Windows Server – Redirecting new accounts

Windows LogoAt work we have our AD set up so that when we add a new computer to the domain the computer account gets redirected to an OU that we created instead of the default location of “Computers”. I’ve wondered how that was done for some time, but never took a minute to search. So today I was setting up a lab environment and decided to look into redirecting new computer accounts. What I found out was it is really easy to do. All you do is run one command from a command prompt on our Domain Controller and your done.…

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Microsoft, Windows Server

Exchange 2007 – Renew Self-signed Certificate

Exchange LogoI was looking in Event Viewer on our Exchange 2007 server. I noticed the following entries in the Application Log.

Event ID: 12014
Source: MSExchangeTransport
Description:
Microsoft Exchange could not find a certificate that contains the domain name ourserver.domain.local in the personal store on the local computer. Therefore, it is unable to support the STARTTLS SMTP verb for the connector From PureMessage with a FQDN parameter of ourserver.domain.local. If the connector’s FQDN is not specified, the computer’s FQDN is used. Verify the connector configuration and the installed certificates to make sure that there is a certificate with a domain name for that FQDN. If this certificate exists, run Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Services SMTP to make sure that the Microsoft Exchange Transport service has access to the certificate key.…

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Exchange, Microsoft

Outlook – Delegates

Outlook LogoWe have a lot of users that have been delegated access to other accounts. For the most part this doesn’t cause a problem, but problems do come up on occasion. The biggest problem is when someone who had been granted delegate permissions on another account leaves. We generally remove the account, but what happens to the delegates in Outlook when you do that? Well when you look at the delegates tab you see the person’s name who left with “(Not Found)” after it.…

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Microsoft, Outlook

Outlook – Can’t Create File…

Outlook LogoI got a call from a user yesterday that said everytime they tried to play the voicemail.wav (Cisco Unity Voicemail file) file that is attached to an Outlook message they would get the following message:

“Can’t create file: VoiceMessage.wav. Right-click on the folder you want to create the file in, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder.”…

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Microsoft, Outlook

Enable 8.3 names on Server 2008 R2

I was trying to install McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box and got the follwoing error message:

“The 8.3 naming convention is required for installation. Click “OK” to cancel this installation and enable the 8.3 naming convention before proceeding.”

I didn’t realize that with Windows Server 2008 R2 disabled the 8.3 file name convention (this may have been done in earlier versions as well, but didn’t check that out). You can enable the 8.3 naming convetion by doing the following:…

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McAfee, Microsoft, Windows Server

Create a Distribution Group

Exchange LogoI should start by expanding the title a bit. This isn’t just about how to create a Distribution Group in Exchange 2007. It goes one setp further and explains how to set permissions on that Distribution Group so that more than one user can edit the group membership. Doing this allows a few end users (non-domain admins) the ability to mangae group memberhip without having to have a Domain Admin/Exchange Admin make the changes.…

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Exchange, Microsoft

ie4uinit.exe – Entry Point Not Found

I was doing a clean install of Windows XP with SP3 on a computer. Everthing went well during the install. I then installed and updated my anti-virus software. After that I connected the pc to the Internet and downloaded all of the Windows Updates.

After the updates were installed and I rebooted the pc I got the following error message:

Title box: ie4uinit.exe – Entry Point Not Found…

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Microsoft, Windows XP

Unable to access OWA

I had a user call a while back and say they were unable to login to OWA. They could get to the login screen, and would type their username and password, but when they clicked login they would get the following error:

“A problem occurred while trying to use your mailbox. Please contact technical support for your organization.”

If they clicked the Show Details button, this is what was displayed:…

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Exchange, Microsoft

Web Platform Installer

I installed a Windows Server 2008 R2 box awhile back to test IIS 7.0. I was wanting something that I could load PHP on and work with WordPress. I was hoping to use the box as a small Intranet site. I’ve tried installing PHP on a Windows box with IIS in the past and there were several things to do. While I was searching for the documents online again, I came across the Web Platform Installer from Microsoft. I thought I would give it a shot. It’s great for a helping get a IIS server up and running with PHP and even mySQL. It’s just a matter of selecting a few options in the GUI and following the prompts. I suggest you give it a try if you need IIS running with PHP.…

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Microsoft, Windows Server