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Use Outlook Anywhere to connect to your Exchange server without VPN

2012-01-12T07:19:00.000-08:00

This feature requires you to use a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 account. Most home and personal accounts do not use Microsoft Exchange. For more information about Microsoft Exchange accounts and how to determine which version of Exchange your account connects to, see the links in the See Also section.
In a local area network (LAN) environment, Microsoft Outlook communicates with Exchange by using remote procedure call (RPC) with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). This method provides quick and efficient access in a corporate network. However, access to Exchange when you are outside of your organization's firewall, such as when you are at home or traveling, usually requires a virtual private network (VPN) connection to the organization's network. A VPN provides you with a connection within an organization's network and within its firewall. A VPN also enables access to more network services than those required for just e-mail access.

For remote connections, Outlook offers Outlook Anywhere, an alternative to VPN connections that allows you to use Outlook just as you normally do at your organization, without the need for any special connections or hardware, such as smart cards and security tokens. Outlook can connect to Exchange through the Internet by using remote procedure call (RPC) over HTTP. The Outlook Anywhere feature allows you to access your Exchange account remotely from the Internet when you are working outside your organization's firewall.

System requirements

There are several minimum requirements for using Outlook Anywhere. If your computer and Exchange do not meet all requirements for this feature, these options will not be available. The requirements include:

Your computer must have Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or a later service pack.
Your account be hosted on Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
Your Exchange administrator must configure the server to permit connections via HTTP. For more information about configuring this feature, see the Microsoft Office Resource Kit and the Microsoft Exchange documentation.

Enable Outlook Anywhere in Outlook

Your Exchange administrator can automatically configure all copies of Outlook in your organization or provide a special executable script file that enables Outlook Anywhere. You can also manually configure Outlook Anywhere if the system requirements are met and you have the correct URL and security information from your Exchange administrator.

On the Tools menu, click Account Settings, select the Exchange account, and then click Change.
Click More Settings, and then click the Connection tab.
Under Outlook Anywhere, select the Connect to Microsoft Exchange using HTTP check box.

Note If the Outlook Anywhere section is not available, your computer is probably not running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or a later service pack.

To specify a proxy server, click Exchange Proxy Settings.

Type the URL provided by your Exchange administrator.

If your Exchange administrator tells you to use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection, select the Connect using SSL only check box.

If your Exchange administrator instructs you to do so, select the Only connect to proxy servers that have this principal name in their certificate check box, and then type msstd: followed by the URL provided by the administrator.

Under Proxy authentication settings, click Basic Authentication or NTLM Authentication as instructed by your Exchange administrator.

Note If you click Basic Authentication or NTLM Authentication and an LM Compatibility Level of less than 2, you will be prompted for a password each time a connection is made to Exchange. With Basic Authentication, the password is sent in clear text. For increased security, we recommend that you select the NTLM Authentication and Connect using SSL only options.

How to logoff remote desktop sessions via command line tools?

2011-12-28T10:01:00.000-08:00

Query the Remote Server for Current Terminal Sessions

To query and list the sessions on the remote session, you could use QUser.exe or QWinsta

1. QUser

QUser command comes with all the latest Windows clients and servers. This will list the sessions of the remote server (or local machine).
NOTE: if you are using Windows XP, you need to add this location into your System path: C:WindowsSystem32DLLCache. To do this, in command prompt, type the following.
SET PATH = %PATH%;C:WindowsSystem32DLLCache;
QUser help shows,

C:Anand>QUser /?
Display information about users logged on to the system.
QUERY USER [username | sessionname | sessionid] [/SERVER:servername]
username            Identifies the username.
sessionname         Identifies the session named sessionname.
sessionid           Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
/SERVER:servername The server to be queried (default is current).

E.g.,

C:>quser /server:MyCitrixSVR
USERNAME              SESSIONNAME        ID STATE   IDLE TIME LOGON TIME
johndoe               ica-tcp#966        10 Active          7 7/31/2008 3:04 PM
averagejoe            ica-tcp#969         1 Active          9 7/31/2008 3:30 PM
familyman             ica-tcp#984         5 Active       1:06 7/31/2008 4:33 PM
normaldude            ica-tcp#987         2 Active          4 7/31/2008 6:20 PM

2. QWinsta

QWinsta is little different and better. It has more features and options. It comes with all flavors of Windows. QWinsta command line help displays as,

C:>qwinsta /?
Display information about Terminal Sessions.
QUERY SESSION [sessionname | username | sessionid]
              [/SERVER:servername] [/MODE] [/FLOW] [/CONNECT] [/COUNTER]
sessionname         Identifies the session named sessionname.
username            Identifies the session with user username.
sessionid           Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
/SERVER:servername The server to be queried (default is current).
/MODE               Display current line settings.
/FLOW               Display current flow control settings.
/CONNECT            Display current connect settings.
/COUNTER            Display current Terminal Services counters information.

E.g.,

C:>qwinsta /server:citrixserver
SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID STATE   TYPE        DEVICE
                                             0 Disc    rdpwd
ica-tcp                                 65536 Listen wdica
rdp-tcp                                 65537 Listen rdpwd
console                                    16 Conn    wdcon
ica-tcp#966       johndoe                  10 Active wdica
ica-tcp#969       apple                     1 Active wdica
ica-tcp#984       averagejoe                5 Active wdica
ica-tcp#987       familyman                 2 Active wdica
ica-tcp#989       whoisme                   3 Active wdica

You are welcome to try the other options QWinsta provides.

Logoff the Remote Sessions

To Log off the terminal session of the remote server, you can use any one of two command line tools. One of LOGOFF and another one is RWINSTA. Before you log off the remote session, you should know the "Session ID" which you get it from "QUSER" OR "QWINSTA" commands as above stated.

1. Logoff

Logoff command kicks off (logging off) the specified remote session. Log off help shows,

C:>logoff /?
Terminates a session.
LOGOFF [sessionname | sessionid] [/SERVER:servername] [/V]
sessionname         The name of the session.
sessionid           The ID of the session.
/SERVER:servername Specifies the Terminal server containing the user
                      session to log off (default is current).
/V                  Displays information about the actions performed.

E.g.,

C:>logoff /server:infra-apps 1 /v
Logging off session ID 1

2. RWinsta

RWinsta has same parameters and does same thing as log off command. It simply means Reset WINdows STAtion. The help goes as,

C:>RWinsta /?
Reset the session subsytem hardware and software to known initial values.
RESET SESSION {sessionname | sessionid} [/SERVER:servername] [/V]
sessionname         Identifies the session with name sessionname.
sessionid           Identifies the session with ID sessionid.
/SERVER:servername The server containing the session (default is current).
/V                  Display additional information.

E.g.,

C:>RWinsta /Server:MyWinServer 1

Note: RWinsta command does not return anything.
Happy Re-setting the remote sessions (Hey, stop cursing your co-workers who didn’t log off their sessions).
Keywords: Reset remote session, Remote Desktop Session

Microsoft Word: “This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked.”

2011-12-27T09:44:00.000-08:00

If you’re getting a message at the bottom of Word 2007, Word 2010, or other products in the Office suite whenever you try to change the document saying “This modifications is not allowed because the selection is locked.”, this article should answer your question ‘why’ and tell you how to make your document editable again.

There are four possible causes to this problem:

The document is marked as final.
The document is protected.
You are using a trial of Office 2007.
Office 2007 has not yet been activated.

Document is Marked as Final

You will also be unable to paste into the document. If you hover over the Paste button under the Home tab, you’ll get this error message: “This command is currently disabled. This command is not available because the document is marked as final.”

The rest of that error message also points us in the right direction.
Click on the Office button (the circle with the office logo on it in the top-left corner) and go down to the Prepare sub-menu. In this sub-menu, you’ll see an icon next to ‘Mark as Final’ highlighted in orange. This means that it is enabled and the document is “finalized.” It won’t allow any changes to the document. It would be best practice to mark your document as final before you send it off to others for professional evaluation. This also makes the red (spelling) and green (grammar) squiggles under words go away as well as any marked changes throughout the document.

Besides the ‘Mark as Final’ icon being highlighted in the Prepare sub-menu you will also notice a small version of the same icon at the bottom of Word 2007 in the status bar.

In order to make changes, the document just needs to be “un-finalized.” Go back to the Office button -> Prepare menu and click “Mark as Final” to toggle it off. After that, the icon will now appear unhighlighted and the icon will be gone from the status bar.

Document is Protected

If you are still not able to edit the document, it may be protected. Switch to the Review tab and then hit the Protect Document button to bring up a small menu.

From that menu, choose Restrict Formatting and Editing.

Next to the document, a little window should pop up. If at the bottom, you have a Stop Protection button, click that. If you don’t see that button but instead see a ‘Start protection‘ button, you can close this little window. This setting is not the one locking your document. You may have to enter a password in order to modify the document. You’ll need to know the password in order to stop this protection.

Your trial of Office 2007 has expired.

If you’re using Office 2007 that came with your computer, likely it was only a trial and has expired. Try opening your document in the free Open Office or purchase a full version of Microsoft Office 2007. “If you have the Office Home and Student 2007 Trial preloaded on your computer, you can purchase the disc version and use the product-key to unlock and activate the preloaded trial.”

Installing the File Server Resource Manager Tools in Windows Server 2008

2011-12-13T07:48:00.001-08:00

The File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) can be installed separately or it can be installed during the installation of the File Services role. If FSRM needs to be installed on a system that is not a file server or just installed separately, follow the below steps:

1. Log on to the Windows Server 2008 system with an account with administrator privileges.

2. Click on Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.

3. Click on the Features > Tree pane and Add Features > tasks pane.

4. The Add Features Wizard opens. On the Select Feature page, click the plus symbol next to Remote Server Administration Tools.

5. Click the Role Administration Tools > File Services tools > File Server Resource Manager Tools > Next

6. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install to continue.

7. On the Installation Results page, review the result summary, and click Close to complete the installation.

On a system with the FSRM tools installed but not the File Server and File Server Resource Manager roles, FSRM will only be available from the Administrative Tools menu to manage remote servers. On systems with the File Server and File Server Resource Manager roles installed, FSRM will be available in the Server Manager console in the File Services group under Roles.

NOTE: If the File Services role is installed but the File Server Resource Manager Tool cannot connect to the system, chances are that during the File Services role installation, File Server Resource Manager was not selected. To add this functionality, the File Service Resource Manager service will need to be added using the Add Role Services from the tasks pane in the Server Manager Role node.

How to Use Jetpack.exe to Compact a WINS or DHCP Database

2011-12-12T06:53:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Windows NT Server includes a utility, Jetpack.exe, that can be used to compact a Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) database. Microsoft recommends that you compact the WINS database whenever it approaches 30 MB.

The correct syntax for Jetpack.exe is:

JETPACK.EXE

Example commands to compact the WINS database:

CD %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WINS
NET STOP WINS
JETPACK WINS.MDB TMP.MDB
NET START WINS

Example commands to compact the DHCP database:

CD %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\DHCP
NET STOP DHCPSERVER
JETPACK DHCP.MDB TMP.MDB
NET START DHCPSERVER

In the examples above, Tmp.mdb is a temporary database that is used by Jetpack.exe. Wins.mdb is the WINS database. Dhcp.mdb is the DHCP database.

Jetpack.exe compacts the WINS or DHCP database by doing the following:

Copies database information to a temporary database file called Tmp.mdb.
Deletes the original database file, Wins.mdb or Dhcp.mdb.
Renames the temporary database files to the original filename.

NOTE: During the compact process, Jetpack.exe creates a temporary file with the name that is specified by the temp database name parameter. The temporary file is removed when the compact process is complete. Make sure you do not have a file already existing in WINS or DHCP folder with the same name as the one specified in the temp database name parameter.

Configuring a Server Core installation: Command line

2011-12-06T09:54:00.001-08:00

Server Core installation does not include the Windows user interface so you need to install by using command line interface.

Administrative credentials

If you are going to join a server running a Server Core installation to an existing Windows domain, you need a user name and password for an account that has the administrative credentials to join a computer to the domain.

Known issues for configuring a Server Core installation

If you close all command prompts, you will have no way to manage the Server Core installation. To recover, you can press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, click Start Task Manager, click File, click Run, and type cmd.exe. Alternatively, you can log off and log back on again.
Because there is no Web browser, you cannot activate a Server Core installation or access the Internet through a firewall that requires users to log on.

Steps for configuring a Server Core installation

The following procedures explain how to configure a computer running a Server Core installation. You’ll need to:

Set the administrative password.
Set a static IP address.

Note: A DHCP address is provided by default. You should perform this procedure only if you need to set a static IP address.

Join a domain.
Activate the server and entering a product key, if required.
Configure the firewall.
Configure several aspects with one tool (Windows Server 2008 R2 only).

To set the administrative password in Windows Server 2008

When your computer starts for the first time after the installation completes, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Type Administrator for the user name and leave the password blank.
The system will inform you that the password has expired and will prompt you to enter a new password.
Type an appropriate password.

To set the administrative password in Windows Server 2008 R2

When your computer starts for the first time after the installation completes, the system will inform you that the user’s password must be changed before logging on for the first time. Click OK.
The system will prompt you to enter a password.
Type an appropriate password.

To set a static IP address

At a command prompt, type the following:

netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
Make a note of the number shown in the Idx column of the output for your network adapter. If your computer has more than one network adapter, make a note of the number corresponding to the network adapter for which you wish to set a static IP address.
At the command prompt, type:

netsh interface ipv4 set address name="" source=static address= mask= gateway=

Where:

ID is the number from step 2 above.

StaticIP is the static IP address that you are setting.

SubnetMask is the subnet mask for the IP address.

DefaultGateway is the default gateway.
At the command prompt, type:

netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=">" address=index=1

Where:

ID is the number from step 2 above.

DNSIP is the IP address of your DNS server.
Repeat step 4 for each DNS server that you want to set, incrementing the index= number each time.

Note:

If you set the static IP address on the wrong network adapter, you can change back to using the DHCP address

supplied by using the following command:

netsh interface ipv4 set address name="" source=dhcp

where ID is the number of the network adapter from Step 2.

To join a domain

At a command prompt, type:

netdom join > /domain: /userd: /passwordd:*

Where:

ComputerName is the name of the server that is running the Server Core installation.

DomainName is the name of the domain to join.

UserName is a domain user account with permission to join the domain.
When prompted to enter the password, type the password for the domain user account specified by UserName.
If you need to add a domain user account to the local Administrators group, type the following command:

net localgroup administrators /add \
Restart the computer. You can do this by typing the following at a command prompt:

shutdown /r /t 0

To rename the server

Determine the current name of the server with the hostname or ipconfig command.
At a command prompt, type:

netdom renamecomputer /NewName:
Restart the computer.

To activate the server

For Windows Server 2008 R2, enter a product key by typing the following at a command prompt:

slmgr.vbs –ipk

Then, for both Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008, activate the server by typing the following at a command prompt:

slmgr.vbs -ato

If activation is successful, no message will return in the command prompt.

Note:

You can also activate by phone, using a Key Management Service (KMS) server, or remotely by typing the following command at a command prompt of a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008:

cscript windows\system32\slmgr.vbs :-ato

To configure the firewall

Use the netsh advfirewall command. For example, to enable remote management from any MMC snap-in, type the following:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Administration" new enable=yes

Note:

You can also use the Windows Firewall snap-in from a computer running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

to remotely manage the firewall on a server running a Server Core installation. To do this, you must first enable

remote management of the firewall by running the following command on the computer running a Server Core

installation:

netsh advfirewall set currentprofile settings remotemanagement enable

How to set Static/DHCP IP Address from command line

2011-12-06T09:31:00.001-08:00

In Windows Server 2008 Core installation, the only way to setup IP Address eithe Static or DHCP is from the command line. The following procedure helps setting the IP Address from the command Line using “netsh”. This procedure works in Windows Server 2008 (No core installation as well), Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista.

To setup Static IP Address:

From the command prompt:

1. Type

C:\Users\Administrator> netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
Idx Met   MTU   State        Name
— — —– ———– ——————-
1   50 4294967295 connected    Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
10   20   1500 connected    Local Area Connection

This should show the Network Connections. We are looking for the name here. On mine, I have one LAN interface and is named as “Local Area Connection”

2. To set a static IP Address type the following command

C:\Users\Administrator>netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”Local Area Connect
ion” source=static address=192.168.0.5 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.0.1

The syntax is

netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”” source=static address= mask= gateway=

Where:
ID is the name of the LAN Connection
StaticIP is the static IP address that you are setting
SubnetMask is the subnet mask for the IP address
DefaultGateway is the default gateway

3. Now set the DNS Servers one at a time with the followind command. For each DNS server, increase the index number.

C:\Users\Administrator>netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”Local Area Conne
ction” address=192.168.0.1 index=1

C:\Users\Administrator>netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”Local Area Conne
ction” address=192.168.0.10 index=2

The syntax is

netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”” address=index=1

Where:
ID is the name of the Network Connection
DNSIP is the IP address of your DNS server

This should do. To confirm, do an “ipconfig”

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-D4-2C-8F
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                                       192.168.0.10
                                       127.0.0.1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Set IP through DHCP Server

To set the DHCP Server, from the command line

C:\Users\Administrator> netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=dhcp

Syntax is

netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”ID” source=dhcp

where ID is the name of the Network Connection

Get MAC Address Remotely by Computer Name or IP Address

2011-11-21T08:21:00.000-08:00

Obtain the MAC address of a network card by IP address or Computer Name by using the GETMAC command.
To use this command, do the following:
1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges.
2. You can use one of the following commands

Help:
GETMAC /?
GETMAC /S system /U user
GETMAC /S system /U domain\user /P password

GETMAC /s computername - Get MAC by Computer Name
GETMAC /s 192.168.1.1 – Get MAC by IP Address

Description of the 64-bit operating systems that are supported together with Microsoft Dynamics GP

2011-11-14T06:00:00.000-08:00

To run Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 or Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 on a 64-bit computer or on a 64-bit server, you must satisfy the following prerequisites:

Note Microsoft Dynamics GP only work with a 32-bit ODBC. When Microsoft Dynamics GP is installed on a 64-bit computer, the ODBC is automatically defaulted for 64-bit and the server list will be empty. In this case, a new 32-bit ODBC have to be created.

You must use a 32-bit Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Data Source Name (DSN) when you try to log in to Microsoft Dynamics GP. If you use a 64-bit ODBC DSN, the server list will be empty.

Note To configure a 32-bit ODBC DSN, follow these steps:
1. Right-click Start, and then click Explore.
2. Locate the following folder:
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64
3. Right-click the Odbcad32.exe file, and then click Create Shortcut.
4. Right-click the shortcut file, and then click Rename.
5. To rename the shortcut file, type Data Sources (ODBC) 32-bit.
6. Right-click the shortcut file, and then click Copy.
7. Expand My Computer, expand Control Panel, and then click Administrative Tools.
8. Paste the shortcut file in the Administrative Tools folder.
9. Close Windows Explorer.
10. Click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Data Sources (ODBC) 32-bit.
11. In the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box, create an ODBC data source.
  
  Note Rename the ODBC data source by using a name that clearly identifies this ODBC data source as the 32-bit version. For example, use the name "Dynamics32bit."
12. Start Microsoft Dynamics GP.
13. Select the ODBC data source that you created in step 11.
14. Double-click the new shortcut to open it.
15. Reference Microsoft Knowledge Base article 870416 to create an ODBC connection for Microsoft Dynamics GP. For more information about this article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  870416 How to set up an ODBC Data Source on SQL Server for Microsoft Dynamics GP
Note To clearly identify the names of the shortcut files of the ODBC data sources, rename the shortcut file of the 64-bit version as "Data Sources (ODBC) 64-bit."
During installation, remove any information that is in parentheses from the default installation path. For example, the 64-bit ODBC DSN uses the following default path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\
In this case, you must change the installation path of the following path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP\
Note The Field Service notification is incompatible with any x64-based server.

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To run Web Services on an x64-based operating system, you must use the following workarounds.

Web Services Runtime workaround

Windows Server 2003 x64 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 only

In Windows Explorer, locate the system drive, and then open the following folder:
%SystemRoot%\Windows\Microsoft.NET\AuthMon\1.2 folder
Drag the Microsoft.Interop.Security.AzRoles.dll file into the %SystemRoot%\Windows\assembly folder.
In Windows Explorer, verify that you can see the Microsoft.Interop.Security.AzRoles.dll file in the %SystemRoot%\Windows\assembly folder.
Install the x64 Dexterity Common Components on the IIS server. To download the x64 Dexterity Common Components, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=2a6324c4-ce09-440b-b93d-3541dc7074e9
Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Service Pack 3 or a later version. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/downloads/servicepacks/mdgp10_patchreleases.htm?printpage=false
Download Web Services Service Pack 3 or a later version. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/downloads/servicepacks/webservicesformicrosoft+dynamicsgp10.htm?printpage=false
Browse the Web Services installation folder, and then double-click the DynamicsGPWebServices.msi file.
After Web Services is installed successfully, see the "Web Services Management Tools workaround" section.

Windows Server 2008 x64 or x86 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 only

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

Refer to page 24 in the WebServicesInstallation.pdf file for the Windows Server 2008 roles and role services that must be enabled. To download the WebServicesInstallation.pdf, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/downloads/customer/WSInstallAdminGuide.pdf
Click Start, click Run, and then type REGEDIT.
Locate the following registry subkey, and then follow these steps:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
1. Right-click the registry subkey, point to New, click Key, and then name the new key ADAM_Shared.
2. Open the ADAM_Shared folder.
3. Right-click the ADAM_Shared folder, point to New, and then click String Value.
4. Name the new string value InstalledVersion, and then type 1.1.3790.2075 as the value data.
Install the x64 Dexterity Common Components on the IIS server. To download the x64 Dexterity Common Components, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=2a6324c4-ce09-440b-b93d-3541dc7074e9
Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Service Pack 3 or a later version. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/downloads/servicepacks/mdgp10_patchreleases.htm?printpage=false
Download Web Services Service Pack 3 or a later version. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/downloads/servicepacks/webservicesformicrosoft+dynamicsgp10.htm?printpage=false
Browse the Web Services installation folder, and then double-click the DynamicsGPWebServices.msi file.
After Web Services is installed successfully, see the "Web Services Management Tools workaround" section.

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Web Services Management Tools workaround

This workaround is necessary for Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to work for Web Services:

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 redistributable package (x86) must be installed on the x64-based computer for the Management Tools to work correctly. To download and install the redistributable package, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en
The Web Services Management Tool installation must be started from the "Web Services" folder on CD2 or the Feature Pack DVD. Locate the Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 CD2 or the Feature Pack DVD, and then open the AdProd\WebServices folder. Double-click the DynamicsGPWebServicesManagementTools.msi file.

How to compact Active Directory in Windows 2008?

2011-11-11T01:04:00.000-08:00

Active Directory Maintenance

1. 1. Use ntdsutil command

2. 2.Stop Active Directory Domain Services.

3. 3. Type Help to know sub commands

4. Type compact to c:\

4. 5. Quit à quit

6. Copy the ntds.dit and overwrite the old one. Delete the log file.

7. Check the integrity

8. 8.Type semantic checker after the colon :. Then type verbose on . Then type go fixup

9. .Quit àquit

10. Restart Active Directory Domain Services

How to Determine Your Device's Ethernet or Wireless Hardware Address

2011-10-25T10:06:00.000-07:00

All manufacturers of Ethernet and Wireless interfaces cooperate to ensure that every hardware interface has a unique address.
If your computer has both an Ethernet interface and a Wireless interface, each will have its own unique hardware address.
An Ethernet or Wireless hardware address is a 6-byte hexadecimal number; for example: 0x080007A9B2FC. (Each byte is written as two hexadecimal digits, so there are twelve hexadecimal digits; each hex digit is a number from 0-9 or a letter from A-F. A leading '0x' may be written to make explicit that the following digits should interpreted as hexadecimal.)
Ethernet and Wireless hardware addresses are often written in other forms, to make them easier to understand. It is common to leave off the leading '0x', and also to separate the six pairs of digits with colons or dashes, like: 08:00:07:A9:B2:FC or 00-00-94-ba-0e-cc. When using colons or dashes to separate the address into six pairs, sometimes any leading zero in each pair of digits is dropped; e.g. 8:0:7:A9:B2:FC or 0:0:94:ba:e:cc. (Note that when dropping leadings zeroes, '00' becomes '0' -- you never completely eliminate any of the six pairs of digits.)

Windows 95, 98, ME

The process of obtaining your ethernet address is fairly simple in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME. You need to have, at least, installed the Microsoft TCPIP protocol to use this method. If you have installed the MS TCPIP protocol do the following:

Click on Start.
Click on Run.
In the command line box which appears, enter the following and press the Enter key:
```
winipcfg
```
A box will appear with a variety of information. Check the pull-down menu near the top to verify that your Ethernet interface is selected; if it is not, then select it in this menu.
Look for the line labelled Adapter Address. This is your Ethernet interface's hardware address. It will be written out completely as 6 pairs of 2 digits separted by hyphens. Write it down.
If your machine has a wireless card, select Wireless interface from the drop down menu. Look for the Adapter Address under this section and write it down.

Windows NT 4.0

You can find your ethernet address using Microsoft's ipconfig utility:

Click the Start button.
Select Programs and then select Command Prompt.
At the C:\> prompt, enter the following then press the Enter key:
```
ipconfig /all
```
Your machine's ethernet address is listed as the Physical Address.
If your machine has both an Ethernet and a Wireless connection, two Physical Adresses will be shown in different sections. The Ethernet hardware address is listed under Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection and the Wireless hardware address will be listed under Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection.
To close the Command Prompt window, enter the following at the C:\> prompt then press the Enter key:
```
exit
```

Windows 2000, XP

You can find your machine's Ethernet or Wireless hardware addresses using Microsoft's ipconfig utility:

Click the Start button.
Select Programs and then select Accessories/Command Prompt.
At the C:\> prompt, enter the following then press the Enter key:
```
ipconfig /all
```
Your machine's Ethernet or Wireless hardware address is listed as the Physical Address.
If your machine has both an Ethernet and a Wireless connection, two Physical Adresses will be shown in different sections. The Ethernet hardware address is listed under Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection and the Wireless hardware address will be listed under Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection.
To close the Command Prompt window, enter the following at the C:\> prompt then press the Enter key:
```
exit
```

Windows Vista, Windows 7

You can find your machine's Ethernet or Wireless hardware addresses using Microsoft's getmac utility:

If your device is a Dell laptop, ensure it is plugged into an electrical outlet; if it is not plugged in, the device's Ethernet address will not be displayed.
Click the Start button.
In the Search box, enter the following then press the Enter key:
```
cmd
```
At the DOS prompt, enter the following then press the Enter key:
```
getmac /v
```
Your machine's Ethernet or Wireless hardware addresses are listed as the Physical Addresses.
If your machine has both an Ethernet and a Wireless connection, two Physical Adresses will be shown in different sections. The Ethernet hardware address is listed under Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection and the Wireless hardware address will be listed under Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection.
To close the Command Prompt window, enter the following at the C:\> prompt then press the Enter key:
```
exit
```

Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7

To display your Mac OS X device's Ethernet or Wireless hardware addresses:

Make sure that the network interface you're interested in is part of the current location, and is turned "on":
1. Open the System Preferences application in the Apple menu.The System Preferences application is also sometimes available in the Dock. It's also available in the Utilities folder (in versions 10.4 - 10.5) or the Applications folder (in versions 10.6 - 10.7).
2. Click the Network icon in the System Preferences application.
3. The Network pane of the System Preferences application displays a Location pop-up menu near the top of its window.In this Location pop-up menu, select a location that includes the network interface of interest.
  For Mac OS X 10.4: You can verify that a network interface (port) is a member of a location by selecting that location, then in the Show pop-up menu, selecting Network Port Configurations. Verify that network interface of interest appears in the port list, and is turned "on" (its checkbox is checked).
  For Mac OX X 10.5 - 10.7: You can verify that a network interface (port) is a member of a location by selecting that location, then verifying that the network interface of interest appears in the network ports list on the left side of the window. Verify that the interface's status (which appears in grey just below the name of the interface) is anything other than "Inactive."
4. If you made any changes in this window, click the Apply button in the lower right corner of the window.
5. If you made any changes in the Network pane in System Preferences that you won't want to retain, make a note of them now, so you can undo them later.
6. Once you've verified that the network interface you're interested in is part of the current location and is turned "on" (in 10.4), or is anything except "inactive (in 10.5 - 10.7), you can selectQuit System Preferences from the File menu.
In Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6, launch the System Profiler application. In Mac OS X 10.7, launch the System Information application.This program is normally located in the Utilities folder, which in turn is located in the Applications folder.
In the Contents pane on the left, select Network.
Displayed in the upper-right pane is a list of each of the Mac's network interfaces that are part of the current network location and are turned "on" (in 10.4), or anything except "inactive" (in 10.5 - 10.7). (In 10.6 - 10.7, these are entitled "Active Services".)In this upper-right pane, select the item for the Ethernet or Wireless (a.k.a "AirPort") interface in which you are interested.
Displayed in the lower-right pane is information about the selected network interface.Each interface's hardware address is the value labelled Ethernet address, MAC address, or Hardware (MAC) address This is true even if the device is actually a wireless interface. (It is not the item labelledRouterHardwareAddress.) Make a note of the value; this is the information you were seeking.
Quit the System Profiler (in 10.4 - 10.6) application or the System Information (in 10.7) application.
If earlier you changed any settings in the Network pane of System Preferences (e.g. to make a particular network interface active) and you wish to change it back, do so now.

Apple iPhone OS 3.1 - 3.2; iOS 4.0 - 5.0

To display your Apple iOS (or iPhone OS) device's Wireless hardware address:

Open the Settings application.
From the list of setting categories, select General.
From the list of general settings, select About.
The Wireless hardware address is the value labelled Wi-Fi Address.
Leave the Settings application.

Android 2.2, 2.3

To display your Android device's Wireless hardware address:

Open the Settings application.
From the list of setting categories, select About phone. (This category might be named something else, for example, About tablet.)
From the list of choices, select Hardware information. On some versions of Android, you may instead need to choose Status.
The Wireless hardware address is the value labeled Wi-Fi MAC Address.
Leave the Settings application.

Sun

When executed as root, the following command will show the hardware address for each Ethernet interface that is plumbed on the system:

# /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a

   lo0: flags=1000849 mtu 8232 index 1
           inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 
   hme0: flags=1000843 mtu 1500 index 2
           inet 192.168.1.2 netmask fffffc00 broadcast 192.168.1.0
           ether 8:0:20:4:5:6

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10

2011-10-14T05:41:00.000-07:00

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive (Independent) Disks.
On most situations you will be using one of the following four levels of RAIDs.

RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 10 (also known as RAID 1+0)

This article explains the main difference between these raid levels along with an easy to understand diagram.

In all the diagrams mentioned below:

A, B, C, D, E and F – represents blocks
p1, p2, and p3 – represents parity

RAID LEVEL 0

Following are the key points to remember for RAID level 0.

Minimum 2 disks.
Excellent performance ( as blocks are striped ).
No redundancy ( no mirror, no parity ).
Don’t use this for any critical system.

RAID LEVEL 1

Following are the key points to remember for RAID level 1.

Minimum 2 disks.
Good performance ( no striping. no parity ).
Excellent redundancy ( as blocks are mirrored ).

RAID LEVEL 5

Following are the key points to remember for RAID level 5.

Minimum 3 disks.
Good performance ( as blocks are striped ).
Good redundancy ( distributed parity ).
Best cost effective option providing both performance and redundancy. Use this for DB that is heavily read oriented. Write operations will be slow.

RAID LEVEL 10

Following are the key points to remember for RAID level 10.

Minimum 4 disks.
This is also called as “stripe of mirrors”
Excellent redundancy ( as blocks are mirrored )
Excellent performance ( as blocks are striped )
If you can afford the dollar, this is the BEST option for any mission critical applications (especially databases).

Detect and Avoid IP Address Conflicts

2011-10-10T11:33:00.001-07:00

IPv4 address conflicts are a common cause of problems with DHCP. No two computers on the network can have the same unicast IP address. If a computer is assigned the same unicast IPv4 address as another, one or both of the computers might become disconnected from the network.

To better detect and avoid potential conflicts, you can enable IPv4 address conflict detection by following these steps:
1. In the DHCP console, expand the node for the server you want to work with, right-click IPv4, and then click Properties.
2. On the Advanced tab, set Conflict Detection Attempts to a value other than 0. The value you enter determines the number of times the DHCP server checks an IP address before leasing it to a client. The DHCP server checks IP addresses by sending a ping request over the network.

Real World Example: A unicast IPv4 address is a standard IP address for class A, B, and C networks. When a DHCP client requests a lease, a DHCP server checks its pool of available addresses and assigns the client a lease on an available IPv4 address. By default, the server checks only the list of current leases to determine whether an address is available. It doesn’t actually query the network to see whether an address is in use.

Unfortunately, in a busy network environment, an administrator might have assigned this IPv4 address to another computer or an offline computer might have been brought online with a lease that it believes hasn’t expired, even though the DHCP server believes the lease has expired. Either way, you have an address conflict that will cause problems on the network. To reduce these types of conflicts, set the conflict detection to a value greater than 0.

Use the Wbadmin Backup Command Line Utility in Windows Server 2008

2011-10-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

Wbadmin is the command-line counterpart to Windows Server Backup. You use Wbadmin to manage all aspects of backup configuration that you would otherwise manage in Windows Server Backup. This means that you can typically use either tool to manage backup and recovery.

After you’ve installed the Backup Command-Line Tools feature, you can use Wbadmin to manage backup and recovery. Wbadmin is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32\ directory. As this directory is in your command path by default, you do not need to add this directory to your command path.

You can run Wbadmin by following these steps:
1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Accessories to open the Accessories menu.
2. Start an elevated command prompt by right-clicking Command Prompt and then selecting Run As Administrator.
3. In the Command Prompt window, enter the necessary command text or run a script that invokes Wbadmin.

Wbadmin has a number of associated commands:
DELETE SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP Deletes the system state backup or backups from a specified location.
DISABLE BACKUP Disables scheduled daily backups so that they no longer run.
ENABLE BACKUP Enables or modifies a scheduled daily backup.
GET DISKS Lists the disks that are currently online for the local computer. Disks are listed by manufacturer name, type, disk number, GUID, total space, used space, and associated volumes. GET ITEMS Lists items contained in a specified backup.
GET STATUS Reports the status of the currently running backup or recovery job.
GET VERSIONS List details about the available backups stored in a specific location, including the backup time and backup destination.
START BACKUP Starts a one-time backup using the specified parameters. If no parameters are passed and scheduled backups are enabled, the backup uses the settings for scheduled backups.
START RECOVERY Initiates a recovery of volumes, applications, or files using the specified parameters.
START SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP Starts a system state backup using the options specified.
START SYSTEMSTATERECOVERY Starts a system state recovery using the specified parameters.
STOP JOB Stops the currently running backup or recovery job. Stopped jobs cannot be restarted from where they were stopped.

When you are working with Wbadmin, you can get help on available commands:
1.To view a list of management commands, type wbadmin /? at the command prompt.
2.To view the syntax for a specific management command, type wbadmin Command /?, where Command is the name of the management command you want to examine, such as wbadmin stop job /?.

When you work with Wbadmin, you’ll find that just about every command accepts parameters and specific parameter values that qualify what you want to work with. To see more clearly how this works, consider the following syntax example:

wbadmin get versions [-backupTarget:{VolumeName | NetworkSharePath}]
[-machine:BackupMachineName]

The brackets tell you that –backupTarget and –machine are optional. Thus, you could type the following to get information on recoverable backups on the local computer:

wbadmin get versions

You could type the following to get information on recoverable backups for C:

wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:f:

Or you could type the following to get information on recoverable backups for C on Server96:

wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:f: -machine:server96

Many Wbadmin commands use the –backupTarget and –machine parameters. The backup target is the storage location you want to work with, and can be expressed as a local volume name (such as F:) or as a network share path, such as \\FileServer32\backups\Server85. The –machine parameter identifies the computer you want to work with for backup or recovery operations.

Reminders not popping up in Outlook 2007

2011-10-07T09:20:00.000-07:00

Summary

After performing Windows updates and installing Microsoft KB number 2583910 for Outlook 2007 a warning appears stating:
There was a problem reading one or more of your reminders. Some reminders may not appear.

Details

This is similar to the problem encountered when Microsoft Office 2010 SP1 was released.
In order to resolve this, please uninstall Microsoft update KB2583910
Once that is uninstalled, please start outlook.exe with the option /cleanreminders turned on.

Bytes, Kilo Bytes, Mega Bytes, Giga Bytes, Tera Bytes, Peta Bytes ......

2011-09-26T07:44:00.000-07:00

Processor or Virtual Storage

· 1 Bit = Binary Digit

· 8 Bits = 1 Byte
· 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
· 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
· 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
· 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
· 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
· 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
· 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
· 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
· 1024 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
· 1024 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte

Disk Storage

1 Bit = Binary Digit
· 8 Bits = 1 Byte
· 1000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
· 1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
· 1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
· 1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
· 1000 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
· 1000 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
· 1000 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
· 1000 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
· 1000 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
· 1000 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte

Recovering the System Menu Password in Dynamics GP

2011-09-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

When you have logged into Dynamics GP, go to Microsoft Dynamics GP >> Tools >> Customize >> Report Writer and choose the product as Microsoft Dynamics GP. This will open GP in the Report Writer mode as shown below. Click on the Reports button in the Toolbar.

Click on the New button in the Report Writer window and enter the following details for the new report that you have decided to create.

Report Name	System Password Recovery
Series	System
Main Table	System Password Master
Using Key	SY_System_Password_Key1

The report definition window would look as shown below.

Now click on the Layout button. Add the Password field from the System Password Master table into the Body section of the report as shown below.

Close the report and choose Save on the prompt that shows up.
Click OK on the Report Definition window to close the report definition window as well. Now you should be noticing the new report that we had created in the Report Writer window as shown below.

Select the new report that we had created and click on the Print button. On the Report Destination window, choose to print the report on Screen and click on the OK button.
The report will print on the screen and it will display the decrypted system menu password on the report as shown below.

Archive missing in Outlook 2007

2011-07-10T12:22:00.000-07:00

Archive is missing in File menu.

Solution:

1. Uninstall Outlook installed update named "Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB2412171)".

Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features
In Tasks pane, click View installed updates
In search bar, type KB2412171, then right click > Uninstall

2. Can't find KB2412171 to uninstall, yet I have symptoms

Look for update KB2509470, then right click > Uninstall
Restart
Check the installed updates again, KB2412171 would appear then right click > Uninstall
Restart

The Archive item will then appear in the File menu.

How can I fix “Display driver igfx stopped responding and has recovered” errors?

2011-06-19T11:18:00.001-07:00

Try this:
1. In Windows Vista, go Start Menu (blue circle in lower left) => Control Panel => Check for Updates (under Security) => Change Settings => put checkmarks next to “Include recommended updates…” and “Use Microsoft Update”. Single left-click on the OK button. This will return you to the original update window.
2. Choose “Check for updates…” from the left side of the window. If potential updates are found, single left-click on “View available updates”. Mark all updates for installation, using checkmarks, then single left-click on Install. Restart your computer after all updates have been installed.
If that fails, go to the Drivers and Downloads section of http://support.dell.com/ and then enter your computer’s Service Tag. This will allow you to download updates which have been designed specifically for your computer. Due to the nature of your problem, I recommend that you install BIOS and graphics updates. Restart your computer after installing each of these updates.

Configuring a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 with Sconfig.cmd

2011-06-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

In Windows Server 2008 R2, in addition to the Dism.exe command, you can use the Server Configuration tool (Sconfig.cmd) to configure and manage several common aspects of Server Core installations. You must be a member of the Administrators group to use the tool.

To start the Server Configuration Tool

Change to the system drive.
Type Sconfig.cmd, and then press ENTER. The Server Configuration tool interface opens:

Domain/Workgroup settings

The current Domain/Workgroup settings are displayed in the default Server Configuration tool screen.

To join a domain

Type 1 and press ENTER.
Type D and press ENTER.
Type the domain name and press ENTER.

Example: domain.corp.company.com
Type an authorized domain\user.

Example: domain\user1
When prompted, type a password for the user, and then press ENTER.
You are prompted with “You must restart your computer to apply these changes. Restart now?” Click Yes to restart the computer.

Note

If a domain user has not been added to the local administrators group, you will not be able to make system changes, such as changing the computer name, by using the domain user. To add a domain user to the local administrators group, allow the computer to restart. Next, log on to the computer as the local administrator and follow the steps in the Local administrator settings section later in this document.

To join a workgroup

Type 1 and press ENTER.
Type W and press ENTER.
Do one of the following:

If you are currently joined to a workgroup
1. Type the name of the workgroup to join, and then press ENTER.
2. You are prompted with “Welcome to the workgroup: workgroup name.” Click OK.
If you are currently joined to a domain
1. Type the name of the workgroup to join, and then press ENTER.
2. You are prompted with “Machine currently joined to domain. Do you want to remove this computer from the current domain now?” Click Yes.
3. Type an authorized domain\user.
  
  Example: domain\user1
4. When prompted, type a password for the user and press ENTER.
5. You are prompted with “You must restart your computer to apply these changes. Restart now?” Click No.
6. Type 1 and press ENTER to configure the Hyper-V Server workgroup name.
7. Type W and press ENTER.
8. Type the name of the workgroup to join, and then press ENTER.
9. You are prompted with “Welcome to the workgroup: workgroup name.” Click OK.
Type 11 and press ENTER to restart the computer.
You are prompted with “Are you sure you want to restart?” Click Yes.

Computer name settings

The current computer name is displayed in the default Server Configuration Tool screen.

If joined to a domain	Type 2 and press ENTER to change the computer name. Type the new computer name, and then press ENTER. When prompted, type the domain and the name of an authorized user, and then press ENTER. Type a password for the user and press ENTER. You are prompted with “You must restart your computer to apply these changes. Restart now?” Click Yes to restart.
If joined to a workgroup	Type 2 and press ENTER to change the computer name. Type the new computer name, and then press ENTER. You are prompted with “The computer needs to be restarted in order to complete the operation. The command completed successfully.” Click OK. You are prompted with “You must restart your computer to apply these changes. Restart now?” Click Yes to restart.

Local administrator settings

Follow these steps to add additional users to the local administrators group.

To add a domain user to the local administrator group

Type 3 and press ENTER.
Type the domain name and user name, and then press ENTER.

Example: domain\domain user
You are prompted with “User added to local Administrators group domain\domain user.” Click OK.

Note

To add a domain user to the local administrator group, you must be currently joined to a domain. See the Domain/Workgroup settings section earlier in this document.

To add a workgroup user to the local administrator group

Type 3 and press ENTER.
Type the user name, and then press ENTER.

Example: user1
When prompted, type a password for the user, and then press ENTER.
When prompted, type the password a second time, and then press ENTER.
You are prompted with “User added to local Administrators group username.” Click OK.

Network settings

You can configure the IP address to be assigned automatically by a DHCP Server or you can assign a static IP address manually.
To configure network settings

Type 8 and press ENTER.
You are presented with a list of available network adapters that are attached to the server.
Type the index number of the adapter that you want to configure, and then press ENTER.
You are presented with the current configuration for the network adapter that you selected.

Type 1 and press ENTER to configure the IP address for the selected network adapter.

To receive an IP address from a DHCP server	Type D and press ENTER.
To assign a static IP address to the network adapter	Type S, and then press ENTER to manually assign a static IP to the network adapter. Type the desired static IP address, and then press ENTER. Type the desired subnet mask, and then press ENTER. Type the desired default gateway, and then press ENTER.

To configure DNS Server settings for the selected network adapter	Type 2 and press ENTER. Type the IP address of the desired preferred DNS server, and then press ENTER. You are prompted with “Preferred DNS server set.” Click OK. Type the IP address of the desired alternate DNS server, and then press ENTER. You are prompted with “Alternate DNS Server set.” Click OK.
To clear the current DNS Server settings	Type 3 and press ENTER. You are prompted with “DNS Servers removed. DNS Servers will be automatically obtained from network.” Click OK.

Type 4 and press ENTER to return to the default configuration screen.

Windows Update settings

The current Windows Update settings are displayed in the default Server Configuration Tool screen.

To set updates to automatic	Type 5 and press ENTER. Type A and press ENTER to set updates to automatic. You are prompted with “Windows Update set to Automatic. System will check for and install updates every day at 3:00AM.” Click OK. You are returned to the Server Configuration Tool and you will see “Automatic” next to “Windows Update Settings.”
To set updates to manual	Type 5 and press ENTER. Type M and press ENTER to set updates to automatic. You are prompted with “Windows Update set to Manual. System will never check for updates.” Click OK. You are returned to the Server Configuration Tool and you will see “Manual” next to “Windows Update Settings.”

Update status settings

The current status of software updates is displayed in the default Server Configuration Tool screen. Follow these instructions to download and install updates.

Note
You must be connected to the Internet to receive software updates.

Type 6 and press ENTER to search for updates. A Command Prompt window opens; type A to download all updates.
You are presented with a list of applicable updates. Type Y and press ENTER to download and install all updates.

Note

This may take some time.

Note

You may be prompted with “A restart is required to complete Windows Updates. Restart now?” Click Yes to restart the computer.
You are returned to the Server Configuration Tool, where you will see the current software update status next to “Download and Install Updates.“

Note
This may take some time.

Note
You may be prompted with “A restart is required to complete Windows Updates. Restart now?” Click Yes to restart the computer.

Remote Desktop settings

The current status of remote desktop settings is displayed in the default Server Configuration Tool screen.

To enable Remote Desktop for clients running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication	Type 7 and press ENTER. Type E and press ENTER to enable Remote Desktop. Type 1 and press ENTER to allow only clients running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication to connect. You are prompted with “Remote Desktop enabled for clients only running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (more secure).” Click OK. You are returned to the Server Configuration Tool, where you will see “Enabled (more secure clients only)” next to “Remote Desktop”.
To enable Remote Desktop for clients running any version of Remote Desktop	Type 7 and press ENTER. Type 2 and press ENTER to allow clients running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure). You are prompted with “Remote Desktop enabled for clients running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure).” Click OK. You are returned to the Server Configuration Tool, where you will see “Enabled (all clients)” next to “Remote Desktop”.
To disable Remote Desktop	Type 7 and press ENTER. Type D and press ENTER to disable Remote Desktop. You are prompted with “Remote Desktop disabled.” Click OK. You are returned to the Server Configuration Tool, and you will see “Disabled” next to “Remote Desktop.”

Date and time settings

Follow these instructions to change the current date and time settings:

Type 9 and press ENTER to configure or modify the Date and Time options.
You are presented with the Date and Time options control panel.
When you are finished configuring Date and Time options, click OK to apply the changes or Cancel to discard them.

To enable remote management

Type 4 and press ENTER.
Select one of the following remote management options:

Allow MMC Remote Management

Type 1 to enable MMC Remote Management.
A message appears that says “Enabling MMC firewall exceptions and Virtual Disk Service.”
When the process is complete, a message appears saying "Remote Management allowed for all Windows Firewall profiles.” Click OK.

Enable Windows PowerShell

Type 2 to enable Windows PowerShell.
When the process is complete, the following message appears “You must restart the computer to complete the Windows PowerShell installation. Restart now?” Click Yes.

Allow Server Manager Remote Management

Note
You must enable Windows PowerShell and restart the computer before you can enable Server Manager Remote Management.

Type 3 to allow the computer to be managed by using Remote Server Manager.
When the process is complete, the following message appears “Remote Server Management enabled.” Click OK.

To log off a user

Type 10 and press ENTER to log off the current user.
You are prompted with “Are you sure you want to log off?” Click Yes.

To restart the server

Type 11 and press ENTER to restart the server.
You are prompted with “Are you sure you want to restart?” Click Yes.

To shut down the server

Type 12 and press ENTER to shut down the server.
You will be prompted with “Are you sure you want to shut down?” Click Yes.

To exit to the command line

Type 13 and press ENTER to exit to the command line.

Note
To return to the Server Configuration Tool, type Sconfig.cmd, and then press ENTER.

Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin

2011-06-13T08:49:00.000-07:00

Step 1: Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin

Updated: February 28, 2011
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This step provides instructions for the following tasks:

Raising the forest functional level

You can enable Active Directory Recycle Bin only if the forest functional level of your environment is set to Windows Server 2008 R2. You can raise the forest functional level by using the following methods:

Set-ADForestMode Active Directory module cmdlet

Note
The Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 R2 is a Windows PowerShell™ module (named Active Directory) that consolidates a group of cmdlets. You can use these cmdlets to manage your Active Directory domains, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) configuration sets, and Active Directory Database Mounting Tool instances in a single, self-contained package. For more information, see What's New in AD DS: Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=140056).

Note

The Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 R2 is a Windows PowerShell™ module (named Active Directory) that consolidates a group of cmdlets. You can use these cmdlets to manage your Active Directory domains, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) configuration sets, and Active Directory Database Mounting Tool instances in a single, self-contained package. For more information, see What's New in AD DS: Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=140056).

Ldp.exe

Membership in Enterprise Admins, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete these procedures. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at Local and Domain Default Groups (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477).

To raise the forest functional level to Windows Server 2008 R2 using the Set-ADForestMode cmdlet

Click Start, click Administrative Tools, right-click Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, and then click Run as administrator.
At the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Set-ADForestMode [-Identity] [-ForestMode]
To set the forest functional level to Windows Server 2008 R2, type Windows2008R2Forest for .
For example, to set the forest functional level of contoso.com to Windows Server 2008 R2, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Set-ADForestMode –Identity contoso.com -ForestMode Windows2008R2Forest

For more information about the Set-ADForestMode cmdlet, at the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell command prompt, type Get-Help Set-ADForestMode, and then press ENTER.

Note

Note
You can use the Set-ADObject cmdlet to raise the functional level of an AD LDS configuration set. For example, to raise the functional level of an AD LDS configuration set on a local AD LDS server, where the distinguished name of the AD LDS configuration directory partition is CN=Configuration,CN={32E430E4-42D3-4663-BCA7-5F5DFDC898}, use the following cmdlet: `Set-ADObject -Identity 'CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,CN={32E430E4-42D3-4663-BCA7-5F5DFDC898}’ -Replace @{'msds-Behavior-Version'=4} -Server localhost:50000`

You can use the Set-ADObject cmdlet to raise the functional level of an AD LDS configuration set. For example, to raise the functional level of an AD LDS configuration set on a local AD LDS server, where the distinguished name of the AD LDS configuration directory partition is CN=Configuration,CN={32E430E4-42D3-4663-BCA7-5F5DFDC898}, use the following cmdlet:

Set-ADObject -Identity  'CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,CN={32E430E4-42D3-4663-BCA7-5F5DFDC898}’  -Replace @{'msds-Behavior-Version'=4} -Server localhost:50000

To raise the forest functional level to Windows Server 2008 R2 using Ldp.exe

To open Ldp.exe, click Start, click Run, and then type ldp.exe.
To connect and bind to the server that hosts the forest root domain of your AD DS environment, under Connection, click Connect, and then click Bind.
Click View, and then click Tree. In BaseDN, select the configuration directory partition, and then click OK.
In the console tree, double-click the distinguished name (also known as DN) of the configuration directory partition, and then navigate to the CN=Partitions container.
Right-click the CN=Partitions container’s distinguished name, and then click Modify.
In the Modify dialog box, in Edit Entry Attribute, type msDS-Behavior-Version.
In the Modify dialog box, in Values, type 4 (the value of the Windows Server 2008 R2 forest functional level).
In the Modify dialog box, under Operation click Replace, click Enter, and then click Run.

Enabling Active Directory Recycle Bin

After the forest functional level of your environment is set to Windows Server 2008 R2, you can enable Active Directory Recycle Bin by using the following methods:

Enable-ADOptionalFeature Active Directory module cmdlet (This is the recommended method.)
Ldp.exe

Note
In this release of Windows Server 2008 R2, the process of enabling Active Directory Recycle Bin is irreversible. After you enable Active Directory Recycle Bin in your environment, it cannot be disabled.

To enable Active Directory Recycle Bin using the Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet

Click Start, click Administrative Tools, right-click Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, and then click Run as administrator.

Warning
If you do not use the Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell to run the following commands, you will see errors. If you would prefer to run the following commands from Windows PowerShell directly, then first import the Active Directory cmdlet by running the following command `import-module activedirectory`

At the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Enable-ADOptionalFeature -Identity -Scope -Target

Note
The distinguished name (also known as DN) of Active Directory Recycle Bin is CN=Recycle Bin Feature,CN=Optional Features,CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=,DC=, where and represent the appropriate forest root domain name of your Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment.

For example, to enable Active Directory Recycle Bin for contoso.com, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

Enable-ADOptionalFeature –Identity ‘CN=Recycle  Bin Feature,CN=Optional Features,CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows  NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=com’ –Scope   ForestOrConfigurationSet –Target ‘contoso.com’

Note

Note
You can also use the Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet to enable Active Directory Recycle Bin in an AD LDS environment. For example, to enable Active Directory Recycle Bin on a local AD LDS server, where the distinguished name of the AD LDS configuration directory partition is CN=Configuration,CN={372A5A3F-6ABE-4AFD-82DE-4A84D2A10E81}, use the following cmdlet: `Enable-ADOptionalFeature 'recycle bin feature' -Scope ForestOrConfigurationSet -Server localhost:50000 -Target 'CN=Configuration,CN={372A5A3F-6ABE-4AFD-82DE-4A84D2A10E81}'`

You can also use the Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet to enable Active Directory Recycle Bin in an AD LDS environment. For example, to enable Active Directory Recycle Bin on a local AD LDS server, where the distinguished name of the AD LDS configuration directory partition is CN=Configuration,CN={372A5A3F-6ABE-4AFD-82DE-4A84D2A10E81}, use the following cmdlet:

Enable-ADOptionalFeature 'recycle bin  feature' -Scope ForestOrConfigurationSet -Server localhost:50000 -Target  'CN=Configuration,CN={372A5A3F-6ABE-4AFD-82DE-4A84D2A10E81}'

For more information about the Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet, at the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell command prompt, type Get-Help Enable-ADOptionalFeature, and then press ENTER.

To enable Active Directory Recycle Bin using Ldp.exe

To open Ldp.exe, click Start, click Run, and then type ldp.exe.
To connect and bind to the server that hosts the forest root domain of your AD DS environment, under Connection, click Connect, and then click Bind.
Click View, click Tree, in BaseDN, select the configuration directory partition, and then click OK.
In the console tree, double-click the distinguished name of the configuration directory partition, and then navigate to the CN=Partitions container.
Right-click the CN=Partitions container’s distinguished name, and then click Modify.
In the Modify dialog box, make sure that the DN box is empty.
In the Modify dialog box, in Edit Entry Attribute, type enableOptionalFeature.

In the Modify dialog box, in Values, type CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com:766ddcd8-acd0-445e-f3b9-a7f9b6744f2a. Replace mydomain and com with the appropriate forest root domain name of your AD DS environment.

Note
766ddcd8-acd0-445e-f3b9-a7f9b6744f2a is the Active Directory Recycle Bin globally unique identifier (GUID). To verify the Active Directory Recycle Bin GUID, navigate to the CN=Recycle Bin Feature,CN=Optional Features,CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration, DC=mydomain,DC=com container (replace mydomain and com with the appropriate forest root domain name of your AD DS environment), and in the details pane, locate the value of the msDS-OptionalFeatureGUID attribute.

Note

766ddcd8-acd0-445e-f3b9-a7f9b6744f2a is the Active Directory Recycle Bin globally unique identifier (GUID).
To verify the Active Directory Recycle Bin GUID, navigate to the CN=Recycle Bin Feature,CN=Optional Features,CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration, DC=mydomain,DC=com container (replace mydomain and com with the appropriate forest root domain name of your AD DS environment), and in the details pane, locate the value of the msDS-OptionalFeatureGUID attribute.

In the Modify dialog box, under Operation click Add, click Enter, and then click Run.
To verify that Active Directory Recycle Bin is enabled, navigate to the CN=Partitions container. In the details pane, locate the msDS-EnabledFeature attribute, and confirm that its value is set to CN=Recycle Bin Feature,CN=Optional Features,CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration, DC=mydomain,DC=com, where mydomain and com represent the appropriate forest root domain name of your AD DS environment.

How to configure Duplicate Backup Jobs in Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS)

2011-06-07T10:58:00.001-07:00

Problem

How to configure Duplicate Backup Jobs in Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS)

Solution

It is possible to create a job to duplicate backup data with the option to either duplicate existing backup sets or to duplicate backup sets immediately following a scheduled job.

When duplicating existing backup sets, the backup sets selected from catalogs are read from the source media and written to the selected destination, such as a drive, drive pool, or backup folder. It is possible to schedule when this type of job runs.

When selecting to duplicate backup sets following a job, a backup job will run, and then the backup sets it created are copied to the destination targeted for the duplicate job. To duplicate backup sets following a job, the backup job must be scheduled to run and must not be associated with any other duplicate jobs. It is not possible to schedule this job; instead, the duplicate job runs only after the related or linked backup job completes.

To duplicate backup data:

1. From the navigation bar, click Job Setup
2. Under Backup Tasks, select New job to duplicate backup data (Figure 1)

Figure 1

2a. To copy existing backup sets to another destination:
Select Duplicate existing backup sets, and then click OK (Figure 2).
Select the backup sets to be copied.

Figure 2

2b. To duplicate backup sets created when a scheduled backup job runs:
Select Duplicate backup sets following a job (Figure 3), and then click OK.
Select the scheduled backup job to be used as the source.

Figure 3

3. On the Properties pane, under Destination, select Device and Media, and complete these options as described in Device and Media Options for Backup Jobs and Templates
4. On the Properties pane, under Settings, click General, and complete these options as described in General Options for a Duplicate Job
5. On the Properties pane, under Settings, click Advanced, and complete these options as described in Advanced Options for a Duplicate Job
6. If Backup Exec is required to send a notification when the backup job completes, on the Properties pane, under Settings, click Notification
7. If duplicating data from a scheduled backup job, click Run Now

The duplicate job will launch immediately following the completion of the scheduled backup job.

If duplicating data from an existing backup set, either click Run Now or under Frequency click Schedule to set the scheduling options to be used.

Outlook 2007: Recall or replace a message after it is sent

2011-06-07T10:52:00.000-07:00

Recall and replace a message

You send an e-mail message, asking your co-workers to review the sales figures for this year, but you forget to attach the sales figures. After you send the message, your Inbox is flooded with messages that ask "What attachment?", "I didn't get the attachment!", or "Can you resend the attachment?"
How can you undo your error? You can recall the original message and then resend it with the missing attachment. For all of your co-workers who haven't opened the message yet, you can perform an e-mail sleight of hand and replace the original message with another one that contains the attachment.

Recall and replace a message

Do the following:

In Mail, in the Navigation Pane, click Sent Items.
Open the message that you want to recall and replace.
On the Message tab, in the Actions group, click Other Actions, and then click Recall This Message.

Click Delete unread copies and replace with a new message.

Note If you are sending the message to a large number of people, you may want to clear the Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient check box.

Click OK, and then type a new message and include the attachment.
Click Send.

In another scenario, you accidentally send a message announcing a party for your staff that afternoon. However, the party is actually scheduled for the next week. In this case, you want to recall the message but not replace the message at this time.

Recall a message

Do the following:

In Mail, in the Navigation Pane, click Sent Items.
Open the message that you want to recall.
On the Message tab, in the Actions group, click Other Actions, and then click Recall This Message.

Click Delete unread copies of this message.

Note If you are sending the message to a large number of people, you may want to clear the Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient check box.

Select whether you want to only delete the message or delete and replace the message.

Select the check box to receive a confirmation that the recall was successful.

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Will my recall be successful?

The success or failure of a recall depends on the recipients' settings in Microsoft Outlook. The following four scenarios explain what happens in various situations, and an additional scenario describes the recall of a message sent to a Microsoft Exchange public folder.

Action	Result
You send an e-mail message to someone. You recall the original message and replace it with a new one. On the recipient's computer, under Tracking Options, the Process requests and responses on arrival check box is selected. (To view this setting, on the Tools menu, click Options, click E-mail Options, and then click Tracking Options.)	Both the original message and the recall message are received in the recipient's Inbox. Assuming the original message has not been read, the original message is deleted and the recipient is informed that you, the sender, deleted the message from his or her mailbox. Note If the original message is marked as read (viewing in the Reading Pane is not reading in this scenario) when the recall message is processed, the recipient is informed that you, the sender, want to delete the message, but the message remains in the recipient's Outlook folder.
You send an e-mail message to someone. You recall the original message and replace it with a new one. On the recipient's computer, under Tracking Options, the Process requests and responses on arrival check box is not selected. (To view this setting, on the Tools menu, click Options, click E-mail Options, and then click Tracking Options.)	Both the original message and the recall message are received in the recipient's Inbox. On the recipient's computer, one of the following occurs: If the recipient opens the recall message first, the original message is deleted, and the recipient is informed that you, the sender, have deleted the message from their mailbox. If the recipient opens the original message first, the recall fails, and both the original and recall messages are available. Note If the original message is marked as read (viewing in the Reading Pane is not reading in this scenario) when the recall message is processed, the recipient is informed that you, the sender, want to delete the message, but the message remains in the recipient's Outlook folder.
You send an e-mail message to someone. You recall the original message and replace it with a new one. On the recipient's computer, either by rule or by action of the recipient, the original message is moved to another folder and the recall message remains in the Inbox (or it is moved to another folder as well).	As long as the recall message and the original message exist in separate folders, the recipient receives a message indicating that a recall attempt failed. This occurs regardless of the Outlook configurations and the read status of the message. The original message and the new message are both available to the recipient. Note If the recipient read the original message and then marks it as unread, Outlook treats it as if it had never been read and recalls it successfully.
You send an e-mail message to someone. You recall the original message and replace it with a new one. On the recipient's computer, either by rule or by action of the recipient, both messages are moved to the same folder. This results in behavior similar to that which occurs when Outlook is not configured to automatically process messages.	On the recipient's computer, one of the following occurs: If the recipient opens the recall message first, the original message is deleted, and the recipient is informed that you, the sender, deleted the message from his or her mailbox. If the recipient opens the original message first, the recall fails, and both the old and new messages are available. Note If the recipient read the original message and then marked it as unread, Outlook treats it as if it had never been read and recalls it successfully.
You send an e-mail message to a public folder. You recall the original message and replace it with a new one.	One of the following occurs: If the recipient who reads the recall message has read access to all the items in the public folder but did not read the original message, the recall succeeds, and only the new message remains. You, the sender, receive a message indicating that the recall succeeded. If the recipient has already marked the original message as read, he or she is informed that the recall failed, and only the recall message is deleted. If a user with any other public folder rights opens the recall message, the recall fails, and the user receives a message indicating that the recall failed. Both the old and new messages remain in the public folder. Notes If the recipient reads the original message and then marks it as unread, Outlook treats it as if it had never been read and recalls it successfully. In the public folder, it is the reader's rights, not the sender's, that determine the success or failure of the recall.

V-79-57344-65298 - The Exchange Store service is not responding. Backup set canceled.

2011-05-30T11:05:00.000-07:00

Problem

When the "Media Insert" alert is responded with CANCEL during the backup of a resource, the resource is not listed under the restore selection till the Backup Exec services are restarted

Solution

The above can be better explained with this example. Lets consider a Backup Job backing up C,D and E Drive of the local Server. After backing up the C and D drive when Backup Exec is backing up the E drive if the storage media is full and asking for a overwritable media and it is at this stage if the Backup Job is canceled we would only see the C and D in the Restore Job properties. The E drive which was partially backed up will not be seen until the Backup Exec services are restarted.

WORKAROUND:

Restart all Backup Exec Services to see the resource on which the request for overwritable media was canceled during the Backup operation.

Symantec Corporation has acknowledged that the above-mentioned issue is present in the current version(s) of the product(s) mentioned at the end of this article. Symantec Corporation is committed to product quality and satisfied customers.

This issue is currently under investigation by Symantec Corporation. Pending the outcome of the investigation, this issue may be resolved by way of a patch or Hotfix in current or future revisions of the software. However, this particular issue is not currently scheduled for any release. If you feel this issue has a direct business impact for you and your continued use of the product, please contact your Symantec Sales representative or the Symantec Sales group to discuss these concerns. For information on how to contact Symantec Sales, please see http://www.symantec.com/ . Please be sure to refer back to this document periodically as any changes to the status of the issue will be reflected here.

Outlook tracking tab shows attendees as optional when initial invite was sent to alias

2011-05-20T08:21:00.000-07:00

This is issue is seen in the following scenario:

Outlook 2007 users with mailbox in exchange 2003 or 2007

User proposes a meeting and has as only attendee an alias. After members of the alias accept the meeting, the meeting tracking tab shows those attendees as optional attendees.

Outlook meeting requests: Essential do’s and don’ts

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA011276781033.aspx

It is not recommended practices to send meeting request to a Distribution Group. If you need to invite all the members of a distribution list, expand the list in the To line before sending the request.