tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51870672009-01-02T18:10:08.541-06:00Exchange, Windows, and OCS how-to's and tips and tricks as I pick them up. Feel free to pass on anything you see here, and PLEASE subscribe to my RSS feed, and leave comments if you find my writing helpful at all!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-54170357192737299882009-01-02T18:07:00.003-06:002009-01-02T18:10:08.800-06:00

If your password is on this list, it DEFINITELY is. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/02/top-500-worst-passwo.html Best passwords are 8+ characters, a combination of letters and numbers and nothing identifying yourself (birthday, SS#, name, son's name, etc) I usually use common objects or names and obfuscate them for a password. Looking aroung the room. I have an HP Laserjet 1300. Easy

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-84526023126474711042009-01-02T09:59:00.001-06:002009-01-02T09:59:28.508-06:00

Well, this is a fine how do you do, isn't it.  

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-14433015173942048762008-12-29T21:47:00.002-06:002008-12-29T21:48:17.770-06:00

I decided I really was tired of having to go to another machine to manage downloads for my 2k8 core machine, so I decided to find a way around it. I found an old Lynx port that seems to work WONDERS on Windows 2008 Core! http://pervalidus.50webs.org/cygwin/lynx/ (the download link is the first word on that page, I missed it)

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-41220030573880220762008-12-22T18:25:00.001-06:002008-12-22T18:25:11.337-06:00

I have a LOT of stuff to move when I get new storage!    Upgrading my Netgear (formerly Infrant) ReadyNAS NV + from 4x500GB to 5x1.5tb using Seagate's new 1.5TB drives.    Backing up will take a LONG time.        

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-45423373880332561752008-12-12T20:12:00.004-06:002008-12-17T19:25:29.616-06:00

I accidentally tried to dcpromo with the same .inf twice, and found that it removes the password fields immediately after you attempt a dcpromo! Pretty slick!

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-92060581379270275502008-12-11T15:02:00.004-06:002008-12-17T19:25:58.645-06:00

Exchange 2007 Transport rules are a GREAT feature to control mail flow for business and security reasons. One of my favorite uses is to base a rule on group membership. Unfortunately, the first time I tested this, I was making a rule to block Internet Email from members of the "No Internet Email" group. I created the group, added myself, and created the rule. It worked flawlessly, and I then

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-34940732261032911362008-12-10T21:06:00.002-06:002008-12-17T19:26:24.472-06:00

I am usually not an idiot about these things, either, just missed about 15 days of Windows Updates on this box. No unusual installs.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-74166061190111359932008-12-10T20:50:00.003-06:002008-12-17T19:28:22.284-06:00

Spiffy, eh? $1300 @ newegg + free Hyper-V 2008. Currently has about 6 machines, 2 in "production" meaning I lose DC or DHCP if two of them are offline. Not horrible critical, but annoying if down. But it's a home network, I should be able to take some downtime. We shall see how it goes. I am working on watching actual RAM usage and monitoring needs so I can maximize the box. Here are the

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The OCS exam. The only one, too! Passed with flying colors. So I am now an MCITP: Messaging, and MCP in OCS, and MCSE in 2003. If only I passed the pesky 279, I would also have MCSE+Messaging.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-86607212028488159392008-12-09T17:40:00.002-06:002008-12-17T19:29:48.495-06:00

Update on the URL Rewrite for Exchange! Great feedback on the code. I somehow posted the same screenshot twice! Fixed!

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-58519107080713889462008-12-06T20:37:00.001-06:002008-12-06T20:37:27.483-06:00

If you don't use OneNote, than well, I feel bad for you.    Learned recently how to let my case notes and quick screencaps QUICKLY get on a blog.    Write up, screen cap, do whatever you want on your blog entry from Onenote, the right click anywhere and choose Blog this. This will launch into MS Word's HTML editor (essentially)    If you click on Manage Accounts, you see this.    There

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Hyper-V - Code 12 on Virtual Machine Bus and Integration Tools not working Stumbled upon this and found the fix here: http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/02/29/vmbus-fails-to-load-device-cannot-find-enough-free-resources-code-12-on-a-windows-server-2008-x86-virtual-machine-under-hyper-v.aspx (2/29? Yea, so this is OLD news, but a nice fix either way!) Was getting this error:

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-57268993995332651132008-12-01T13:28:00.003-06:002008-12-10T21:15:08.500-06:00

Performing an Exchange 2007 mailbox restore using Backup Exec 12.5 Create the recovery storage group using the Exchange Management Console's toolbox. Confirm you will have enough disk space to do the restore to the drives it chooses! If you run the "restore wizard" in Backup Exec 12.5, it doesn't prompt for redirection options. However, Exchange 2007 by default will find and use a RSG for you.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-61767439381515246242008-11-30T16:28:00.006-06:002008-12-10T21:14:32.910-06:00

Exchange 2007 OWA redirect configuration using URL RewriteThis is a quick write up on how to configure your Windows 2008 x64 IIS server on how to rewrite URL's so users can easily get to their HTTPS based OWA without entering the entire URL including https://... First, download and install URL rewrite for x64 here http://www.iis.net/extensions/URLRewrite, This will require a reboot. Second, by

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-9122842750424700892008-11-04T17:46:00.000-06:002008-11-04T17:47:01.329-06:00

Live Meeting and Live Meeting Outlook Add in URL's for download. LM: http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidOCS?clid=1033&p1=LiveMeeting Addin: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102368901033.aspx These URL's are PAINFULLY hard to find. Go ahead and google "live meeting 2007 download" File Under: OCS, communicator, livemeeting

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-70389943758685039042008-11-04T13:04:00.000-06:002008-11-04T14:03:41.171-06:00

How to publish your OCS 2007 address book externally without using ISA 2006 reverse proxying for external group expansion. After much back and forth about Microsoft's requirement for ISA 2006 and reverse proxy for the address book publishing, I decided to try to find an alternate way. Of course, per the OCS deployment guidelines, reverse proxy with ISA 2006 is the recommended solution, because

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12048658420556993119noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187067.post-1157463476847033972006-09-05T08:35:00.000-05:002006-09-05T08:38:41.433-05:00

Why you don't edit the Default Domain Policy In case you don't know, Microsoft doesn't recommend editing any of the default policies. There is a very good reason for it, too. Amazing things can happen and break when you assign user rights on servers via GPO. Watch me rack my brain and bang my head against a wall with an Exchange installed turned IIS issue turned default domain policy issue.

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Cayman 3600 SBC DSL - Turning off NAT Found this ages ago, and it took me a while to found the answer, so hopefully google helps you! If you ever need to turn off NAT on a cayman with sticky statics you want these instructions

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Robocopy 5.1.1.1010 Download! I was annoyed at MS today. I had a Windows 2000 Server, needed robocopy.exe (latest version) It comes in the MS Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools download for free. However, the installer doesn't run on anything other than 2003 and XP. So here's a zip of the robocopy.exe and .doc (82.7kb)

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Want to include technology policies in your employee manual? Here is a great resource to help get you started. http://www.sans.org/resources/policies/ Acceptable use policies (which are the typical HR/IT blanket coverage portion of the employee manuals) are all pretty much the same, but can be customized and tailored to suit a company's individual needs. SANS has compiled a list of

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A script to close outlook for PST file backups Not everyone can afford an Exchange server, but many still want to backup their data, and the most common problem with backing up PST files is that when they are in use, backup programs cannot back them up, and people very frequently leave Outlook open, causing their data to be at risk. So, I searched the Internet for a script, and I found an

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Whoever sets up UPS's without installing the software and signal cable needs to be shot. Lately I am finding this more and more. Clients who went to the extent to get a UPS, but their IT staff didn't connect the signal cable or install the software. Its half assed. You get the protection from brown outs or over/under voltage, so you have clean power, but when you have a power failure, the

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Be careful with widescreen laptops using Small Business Server! Stumbled upon this one today. Using Remote Web Workplace (RWW) on a Microsoft Small Business Server, if your client PC is a laptop (or possibly a desktop) with a widescreen resolution, you may get an "undefined character or procedure" error when trying to connect to workstations or servers in RDP. The only fix I found was to

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Reset a lost Symantec Corporate Edition password! I had to find this today the hard way, so I figured I would post it up. Thanks to this guy for originally posting this info, it worked FINE on NAVCE 9.0. Change this key in registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6CurrentVersion\ConsolePassword to value 1084A085DC6BD2D755D4D6A7726 The new password is now 'symantec'

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Path size limitations in Windows In 10 years of IT employment, I had never seen this before. A client would try to copy his data to the server, and mid copy would get an error, "Unable to remove directory" (which is a really odd error when you are COPYING) and as I researched it, it was indeed due to a path longer than 260 characters. Meaning if you create subfolders that are 50 characters

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