September 22, 2021
If you run into an issue where you have a ton of folders and you want to create .zip archives of each one you can simply […]
September 10, 2021
You may have noticed that if you Azure Active Directory join a PC you can no longer RDP into it using a non-Azure username and password. […]
September 9, 2021
Under your general settings in WordPress you can configure https settings as outlined below. However, let’s say you’re having certificate issues or for some other reason […]
January 5, 2016
Use SSH to login to your device: Username will be root, password will be the same as the admin password. type in the following commands: cd […]
November 3, 2015
The new Cisco 5500x firewalls can be purchased now with FirePOWER services. The first thing to decide when purchasing a 5506-x is the base model. […]
September 15, 2015
Are you looking for a 100% free MDM or mobile device management solution? Cisco Meraki Systems Manager is a free feature that allows you to control […]
September 15, 2015
Great whitepaper on how to deploy AWS cloud domain controllers. Implementing_Active_Directory_Domain_Services_in_the_AWS_Cloud
September 11, 2015
Here are two great PDF’s on Proofpoints core services. PPE_URL_Defense_Customer 2-23-15 Proofpoint_Essentials_Solution_Overview
September 11, 2015
Velocity has made a strategic decision to start offering Proofpoint services due to their highly respected platform for email security, archiving, and encryption. Proofpoint’s document on […]
August 31, 2015
This PDF is an excellent explanation of where Fortinet is going and why you should be securing your infrastructure using Fortinet. NSE-L1-M06-Corp-Overview-Q2-2015-bshark.pptx
August 31, 2015
This is the FortiGate Cookbook for FortiOS 5.2. This will help you configure security, WiFi, Authentication, VPN’s, IPv6, Fortinet Integration, and some expert configuration instructions. fortigate-cookbook-52
August 31, 2015
This is the guide that is used to pass the NSE1 certification. 00—Modern-Network-Security—NSE1-Study-Guide-eBook
August 25, 2015
When the AshleyMadison.com website was hacked the hackers released the entire dump of hashed passwords. Hashed passwords are passwords that have been converted from plaintext to […]
August 20, 2015
If you are looking for a great guide on learning Kali linux look no further! Download
August 19, 2015
When you are looking for enterprise-class business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) for your virtualized IT infrastructure & cloud Zerto is one of the best solutions […]
August 19, 2015
Clients sometimes ask what solutions we use to products we use to gauge performance moving to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or RDS-hosted applications. One of the […]
July 14, 2015
We Help To Recover Critical Data And Keeps Your Business Running Many large scale businesses rely on information technology where data availability is the top most […]
April 28, 2014
Occasionally you need to force stop a Windows service. In order to do it follow these steps. Open the command prompt by going to the […]
March 21, 2014
You may see an Outlook error “The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site.” if you order […]
March 6, 2014
If you are concerned someone has been logging in to your Gmail to read your emails or send spam it is easy to check and see. […]
February 19, 2014
You will notice with Windows 7 and 8 you no longer get the computer name drop down. However, you can still find the computer name by […]
January 31, 2014
Setting up mutual CHAP authentication between Windows Server and a Lenovo IX2 is pretty easy and straightforward. First you simply login to your IX2 and enable […]
January 28, 2014
The first step in getting an SSL certificate for your Cisco ASA is to generate a CSR request. 1. Open ASDM > Configuration > Device Management […]
January 27, 2014
If you have the latest version of Java 7 and you’re using ASDM 7.x it will not work. You must uninstall Java and downgrade to version […]
November 30, 2013
If you recently upgraded to VMware 5.5 you will notice this warning if you try to edit your virtual machines. “You cannot use the vSphere Client […]
October 3, 2013
If you are experiencing this issue it is a simple fix. You just need to download this DNE fix. http://www.citrix.com/go/lp/dne.html
October 2, 2013
If you just installed Exchange 2013 and you try to go to http://ServerName/ecp you’ll notice that you get the old Exchange 2010 interface and cannot manage […]
October 2, 2013
One or more servers in the existing organization are running Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003. Installation can’t proceed until all Exchange 2000 or Exchange […]
October 2, 2013
If you receive this error it is a relatively easy fix. Just go to regedit and find the following key and delete it. HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerPendingFileRenameOperations Hit […]
May 22, 2013
You may notice you cannot burn a disc with your non-administrator account in Windows 7 Windows 8 or Server 2008 or Server 2012. You will still […]
March 21, 2013
Migrating a DHCP database can be done with three steps. 1. On the old DHCP server run the command netsh dhcp server export C:dhcp.txt all […]
March 14, 2013
Transferring the FSMO roles to a 2012 using Powershell is relatively easy. The command is as follows. Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole Identity “ServerName” OperationMasterRole 0 1 2 3 […]
February 21, 2013
Setting up a Samsung SIII for an Exchange server can be a little tricky. But with these steps it will help you get it done. First […]
February 19, 2013
If you have a user who is receiving the following message: “The recipient’s mailbox is full and can’t accept messages now. Microsoft Exchange will not try […]
February 14, 2013
If you receive this error – Alert! iDRAC6 not responding. Power required may exceed PSU wattage. Try these steps to resolve it: 1. Turn off […]
February 13, 2013
If you receive an error message in Outlook 2010 about saving file the fix is pretty simple. “Cannot create file: photo.JPG. Right-click the folder you want […]
February 12, 2013
If you are trying to figure out which version of Microsoft Office 2010 to purchase look no further. Simply find the products you need and match […]
February 12, 2013
If you’re trying to sort through your Gmail for only messages that are unread or if you have a pesky label that has a number next […]
February 11, 2013
Like its predecessors Server 2012 is only available for 64-bit processors. Which shouldn’t be a problem for any modern server. The first step is like all […]
January 21, 2013
You try to connect to a Windows 8 PC and receive the following error: To sign in remotely, you need the right to sign in through […]
January 21, 2013
If you’re running gpresult to troubleshoot group policies you may notice that in the computer details section it states, “no data available”. If this is the […]
January 15, 2013
If you download the latest version(as of this writing 5.0.07.0440) of the latest ipsec vpn client for the Cisco ASA you may notice an error when […]
October 12, 2012
Recently Microsoft release Exchange service pack 1 rollup 7 unfortunatly this software was not tested. We have had multiple clients experience issues. To resolve follow the […]
March 29, 2012
Run this command first Set-AdServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $True The first thing you must do is move all the mailboxes to another database. This can be accomplished via […]
February 2, 2012
If you create your Mailbox database before the creation of a Client Access array or the installed a Client Access server within the Active Directory site, […]
December 5, 2011
object network obj-Server1 host 192.168.1.5 object service MyRange service tcp destination range 50 100 nat (outside,inside) source static any any destination static interface obj-Server1 services MyRange […]
April 28, 2011
First you need to get a list of all the disconnected mailboxes – Get-MailboxStatistics -Database “” | Where-Object {$_.DisconnectDate -Notlike $NULL} | FL DisplayName, DisconnectDate, MailboxGuid […]
April 19, 2011
Settings>General>Network VPN Add VPN Configuration IPSec – Description: CompanyVPN Server: vpn.company.com Account: Your domain username Password: Your domain password Group Name: ipsec group name Secret: ipsec […]
April 15, 2011
If you try to use a vbscript to map a network drive using the %username% variable it will not work. The reason for this is the […]
April 15, 2011
Normal Nat statment access-list nonat extended permit ip nat (inside) 0 access-list nonat-inside New nat statment object network vpnpool subnet exit nat (inside,outside) source static any […]
March 21, 2011
If you want to force the Exchange server to use a specific GC instead of letting the server automatically choose a GC, you can perform the […]
March 18, 2011
#Assign the role to the required user account New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role “Mailbox Import Export” -User administrator #Restart the shell #This would search every mailbox for messages containing […]
March 9, 2011
There may come a time when you need to search for a specific event ID on all of your domain controllers or servers. Perhaps even all […]
March 2, 2011
Get-Mailbox -database | Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -descending |Select-Object DisplayName,ItemCount,@{name=”MailboxSize”;exp={$_.totalitemsize}} -first 10 | Convertto-Html | out-File report.htm
March 2, 2011
To change the GAL in Exchange 2010 to display your users last name before there first it is a two step process. The first step is you […]
February 28, 2011
February 21, 2011
Recently I installed Vmware Server. When I opened the web browser it popped up with an error service unavailable 503. To fix follow the steps below. […]
February 19, 2011
Allowing relay in Exchange 2010 requires the use the command shell. Here are the steps: 1. Open Exchange Management console and go to Server configuration>hub transport. […]
February 19, 2011
It is rather annoying to wake up the day after Windows Updates have ran to notice all of your programs have been closed and you can’t […]
February 17, 2011
Very simple Open Exchange Shell New-ExchangeCertificate
January 27, 2011
I recently ran into a situation where some Linux based Thunderbird users needed access to the Exchange 2010 GAL. Here were the settings that work. The […]
January 20, 2011
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB20793 Transporter Tool http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/16660/BB_ET_overview_554166_11.jsp
January 13, 2011
You must use caution when changing the IIS settings for Exchange 2010. The reason is simple. Powershell or the Exchange management console EMC uses IIS to […]
January 6, 2011
In Exchange 2010 when setting up DAG groups it is best to have a dedicated NIC for your heartbeat/replication network. When doing this you do not […]
December 29, 2010
If you try to delete an Exchange 2010 mailbox and you get an error. ——————————————————– Microsoft Exchange Error ——————————————————– The mailbox database ‘Mailbox Database 1355317859’ cannot […]
December 23, 2010
December 17, 2010
To first resolve this problem obviously you need a domain controller in the same site as the Exchange 2010 server you are trying to install. It […]
December 17, 2010
Here is the error: Summary: 5 item(s). 1 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:09 Preparing Setup Completed Elapsed Time: 00:00:06 Hub Transport Role Failed Error: The […]
December 14, 2010
Okay, so what does tasklist /svc from a command prompt tell us? Ah ha…it’s our Firewall monitoring service ….see that MSSQL$MSFW? That’s our ISA server monitoring […]
December 13, 2010
hostname Router ! ip cef !####First we are going to setup a monitor that will use icmp or ping to contact the gateway of ISP1. It […]
December 13, 2010
Router-2(config)#line vty 0 4 Router-2(config-line)#login % Login disabled on line 66, until ‘password’ is set % Login disabled on line 67, until ‘password’ is set % […]
November 30, 2010
To change the enable password: enable password N3wP@ssw0rd To change the telnet password: password N3wP@ssw0rd
November 17, 2010
Allowing relay in Exchange 2007 requires the use the command shell. Here are the steps: 1. Open Exchange Management console and go to Server configuration>hub transport. […]
November 11, 2010
Changing the Interal OWA URL, OOF, OAB, and Unified Message Service URL in Exchange 2007 Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | fl *url* Find the string you want to change […]
November 9, 2010
Exchange 2010 SP1 can be downloaded via this link. Exchange 2010 SP1 You can also check your version of Exchange with this table: Exchange Server and […]
October 27, 2010
If you are using Symantec Endpoint Protection manager as your antivirus solution then you should be aware of a known issue that can bring your server […]
October 21, 2010
“The start mode for the Net. TCP Port Sharing service must be set to Automatic before Setup can continue.” Resolution: Run this command in powershell Set-Service […]
September 16, 2010
If you are ever prestaging a DFS server you know that you’re going to need to copy over all of the files and folders without changing […]
September 9, 2010
Recently I had a client who one of their users changed the domain administrator password. Unfortunately for them they did not have a backup domain admin […]
February 15, 2010
N2 Network Solutions is now supporting Exchange 2010. This includes but is not limited to new DAG groups.
February 14, 2010
With their growing business Poolman located in Phoenix Arizona needed a solution to connect their two sites. N2 proposed, designed, and implemented a site-to-site VPN solution […]
February 14, 2010
Make a Wish International located in the Biltmore area needed an affordable IT solution. They currently use N2 Network Solutions to support their existing infrastructure which […]
February 14, 2010
Washington Calibration located in Tempe Arizona has looked to N2 Network Solutions for multiple projects. N2 has done a small business server implementation. They also currently […]
February 14, 2010
A few years ago Stanfield Elementary school district needed a solution to secure desktops. Since they need to lockdown the student workstations they needed someone to […]
February 14, 2010
Foresight Technologies located in Phoenix and Tempe Arizona currently utilizes N2 Network Solutions for 24/7 maintenance and monitoring. N2 has also done site to site VPN […]
February 14, 2010
N2 Network Solutions has helped Hewson Real Estate Development located in Tempe Arizona with many of their technology needs. Hewson uses N2 for all of their […]
February 14, 2010
On-Shore Technology located in Tempe Arizona needed to upgrade their old servers, workstations, and network. N2 Network Solutions designed and implemented a turnkey Windows Server 2008R2 […]
February 14, 2010
The town of Gilbert Arizona has been a client of N2 Network Solutions for years. In 2009 Gilbert needed an Exchange 2007 solution. N2 discovered, designed, […]
February 4, 2010
It is pretty easy to get a remote command prompt if you need to remotely gain access to another PC’s command prompt. Here are the steps. […]
February 3, 2010
IPv6 is the successor to IPv4. IPv4 and IPv6 are the internet protocols that all networks use to communicate. IPv4 is still dominate today on the internet. […]
February 1, 2010
People who do presentations or need to record what they are doing need an app that will record their mousemovements and screen. Most people do not […]
January 28, 2010
Not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed two consecutive characters Be at least six characters in length Contain […]
January 27, 2010
Feature Standard Server Edition Enterprise Server Edition Mailbox Databases 1-5 databases 6-100 databases Roles Based Access & Control Yes Yes Transport Resiliency Yes Yes Remote PowerShell […]
January 27, 2010
Feature Exchange Server 2003 Standard Server Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Server Exchange Server 2007 Standard Server Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Server Exchange Server 2010 Standard Server […]
January 26, 2010
Microsoft confirmed that they will be releasing Office 2010 in June of 2010. It is codenamed Office 14. This will be their first version to support […]
January 23, 2010
If you’ve ever used Google ChatBack you know it’s an excellent utility for chatting with web vistors. However, if you’re not using a standard gmail account […]
January 21, 2010
The Exchange Administration Delegation Wizards allows you to define roles at the organization level, or at the administrative group level. Where you define a role, combined […]
January 19, 2010
Microsoft SBS Server 2008 is an excellent solution for small businesses. However, migrating to SBS 2008 is not that simple. First things first it is essential […]
January 15, 2010
If for whatever reason you cannot get your offline files to synchronize and you want to make sure you have a backup of them before messing […]
December 21, 2009
@echo off set zLog=ResetHomePerms.log cls echo FIXHOME.BAT echo This script will reset permissions for all subdirectories echo in this folder. It is assumed that the subdirectories […]
December 8, 2009
If you stop receiving emails in Exchange 2007 telnet to your Exchange 2007 server. Do you see the following error, “452 4.3.1 Insufficient system resources”? You […]
December 7, 2009
With Microsoft acquisition of Winternals you can no longer download their ERD disk pasted the 2005 version. However, Microsoft has made it possible to create the […]
November 30, 2009
The first thing you’re going to want to do is create two users in active directory. OWAEnabled and OWADisabled You then need to mail enabled these […]
November 24, 2009
Set CNUsers = GetObject (LDAP://OU=test,DC=N2NetworkSolutions,DC=com) CNUsers.filter = Array(“user”) For Each user in CNUsers user.HomeDirectory = “N2File01users” & user.samaccountname ‘UNC user.HomeDrive = “H:” ‘ Letter […]
November 2, 2009
Create a powershell script to generate the html file Test-ReplicationHealth | ConvertTo-Html -title “BackupReport CCR” -body “Backup status per Storage Group” | Set-Content E:StorageGroupBackupStatus.html note: test-systemhealth […]
November 2, 2009
Apply the policy to all of your users Get-Mailbox | Set-Mailbox –ManagedFolderMailboxPolicy ‘Default Managed Folders Policy’ Turn on the log folder set-mailboxserver -identity <server> -FolderLogForManagedFoldersEnabled $true Set […]
October 30, 2009
Make sure to run this command to enable the pptp fixup protocol. fixup protocol pptp 1723
October 26, 2009
Creat a new storage group New-StorageGroup –Server <database server> –LogFolderPath “<Path to your log folder” –Name “Recovery Storage Group” –SystemFolderPath “<path to your database>” –Recovery Creat […]
October 26, 2009
Restore-Mailbox -Identity “<user mailbox>” -RSGDatabase “<Database Server><Recovery Storage Group><Database.” -IncludeFolders Contacts -confirm:$false
October 26, 2009
Get-MailboxStatistics -Database “<DBServer><Recovery Storage Group><Database>” | Restore-Mailbox -RSGDatabase “<DBServer><Recovery Storage Group><database>” -IncludeFolders Contacts – confirm:$false
October 21, 2009
Insert your thumb drive. Open explorer right click on it and go to format. Make sure your drive is larger than 3gb and use format using […]
October 20, 2009
Upgrade Order CAS UM HUB EDGE MAILBOX Upgrade passive node first Browse to the SP2 files setup.com /Mode:Upgrade restart and wait for server to come back […]
October 20, 2009
Move Clustered mailbox server to another server Move-ClusteredMailboxServer -Identity:<CMSName> -TargetMachine:<PassiveNodeName> -MoveComment:<Comment> View Storage group configuration Get-StorageGroup -Server mbx01 | fl View the database configuration Get-PublicFolderDatabase -Identity […]
October 18, 2009
Error: Time Provider NtpClient: This machine is configured to use the domain hierarchy to determine its time source, but it is the AD PDC emulator for […]
October 13, 2009
If you have 2 text documents i.e. a Cisco router/switch/firwall config and you need to see the highlighted differences you can use a utility called CSDIFF.
October 13, 2009
Open a command prompt to c:windowssystem32ccmsetup run this command ccmsetup.exe /uninstall verify uninstall with teh ccmsetup.log
October 12, 2009
Editing a .Wim file is very simple. First create a folder that will be used as a mount point. I’m going to use c:mountwim Download imagex […]
October 12, 2009
If you are having this issue check your BIOS settings to verify that the hard drive is in the boot list. I had an issue where […]
September 30, 2009
This is a pretty straightforward process. DISKPART Process First thing you want to do is right click on command prompt and run as administrator. Once the […]
September 29, 2009
Microsoft now offers Microsoft Security Essentials. It is a free product which removes spyware, virus, and malicious software from your PC. The link to download the […]
September 29, 2009
If you are running a small business or a parent trying to lock down a childs PC there is free software available to stop them from […]
September 28, 2009
Extend Schema Requirements: Domain account member of schema admins and enterprise admins Machine in which you extend schema must be: 1. On the same domain and […]
September 3, 2009
Client Log Files CAS – Content Access Service. Maintains the local package cache. Ccmexec.log – Records activities of the client and the SMS Agent Host service. […]
September 2, 2009
Open command prompt Go to c:windows run regedit from here Go here HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT exefile shell open command Double click default and change exactly to this “%1” […]
August 29, 2009
D0wnload a tftp server my preference is tftpd32. Run it on a local machine on the inside(0) interface of your pix. Login to the pix and […]
August 21, 2009
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftExchangeExAdmin Add a new DWORD key there called “ShowSecurityPage” and set it’s value to 1. Once this is done you can right click on your Exchange […]
August 16, 2009
For my trixbox server I need to edit my hosts file so that it knows where to go when I specify sip.broadvoice.com. Here is an example. […]
August 15, 2009
Create an account for Exchange named BESAdmin Assign owner on ALL public folders My computer>Manage>local users and groups>groups>double click Administrators and add BESAdmin On Exchange 2007 […]
August 15, 2009
Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 Topic Last Modified: 2007-08-24 This topic explains how to use the Exchange Management Console or the Exchange Management Shell […]
August 15, 2009
How to Create an Offline Address Book Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007 Topic Last Modified: 2007-01-02 This topic explains how to use […]
August 12, 2009
Open regedit Navigate EXACTLY to the Key Value – HKEY_USERS – .DEFAULT – Control Panel – Desktop You should see a key with this information […]
August 12, 2009
Option Explicit Dim objNetwork, objShell, strDriveLetter, strDriveLetter2, strDriveLetter3, strDriveLetter4, strDriveLetter5, strDriveLetter6, strDriveLetter7, strDriveLetter8, strDriveLetter9, strDriveLetter10, strDriveLetter11, strDriveLetter12, strDriveLetter13, strDriveLetter14, strDriveLetter15, strDriveLetter16, strDriveLetter17, strDriveLetter18, strDriveLetter19, strDriveLetter20, strDriveLetter21, […]
August 2, 2009
Setup Asterisk Signup with Voice Pulse or any provider that allows you to specify your ANI Follow their manually configuration which can be found here https://www-business.voicepulse.com/Secure/Setup/Setup.aspx […]
July 28, 2009
Installing BES for Microsoft Exchange http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/preinstallation/exchange.jsp#tab_tab_step1 Create a new user in AD name the user BESAdmin Add the user to the administrators group Go to […]
July 28, 2009
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlTerminalServerWinStationsRDP-TcpPortNumber
July 26, 2009
There is a parameter known as the ExternalUrl parameter. The Outlook Anywhere client needs to connect to various services such as Exchange Web Services, Offline Address […]
July 26, 2009
Example 1: New-ExchangeCertificate –GenerateRequest –Path c:CAS.txt –SubjectName cn=CAS1.YourDomainName.com –DomainName mail.YourDomainName.com, CAS1, CAS1.YourDomainName.com –IncludeAcceptedDomains –IncludeAutodiscover –PrivateKeyExportable $true Example 2: New-ExchangeCertificate –GenerateRequest –SubjectName“cn=mail.YourDomain.com”` -DomainName webmail.YourDomainName.com, autodiscover.YourDomainName.com, mail.YourDomainName.com, cashub2007.YourDomain.local […]
July 26, 2009
Browse to the folder Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerClientAccessowa Look for a file named web.config Look for maxRequestLength change this to your desired setting. Run IISReset to finish […]
July 26, 2009
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/migration-deployment/practical-look-migrating-exchange-2003-exchange-2007-part3.html http://www.simple-talk.com/exchange/exchange-articles/upgrading-to-exchange-server-2007/
July 24, 2009
New-PublicFolderDatabase -Name “<New Public Folder Database Name>” -StorageGroup “<Name of your storage group>” The database does not created mounted run this command to mount it Mount-Database […]
July 23, 2009
What folders should be excluded? Mailbox Server Role: You must exclude specific directories for each Exchange server or server role on which you run a file-level antivirus […]
July 22, 2009
Move-OfflineAddressBook -Identity <OfflineAddressBookIdParameter> -Server <ServerIdParameter> Example move offline address booked named “my oab” to server named n2server-01 Move-OfflineAddressBook -Identity “My OAB” -Server N2Server-01
July 22, 2009
New-SendConnector -Name “Internet” -Usage Internet -AddressSpaces “*” -SourceTransportServers “N2Hub-01” -DNSRoutingEnabled:$true -UseExternalDNSServersEnabled:$true And this to allow anonymous connections Set-ReceiveConnector -Name “Default Server Name” -Server N2Hub-01 -PermissionGroups AnonymousUsers,ExchangeUsers,ExchangeServers,ExchangeLegacyServers
July 21, 2009
Login to server using an account that will run teh BES services. Run setup.exe Click continue installation On the licensing agreement enter your user name and […]
July 14, 2009
A couple of notes ahead of time: Edge Transport server is the only server that should be left in Workgroup mode Set your application log files […]
July 14, 2009
Exchange Server 2007 is offered in two client access license (CAL) editions: Standard CAL and Enterprise CAL. • The Exchange Server Standard CAL provides access to […]
July 14, 2009
Exchange Server 2007 Editions Exchange Server 2007 is offered in two server editions: Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. • Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition is designed […]
July 14, 2009
There may come a time when you need to seize your domain controllers FSMO roles. This may be for a disaster recovery or if you are […]
July 13, 2009
In 2003/2008 after you upgrade your domain and forest functional level you shold move AD integrated DNS to the application partition. This can be done by […]
July 13, 2009
Once all of your DC’s are running Windows Server 2003 or 2008 you can raise the domain functional level by going to active directory domains and […]
July 13, 2009
run adsiedit navigate to: In the below example sitename and servername is the server you’re deleting. configurationcn=configurationcn=sitescn=<sitename>cn=serverscn=<servername> Right click on cn=ntds settings and select delete Once […]
July 13, 2009
Open command prompt type ntdsutil type roles type connections type the name of the server in which you wish to transfer the roles to connect to […]
July 13, 2009
On the schema master insert the Windows Server 2003 disk and go to the command prompt. d:i386adprep /forestprep On each domain in y0ur forest find your […]
July 13, 2009
You must be running at a functional level of Widnows 2000 native or Windows 2003. This does not mean you cannot have NT 4.0 servers. It […]
July 13, 2009
If you find yourself in Exchange Managment Shell and y0u want to know what a commands reprecutions are before you run it use the -whatIf paramater. […]
July 13, 2009
Pipelining in Exchange Management Shell can be very powerful. For instance if you do this command get-mailbox | where-object { $_.name -like “john*” } | set-Mailbox […]
July 13, 2009
In the c:Program filesMicrosoftExchange ServerScripts directory there exists a powershell script called ExportEdgeConfig.ps1. You can backup your Edge Transport by executing the following command From Exchange […]
July 13, 2009
There is a feature of Exchange 2007 that allows users to copy their whitelist of approved senders, recipients, domains, and external contacts to the Edge Transport […]
July 13, 2009
You must export the Edge transport subscription file which is in XML format. Make sure ports 50389(LDAP) and 50636(Secure LDAP) are open between the hub server and […]
July 13, 2009
Puzzle validation is a method in which Exchange servers can let each other know that an email has been sent from and Outlook 2007 client. This […]
July 13, 2009
Set-ContentFilterConfig -QuantineMailbox NoSpam@YourDomain.com You should dedicate an Exchange database to this mailbox so that you can set the retention policy or recipient policy to restrict the […]
July 13, 2009
.NET Framework 2.0 – run setup click on install .NET Framework 2.0 MMC 3.0 – run set click on install mmc 3.0 Exchange Management Shell or […]
July 13, 2009
July 13, 2009
The main difference between Exchange 2007 standard and enterprise is clustering. With enterprise you can do continuous cluster replication and single copy clusters. Both support local […]
July 13, 2009
If it appears that your Exchange server is running completely slow but your processor and memory are not being utilized then run perfmon. It is more […]
July 13, 2009
If you need to determine how much whitespace is in your Exchange database you can look in the application event log for event id 1221. It […]
July 10, 2009
Download the utility located here http://mail.google.com/mail/help/email_uploader.html
July 9, 2009
Benefits: Improve the security, scalability, and manageability of your network infrastructure. Things to know: Raising the domain or forest functional levels to 2008 means you can only […]
July 1, 2009
This command will pipe all the accounts it finds that have not logged in for 10 weeks to file c:users.txt – dsquery computer dc=domain,dc=local -inactive 10 -limit 0 […]
June 25, 2009
To move databases Start Exchange System Manager. Open the administrative group that contains the database that you want to change. Under Storage Group, right-click the mailbox […]
June 19, 2009
Offline database maintenance can take a significant amount of time typically one hour for every 5 gigabytes of information. Not to mention your database has to […]
June 19, 2009
Before even thinking about beginning this process MAKE sure to have a backup of your database that you are going to defragment! Login as Exchange Administrator. […]
June 19, 2009
Unless you run offline defragmentation by using eseutil /d command the Exchange database file will never shrink. It will free up space within its own database […]
June 19, 2009
On receive connector: Turn it on – Set -ReceiveConnector <ConnectorName> -ProtocolLoggingLevel Basic Turn it off – Set -ReceiveConnector <ConnectorName> -ProtocolLoggingLevel None To change the send connector […]
June 19, 2009
Defragment – ESEUTIL /d <database name> Recovery – ESEUTIL /r <logfile base name> Integrity – ESEUTIL /g <database name> Checksum – ESEUTIL /k <filename> Repair – […]
June 19, 2009
Active directory performs it’s own maintenance every 12 hours automatically. However, this alone is not enough to keep a clean and healthy database. The database must […]
June 16, 2009
1. In the register Editor, locate and the following key: a. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpip6 Parameters2. If the DisabledComponents key doesnt exist, please create it.a. In the Edit menu, point […]
June 10, 2009
Open Exchange Management Shell Type in get-receiveconnector This will list all of your receive connectors Next type in set-receiveconnector -identity ServerNameInternet -ConnectionTimeout 00:30:00 This command will change […]
June 10, 2009
Open the exchange management shell and run the following commands Run this command to view your current configuration Get-RecipientFilterConfig | fl Then run this command to […]
June 10, 2009
Go into your Exchange Management Console Click on Organization Configuration>Edge Transport or Hub Transport depending on what your setup is like. Click on the anti-spam tab […]
June 10, 2009
Open up the Exchange Management Console in 2007. Navigate to the system drive %Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerScripts then run the following commands ./install-AntispamAgents.ps1 Restart-Service MSExchangeTransport Once this is done […]
May 19, 2009
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Securing-SMTP-Message-Flow-between-different-Exchange-Server-2007-organizations.html
May 18, 2009
Go to Exchange management console. Go to Organization Configuration. Go to Hub Tranport. Click on remote domains tab. Double click the default. Click on the tab […]
May 4, 2009
If you are having a problem when you right click on anything and an installer tries to launch then download the Windows Installer cleaup. The program […]
April 27, 2009
10:37:58 Synchronizer Version 12.0.6315 10:37:58 Synchronizing Mailbox 10:37:58 Synchronizing Hierarchy 10:37:58 Synchronizing server changes in folder ‘Inbox’ 10:37:58 Downloading from server 10:37:58 Synchronizing server changes in […]
April 22, 2009
Issues where the external interface on an ASA or Pix where it will suddenly stop receing traffic or dropping traffic is related to your duplex settings. […]
April 20, 2009
Command to run to install a new application: CHANGE USER /INSTALL Command to run once install is complete: CHANGE USER /EXECUTE
April 18, 2009
There is a problem that exists where if you assign too much of the physical memory to a VM it will seem like every process you […]
April 14, 2009
Error in gmail that says IMAP server has closed connection. The port configuration is 993. Solution: Tools / Email Accounts / (your account) / Change / More […]
March 26, 2009
If you are remotely configuring a Cisco ASA or Pix there is always the concern that you’ll change a setting that will take down the network […]
March 25, 2009
The fix to this issue is to get into config mode and issue the following command.. fixup protocol ftp 21
March 24, 2009
Go to start>run regedit and add the following string Location: HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetServicesExIFSParameters Value: DriveLetter Type: REG_SZ Value Data: M
March 23, 2009
If you are configure a Cisco Pix or ASA device and you have a server on the inside interface and clients on the outside who are […]
March 14, 2009
vi /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=Trixbox GATEWAY=192.168.2.254 Then service network restart
March 12, 2009
1.On the Hom screen press menu. 2. Select Options. 3. Select Status. Your ESN will be located on the screen alone with the PIN and IMEI […]
March 12, 2009
First thing you need to do is find a free TFTP server there are piles of them out there as a simple google search for TFTP […]
March 12, 2009
If Activesync is not working when you travel you need to go in and change the settings that allows it to sync while roaming. The setting […]
March 5, 2009
Telnet servername 25 helo MAIL FROM:”your email address” RCPT TO:”recipients email” DATA Once you are finished typing the message part of your email hit the enter […]
March 5, 2009
I recently ran into an issue where I ran Outlook on my server and connected to Exchange using my personal account. The personal account was not […]
March 4, 2009
With the latest version of Exchange 2007 you get two new features that were not available before, SCR and CCR. Today I’m going to discus why […]
March 4, 2009
With the design of Microsoft Exchange server 2007 Microsoft added some new HA or high availability options that were not available in the previous versions of […]
March 3, 2009
If you follow these directions it basically resets your Exchange virtual directories back to default: Use Adsutil.vbs Back up your IIS Metabase. To do this, […]
March 3, 2009
In order to resolve this issue you must perform the following steps on your Exchange box. Disable the forms-based authentication for the Exchange virtual directory To […]
March 2, 2009
Open registry editor. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftOffice12.0Registration Under this there is a subkey that is a long GUID. Click on that and find the following keys. DigitalProductID & […]
March 2, 2009
If someone running Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint or any office application that is the 2007 version sends you a file they created there is a good […]
February 27, 2009
If you are like me and your ISP blocks SMTP outbounnd traffic then you need to configure your mail client to use an SMTP relay to […]
February 27, 2009
wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin-1.450-1.noarch.rpm rpm -i webmin-1.380-1.noarch.rpm Now you can login via https://192.168.2.5:10000/ Replace with your IP address.
February 27, 2009
Perhaps some of you have heard of a Google program called Latitude. It is an application you can install on your Blackberry, Windows mobile phone, or […]
February 27, 2009
This is a pretty simple fix. You need to go to tools>options and select advanced email options the following box will popup. just check the box […]
February 26, 2009
First thing you need to do obviously is make sure ESX can see both of your datastores. Power off the virtual machine that you wish to […]
February 26, 2009
Gain console access, I use putty.exe for this instance. Login and then simply type the command passwd at the console. It will prompt you for […]
February 26, 2009
Normal redirection for printers in remote desktop only applies to local printers(COM and LPT). You need to edit the registry to allow for the clients network […]
February 26, 2009
1000 Bytes = 1 Kilbyte 1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte 1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte 1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte 1000 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte 1000 […]
February 25, 2009
1. You need to download this utility to make the process easy. http://dacosta.dynip.com/asterisk/ 2. Once you run the app use it to scan for your device […]
February 25, 2009
Install stage: 1. Download the Trixbox ISO. This will probably take ~1 hour. 2. Create a new virtual machine in ESXi with the following options Typical […]
February 24, 2009
1. First things first download the software http://wordpress.org/download/ 2. Extract the files to your root folder for your blog. 3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. […]
February 23, 2009
For some reason over the last few years processor manufacturers have decided to name their processors things like dual core, quad core, xeon, etc. Then they […]
February 21, 2009
Download and re-install the latest version of Windows Media Player which can be found here.
February 21, 2009
If you are trying to mount ISO CD-rom images to ESXi so that you don’t have to physically burn the disc. Here is how. 1. Download […]
February 20, 2009
DimDim – At first I noticed their free online hosted version. But this is not what I’m looking for. I’m trying to find something I can […]
February 20, 2009
So I was finally able to get ESXi up and running. You can see from my previous posts I’ve tried hacking my system I have finally […]
February 20, 2009
While trying to convert an existing virtual machine with Vcenter Vmware Converter. I received an error that it had failed. So I browsed over to the […]
February 20, 2009
If you are a home user looking to be able to gain access to your PC remotely from anywhere on the internet I’m going to outline […]
February 19, 2009
You need to change the default password for Asterisk freePBX or else the entire world will know it. You can do it by SSH to the […]
February 19, 2009
If you are looking for the SID in Windows you can download this utility which also allows you to change the SID, SID Changer. It should […]
February 17, 2009
Go to the ESXi console and press alt+F1 Type: unsupported Enter the root password At the prompt type “vi /etc/inetd.conf” Look for the line that starts […]
February 17, 2009
The first thing you’ll need to do is make sure you find at least a 1gb flash drive. Next use a program like Winrar or Peazip […]
February 17, 2009
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon Using your account name and password, double-click the DefaultUserName […]
February 16, 2009
So I found out Vmware ESXi 3.5 their latest version is free! And it’s only 32mb and it is completely host independent. So I decided to […]
February 16, 2009
The new Google Latitude application makes an interesting evolution to personal privacy as we know it. You can now download an application on your PC and […]
February 15, 2009
N2 Network Solutions is now releasing our blog so you can download our articles from our engineers all for free! This is to provide transparency to […]
February 14, 2009
So today I found one of the coolest apps that I’ve used in awhile and it’s completely free. It’s called EveryWAN Remote Support. You can literally […]
February 13, 2009
Create an OU for your terminal servers and put all of your terminal servers in this OU Create a new GPO(Group Policy Object) for the lockdown […]
February 13, 2009
If you right click on your taskbar that is the long bar that runs across the bottom of your screen. Then select task manager. This will […]
February 13, 2009
To accomplish this we are going to configure a group policy to prevent the user from shutting down an RDP server. First we’re going to open […]
February 13, 2009
Do you currently have a Linux CD or ISO that you wish you could boot from a USB stick instead of having to carry around a […]
February 12, 2009
First you need to make sure you have the latest version of iTunes which can be obtained here. Next you just need to find your device […]
February 12, 2009
Go to your Exchange server and open up the Exchange system manager. From here drill down to Administrative Groups>First Administrative Group>Servers>[Servername]>First Storage Group>Public Folder Store>Public Folders […]
February 12, 2009
If you are trying to start your IPSEC service after a Windows auto update rebooted your server and it did not come back then simply try […]
February 10, 2009
I’m not sure if most people are aware but if you empty your deleted items or accidentally delete a public folder you can restore it by […]
February 9, 2009
Settings>Sip configuration>Line 1 Settings Name = extension Shortname = extension Authentication Name = extension Authentication Password = Password set on server Display name = extension Proxy […]
February 9, 2009
After seeing numerous entries to hack my linux box I decided it is time to learn how to implement iptables for security. A copy of the […]
February 9, 2009
I currently ran into a problem with my voice server which runs asterisk on a linux platform. I receive the following error after trying to reboot: […]
February 8, 2009
I came across this problem on a Windows 2003 server today. A client called me indicating their emails were getting delayed and the server response time […]
February 7, 2009
Don’t fall for this fake anti-virus message that pops up on your screen. If it pops up just close down internet explorer or your browser! Do […]
February 7, 2009
There is currently a service on the internet that will provide you with a free phone number. The company is called Grand Central. I’m writing about […]
February 7, 2009
If you receive a message from someone you don’t know DO NOT reply to it Never sign up for anything that asks for your email address […]
February 6, 2009
There are several services available now that allow you to remotely access your computer from any other machine in the world, as long as it is […]
February 6, 2009
Most of us have had the problem before. You start up your Windows machine and are greeted with a cryptic error message or “blue screen of […]
February 6, 2009
With the commercial release of Windows Vista right around the corner many users are preparing to upgrade to the latest Microsoft operating system. The software giant […]
February 6, 2009
Computers give us a remarkable amount of convenience. With one machine, we can send mail and pictures to friends, go shopping, pay bills, make appointments and […]
February 6, 2009
Everyone has heard of the need for antivirus and anti-spyware programs, but some people still don’t realize what spyware is, or why it’s so dangerous. Spyware […]
February 6, 2009
Networking professionals are encouraging people to think twice about wireless network security. You might be thinking I use WEP-128 bit encryption with MAC address filtering, I’m […]
February 6, 2009
Most network administrators are apt to here this complaint at least once a week. “I’ve been getting a lot of junk email lately, isn’t there anything […]
February 6, 2009
There is a lot of buzz going around about Virtualization. What is Virtualization, and what benefits does it provide? In this article we will take a […]
February 6, 2009
I know this is a topic is a little off for this blog. But I’ve been faced with this issue from many clients who are looking […]
February 6, 2009
If you are currently experiencing a problem where you’re running Word or Excel and a friend sends you a document and you cannot open it then […]
February 6, 2009
Most people that have slow running laptops can usually get it running top notch again with about a $50 investment heres how: When you first bought […]
February 6, 2009
Do you have a small, medium, or even large business? Are you looking for ways that employees can connect from home? There are many VPN technologies […]
February 6, 2009
It is possible and you can do it very securely. Heres how, you need to configure Outlook for RPC over HTTPS. Here is an article that […]
February 6, 2009
How many people have voip and think they are limited to putting an analog phone next to their internet connection. I have a solution for you […]
February 6, 2009
Did your Exchange server stop working out of nowhere? Here are some common troubleshooting steps: 1. Go into your services panel and make sure all of […]
February 6, 2009
Have you recently upgraded your flash server on internet explorer and now you can’t login to fia card services or bank of america? Or any financial […]
February 6, 2009
If you have laser printer and the black and white is not printing well where it’s grainy or parts of it are missing then I have […]
February 5, 2009
If you are considering an SSD or solid state disk drive for your laptop let me just tell you the technology is not yet there. I […]
February 5, 2009
Are you able to send email through Outlook but you are stuck on a status message that says, “Checking for new mail in subscribed folders on […]
February 5, 2009
The first thing you will want to do is get rid of all the fancy buttons that Windows has. This can be done by right clicking […]
February 5, 2009
If you have a server running out of space there are a couple of temporary things you can do to save your server. First things first […]
February 4, 2009
Do you have an organization of 1 may be 5 people? Do you wish you had more advanced email features, calendaring, Blackberry integration, collaboration, etc? A […]
February 4, 2009
If you own a medium to large size company have you ever looked at how much your point to point T1 lines cost? Don’t you wish […]
February 4, 2009
Do you wish you had CCTV to protect your organization? Have you not implemented a system because of the cost? Did you know you can setup […]
February 4, 2009
It still baffles me that people use fax machines. That is of course unless it is for the purposes of being able to receive faxes from […]
February 4, 2009
Hudlitefor Asterisk is one of the best add-ins for your Trixbox server. It allows you to install a Windows client on your PC. When your phone […]
February 4, 2009
If you are a small business and you are technical or have an employee that is then Trixbox for Asterisk is for you. PBX systems can […]
February 15, 2008
N2 Network Solutions joins over 1,700 Citrix Alliance Partners that include independent software vendors, hardware vendors, security and strong authentication vendors, hosting and service providers, and consultants […]
February 7, 2009
If you receive a message from someone you don’t know DO NOT reply to it Never sign up for anything that asks for your email address […]