Category Archive: Microsoft

Jan 25 2012

How to disable SMB 2.0 …

For Windows 7 Open an Windows Command Prompt and enter the following to disable: – sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi sc config mrxsmb20 start= disabled To enabled, enter the following: – sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/nsi sc config mrxsmb20 start= auto For Windows Server 2008 Run "regedit" on Windows Server 2008 based computer. Expand and …

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Jan 17 2012

Importing NK2 files in Outlook 2010

In previous versions of Outlook, it was as simply as copying the NK2 (Nickname) across and renaming it to the profile name. Now with Outlook 2010 and Exchange 2010, the nicknames are now stored on the server (at long last), we have to import them. There is a Microsoft Knowledge Article here, KB980542.

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Jan 04 2012

Exchange 2010 Message Limits

There’s a few places to change this and that’s global settings as well as the connectors. To adjust your transport send/receive limits. Global Settings Organization Configuration->Hub Transport->Global Settings->Properties of Transport Settings Then you must modify the connectors found here: Send Connector Organization Configuration->Hub Transport->Send Connectors->Properties of Default Send Here you can adjust your send connectors …

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Jan 03 2012

How To Extend Office 2010 Trial Period

This can be achieved by running the Office OSPPREARM which is located in the Program Files folder.   Running this will command the Trial will be extended by 30 days, it can be run five times. How to extend the Office 2010 Trial period 1.  Open a Command Prompt  as Administrator (Quickest method is to the …

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Sep 03 2011

No Windows Home Server 2011

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This is a real shame, that Home Server isn’t coming to the action pack this year like it did last year.    I think I won’t purchase it next year and go for TechNet instead.

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Sep 01 2011

Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

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I’m sure this site has existed for sometime.  It would nice to see this at 0%.  So if you have IE6 installed, there really is no reason these days…. lets kill it once and for all.  Click image to go to the site.

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Jul 07 2011

Build numbers and release dates for Exchange Server

I came across this 158530 Microsoft Knowledge base some time ago and have only just got around to posting, I have republished here for easier reading. Version Description Version Number General Release Date Exchange Server  4.0       4.0.837               April 1996 Microsoft Exchange Server  4.0 (a)                 4.0.993     August 1996 Microsoft Exchange Server  4.0 SP1           4.0.838 May …

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Apr 14 2011

Solution to the Windows Exception: "The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship"

I came across this issue today and found this solution.  Got this error when logging into a machine that I hadn’t touched in months: "the security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship" Not exactly sure why, but changing from a FQDN to a short name resolved …

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Apr 07 2011

Microsoft Forefront

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  I’ve spent a little time looking at Microsoft Forefront as Microsoft Security Essentials is so good I wanted to know what the “professional” tools brought… The management software has very odd requirements:- Needs to be Windows Server 2008 R2 Not a Domain Controller Configuration Manager 2007 Which is great for enterprise but doesn’t fit …

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Mar 23 2011

Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Server not displaying in SBS 2003 RWW

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A clients Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Server failed.   We installed Windows Server 2008 R2 and configured it as a Remote Desktop Server.  But it didn’t appear in the RWW as a 2003 Terminal server would have normally.  As the image below demonstrates. Thanks to Philip Elder, http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2008/08/terminal-server-not-showing-up-in.html for the following fix.  Which I have posted here …

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