‘Server Types’ Archives
Average Mailbox Size Using Exchange PowerShell
PowerShell is now becoming more and more prevalent in Microsoft's Exchange and Server software. This scripting language is becoming a must know for Administrators and knowing this scripting can help get all kinds of useful information. When I was an administrator for an Exchange system, it helped me to monitor the mailbox(s) and [...]
Q&A Monday: Outlook 2003 problems with Exchange 2010
Question: My company has recently upgraded our Exchange server to 2010, but I still have some users using Outlook 2003. There are plans in the next 6 months to update these remaining users, but some of them are experiencing a problem. The users have a bunch of shared calendars and are getting a connection issue, any advice? Eric Davidson [...]
Alternatives to Outlook
I've been asked about this more times than I can remember, so I figured I'd just do an article about it....What are some alternatives to Microsoft Outlook. To fully disclose I still cling on to my Outlook for my windows machine, but I do use other software for my linux machines. So I've done some testing and some asking around and found [...]
RE: Windows 7 FTP Server
Question Re: Blog Post: Windows 7 FTP Server The setup is helpful, but can you expand upon this with assistance on how to create a user and then set up access to a specific folder? I can’t seem to get this to work at all… and I thought I was pretty computer-savy. The new windows 7 administrative configuration is definitely giving me [...]
XP Mode “Virtual Windows XP could not be restored”
I recently ran into a weird problem with my Windows XP mode program in Windows 7. While trying to turn on the virtual machine, I kept getting a pop up with the following error: "windows xp mode could not be restored because of either host processor type mismatch" Regardless of what I tried to do, I couldn't get the Windows XP Mode virtual [...]
Top 5: Most overlooked configuration items
No matter how prepared and how well documented the network is, sometimes techs forget some basic configurations sometimes. It’s never intentional, but sometimes there are small configurations that we just need to double check. Below is a list of some things that I’ve seen (and have) forgotten to double check when doing a [...]
Windows 7 FTP Server
There are many reasons you might want to set up your own FTP server, you want access to files when you are not in the office or home. But what many people don't know is that winthin Windows 7 has a built in FTP server to it, and to activate and confgure it is easier than you might think. 1. Go to Start ->Control Panel -> Programs. Then [...]
Blackberry Java Exception
A Blackberry was handed to me, that wouldn't turn on the Bluetooth on the device. When I would click to turn it on...it would try and then uncheck the box and show me a red X. Going to the Bluetooth options or attempting to connect the Bluetooth would do nothing...I could click and click and nothing would happen. When I rebooted the [...]
Exchange 2007 and Shared Mailboxes
In many environments it might come in handy to create a "Shared Mailbox", this would be a mailbox that does not have an "active" user associated with this. Exchange 2007 lets you create a shared mailbox, that created and then disabled an active directory account. This creates the mailbox without the pesky problem of having an active [...]
Dell PowerVault NAS 8002801d error
Ok, so if you are reading this entry, then that means like me, you are administering a Dell PowerVault NAS error and when going to certain managment websites you got one of the following errors: Persistent Images to Restore, error '8002801d' ,Library not registered. /snapshots/psm_vr_list.asp, line 513 Volume Settings, error '8002801d' [...]
