Administration
Useful Utility: SysInternals Process Explorer
A trusted friend of most experienced Windows folks, Process Explorer is one of Sysinterals’ bag of free utilities that provide welcome relief from some of…
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Administration
SID error on cloned Virtual Server / VPC / VMWare OSes
If you simply copy an existing Windows OS image to create multiple virtual servers/workstations, and try to log on to a domain controller, you may…
Administration
Getting Dell Service Tag using WMI
Need to maintain an accurate inventory of servers in datacenter. Dell servers have a Service Tag that is required when calling Dell support, and it…
Active Directory
Long string error viewing/editing Group Policy in GPO editor
If you try to view/edit a GPO in the Group Policy Object Editor on Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server or Windows XP SP1, you…
Administration
HOW TO: View the Security tab in Exchange Admin tool
Every time I get asked this, I remember the name of the key – ShowSecurityPage – but forget the complete path. It’s easier to simply…
Administration
Cannot Book Resource – Outlook thinks it’s a recurring appointment
Issue: You try to reserve a conference room for a meeting, but get an error – XX Conference Room has declined your meeting because it…
Administration
Seeing Double? (Default Email Folders)
Situation: Upgraded to Office 2003 Professional. Outlook shows 2 of each default/system folder like Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Journal, Tasks, Junk E-mail, etc. (Not completely sure…
Active Directory
Web-enabling ADSI scripts
With the number of scripts I’ve been writing/accumulating growing exponentially every week, it was time to web-enable stuff so others could also benefit from the…
Administration
Moving mailboxes and corrupted Calendar
Moving mailboxes from an Exchange 2000 virtual server (EVS) to an Exchange Server 2003 EVS – can’t seem to move 1 particular mailbox. User has…
Active Directory
Where’s LDIFDE on XP Professional?
The Windows XP Professional docs tell you the LDIFDE utility is avaialble on that OS, but I haven’t been able to find it. Simply copy…