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I was recently setting up Group Policy software deployment on Windows Server 2008 R2. Everything went fine until I came to Adobe Reader 10.1. Server was refusing to add the package with following error. Add operation failed. Unable to extract…
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Find empty PCI / PCIE slots without opening computer case
Sometimes you need to find what empty PCI or other slots are available on your PC without opening computer case. For example when you have only remote access to the PC, or simply don’t fancy crawling under a desk and…
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Channels Missing on Windows Media Centre Freesat
Default TV Signal Setup often misses many channels available on UK freesat. If only couple of channels are missing, you can use Single Transponder Scan to scan a particular transponder for your missing channel:Tasks > Settings > TV > TV…
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Automate Symantec backup Exec 2010 backups to rotating NAS devices
Background Customer is using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Small Business Server Suite to perform daily data and Exchange backups. Backups are saved to two rotating NAS devices. One of them is kept off-site and devices are manually swapped every Friday.…
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iPhones don’t sync with Exchange 2010 – connection to the server failed
After completing Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 migration, couple of users stopped receiving emails on their mobile devices. iPhone would go through account verification successfully, but when trying to pull actual emails would show an error “connection to the server…
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Can’t move Exchange mailbox – Insufficient Access Rights to Perform the Operation
Trying to move Exchange mailbox (via Console or Shell) fails with error: Active Directory operation failed on [domain-controller-name]. This error is not retriable. Additional information: Insufficient access rights to perform the operation. This may happen because inheritable permissions are disabled…
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Customize look of Exchange 2010 Web App
It’s pretty easy to customize look and feel of Exchange 2010 Web App to fit your requirements. To change logon / logoff logo edit file lgntopl.gif which by default is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\Owa\14.X.XXX.X\themes\resources To change header logo (and…
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Create folder with name as current date in batch (.bat) file
Flowing script will create a folder with name as the current date in format YYYY.MM.DD format e.g. 2012.05.14 for /f “skip=1” %%i in (‘wmic os get localdatetime’) do if not defined fulldate set fulldate=%%iset year=%fulldate:~0,4%set month=%fulldate:~4,2%set day=%fulldate:~6,2%set foldername=%year%.%month%.%day%md %foldername% Windows…
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Toggle show hidden and system files
I normally prefer to work with hidden and system files not visible, however very often there is a need to view such files. Normal way of enabling this via Widows Explorer (ALT + Tools > Folder Options > View) is…
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Sage 50 Accounts – Remove company from Select Company List
There is no obvious way to remove a company from “Select Company” list in Sage Account 50. This is how I resolved this: Close Sage Accounts Navigate to: C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2008\COMPANY Open file COMPANY with notepad (or other text editor). You will…
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Public folders not replicating from Exchange 2007 to 2010
This issue can occur if you are migrating an organisation from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 and this organisation had previously been migrated from Exchange 2003. Public folders refuses to replicate from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010. Following error is…
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Export Active Directory objects with ldifde before performing changes with ADSI Edit
ADSI Edit can be very useful and powerful toll in right hands, but it can also cause lots of problems if used incorrectly. Before making any changes using ADSI Edit it is always recommended to perform a full Active Directory…