Delete Files older then X Days BATCH SCRIPT
To delete files older then X Days use the following script:forfiles.exe /p D:\Files /s /m *.* /d -7 /c "cmd /c del @file"/pThis parameter specifies the path that contain the files I wish to...
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Troubleshooting Fun with the Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity cmdlet
The Test-ActiveSyncConnectivity cmdlet is a great command for testing Active Sync connectivity with a device. This can be used to test Active Sync connectivity with any user in your domain. You may...
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Exchange ActiveSync Error (500) Internal Server Error
One of my customers had an issue on their Exchange 2010 server regarding Exchange ActiveSync. The mobile device would Autodiscover the settings however it would fail to synchronise email. After...
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Identify number of items in folder Outlook Cached Exchange Mode and Exchange
This blog post shows you how to identify if a folder within your Outlook OST file has become out of sync with your Exchange server for Outlook clients which are running under cached Exchange mode. To...
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Changing Password on Administrator Accounts - Performing an Audit
This article addresses a common task which many administrators have to address within their career as as an IT professional - changing the password on a core administrator account.ScenarioIt is well...
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Schemus Mail Configuration hanging on Loading
I was configuring the Schemus Mail Configuration tool to synchronise recipient information from an Active Directory forest to Symantec Cloud but ran into an issue with the Synchronisation tool.I...
View ArticleA quick look at Exchange 2013 Managed Availability
Microsoft Exchange 2013 has a new monitoring and alerting engine built into the product called Managed Availability. Managed Availability detects, alerts and recovers problems as they occur within the...
View ArticleWhats this new In-Place buzz word?
Some of my customers have been asking me lately about some of the new In-Place features of Exchange 2013. In-Place is a new buzz word which has been adopted by the Exchange product team when naming...
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Citrix Gateway 3.0 - The server certifiate specified is unusable
Today I attempted to replace a certificate on a Citrix Gateway. When replacing the certificate in the Secure Gateway Configuration Wizard I received the following error message:"The server certificate...
View ArticleDell Wireless Driver
I had a bit of a drama finding a driver for the following hardware ID today on a customers...
View ArticleWindows 8 Won't Shutdown
One of my friends purchased a Windows 8 computer and complained to me that no matter what they do the machine will not shutdown through use of the Start Portal, Task Manager or even using the shutdown...
View ArticleExchange 2003 and Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller
A customer asked me today if they can upgrade to their domain controllers to Windows Server 2012 whilst running Exchange Server 2003.Exchange 2003 does not support Windows Server 2012 Domain...
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Group Policy Software Installation Not Working
Today a customer had a few Windows 7 workstations which were not receiving software which is pushed through group policy. RSOP.msc and gpresult had confirmed that the group policy instructing the...
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WSUS Not Working
I had an issue at a customer today where a new WSUS server was not patching clients. I went through the WSUS configuration, all was correct.Problem SymptomsThe symptoms of this problem are as...
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Your computer can't connect to the remote computer because an error occurred...
I experienced an issue at a customer site with with a new Remote Desktop Services deployment on Windows Server 2008 R2 when building a Server Farm. When Windows 7 PC's accessed a RemoteApp or attempted...
View ArticleConverting Basic Disk to Dynamic Disk Stripped SMB Shares
We experienced a very interesting problem on a Windows Server 2003 file server in which all SMB shares were removed from the file server upon reboot. We were in the process of moving a data volume...
View ArticleGroup Policy Scripts in Windows Server 2008/2008R2/2012
With the release of Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) on server 2003, Group Policy had many sample scripts which were very handy when working with Group Policy. These scripts...
View ArticlemsDS- Attributes in Active Directory
This is a short post to explain what msDS- attributes are in Active Directory. As an administrator responsible for maintaining your companies Active Directory environment at some stage you have...
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An insight into Exchange 2013 Safety Net
Saftey Net is the new version of Transport Dumpster which was first introduced in Exchange 2007 and was continued in Exchange 2010. I wrote about Transport Dumpster back in May 2011, please refer to...
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NSClient++ Clients Report Arguments not Enabled
I am currently in the process of deploying the open source Nagios monitoring platform for a customer to provide them the ability to monitor their Windows machines, network infrastructure and virtual...
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