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  • Connecting to server console via remote desktop

    > mstsc /v:ServerName /admin

  • Removing disconnected mailboxes in Exchange 2007

    In Exchange Management Console you can’t purge disconnected mailboxes. To delete a disconnected mailbox in Exchange 2007 do the following: 1. List all disconnected mailboxes in Exchange Management Shell. > Get-MailboxStatistics | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid 2. Remove a mailbox > Remove-Mailbox -Database <database name> -StoreMailboxIdentity <mailbox guid> -confirm:$false Example:…

  • Remove the keyobard on a HP Compaq NC2400

    1. Remove all 6 keyboard screws. 2. Flatten out the laptop. 3. Use a small flate blade screwdriver to remove the touch sensitive panel. You dont have to disconnect the ribbon cable (connecting the panel to the laptop). Just lay the panel on top of the screen. 4. Disconnect the two ribbon cables(connecting the keybord…

  • HP Power Calculator

    http://h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator/powercalcs.asp

  • Allowing PowerShell executing scripts

    By default PowerShell is restricted to not allow script execution. To allow script execution do the following Open PowerShell in elevated mode (run as administrator) and run the following command: Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted To verifiy how if script execution is allowed or not run the following command in PoweShell: Get-ExecutionPolicy

  • Display mailbox size in Exchange 2007

    To display mailbox size in Exchange 2007 run this command in Exchange Management Shell. get-mailboxstatistics | fl displayname, totalitemsize To pipe the output into a text file. get-mailboxstatistics | fl displayname, totalitemsize > c:\mailboxsize.txt veiwing mailbox sizes in exchange 2007

  • A disabled user account stil receives e-mail

    When you have a user account disabled in Active Directory the users mailbox still receives e-mail. To end this behavior you need to delete the user account in Active Directory (this also deletes the mailbox) or disabling the mailbox in Exchange Management Console. Disabling the mailbox in EMC actually deletes the mailbox.

  • Enable autologon in Windows Server 2008

    To make the option “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” visible on a domain joined Windows Server 2008 do the following: 1. Run the following comand in cmd: reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon” /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d “1” /f 2. Click start, run. Write: control userpasswords2 and click ok…

  • Access denied when adding TCP/IP printer port in Windows 2008

    You get the following error when adding a printer using a TCP/IP port: The problem is that you need to “elevate to administrator privileges” (run as administrator) to add a TCP/IP port. I have’nt found any way to do that when adding a printer. The solutions is to logon as administrator in the console and…

  • jZip, free archiving application

    With jZip you can create & extract Zip, TAR, GZip & 7-Zip and extract RAR & ISO. Download: www.jzip.com