Our SQL DBA was in the process of setting up a new SQL server and was having problem authenticating using his domain account. He was able to login using the SA account though. Everything he saw was pointing towards it being a problem with the SPNs for the new server. We looked at the other…
Had a problem with Outlook on a particular model of computer today. Whenever you tried to launch Outlook 2013 it would get to the point where it said it was “Loading Profile”, but it wouldn’t go past that point. Did a quick search and came across an article that talked about disabling Hardware Acceleration. Here…
Today I’ve been looking into how I can create and Exchange Mailbox using PowerShell.
A little background. We have been using PowerShell to create new Active Directory accounts for awhile, but hadn’t looked into being able to create the mailbox on Exchange at the same time. The biggest problem (more a concern) is that I thought we needed to install the Exchange Management Tools (EMC and EMS) on our domain controllers or admin desktops. I was concerned these servers and computers wouldn’t get updated at the same time as our Exchange Servers and I didn’t want services packs and other updates to get out of sync.…
I’ve just started using the PowerShell ISE recently and started to really like the ability to type some commands and then run the code and test. So I was a little disappointed to find out that Windows 8 doesn’t have an icon for it on the the Start screen by default. You can however find…
We have a project going on at work that requires us to take gather specific information about users from Active Directory and get it into another system. We already use PowerShell to create all of our new user accounts so we wanted to stick with that. However, the other system we have to get the information into requires us to write the AD information to an ActiveMQ queue. The preferred format for this information is XML. So I was asked to come up with a way to accomplish this.…
Create a CSV file that contains the following columns: ExternalEmailAddress Name Alias FirstName LastName OrganizationalUnit Then from the Exchange Management Shell run the following command: Import-CSV C:scriptsMyCSV.csv | ForEach-Object{New-MailContact -ExternalEmailAddress $_.ExternalEmailAddress -Name $_.Name -Alias $_.Alias -FirstName $_.FirstName -LastName $_.LastName -OrganizationalUnit $_.OrganizationalUnit}
So I got a new laptop at work the other day. Just like any computer that I get I do a complete wipe and reload from the OS up just because I don’t like all the extra stuff that comes preloaded. So I grab my Windows 7 x64 with SP1 disc and do the install. Everything looks good. I get all the drivers loaded and get it updated. I start installing applications again no problem until I try to install Corel WordPerfect X5. I get through the whole installation and then it tells me my system wasn’t modified.…
I had a computer at work that was running Windows XP SP3 and it got infected with a fake AV product. I ran MalwareBytes on the computer and cleaned up the infection. I thought everything was working until the person tried to print. They got a message that said:
“Before you can perform printer-related tasks such as page setup or printer a document, you need to install a printer. Do you want to install a printer now?”…
Up until today at work we didn’t have any size limits set for our email. I know this is unheard of now a days, but we couldn’t get them approved. We didn’t run into a lot of problems, but would have someone try and send really large attachments once or twice a year which would slow things down for awhile. Today; however, that changed. We had a user try to send an email that had 1.6GB worth of attachments. So once we got Exchange back up and running limits were put into affect.…
On February 16th, Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 was released to TechNet and MSDN subscribers. I took some time this morning to download and install it on my laptop. Unlike in the past this service pack doesn’t add a lot of new features to the operating systems. It is…
