copy Saved Sessions from one machine to another, you must export the keys from the registry of the machine were the Saved Sessions were created and import them into the registry of the