Breaking into a Windows System
Do you ever get that sinking feeling, when you’ve forgotten the root password to your test lab? Again?
I hate it too! So I decided to figure out a way around it, using a work around…
Configure Windows 7 Network Adapter Binding Priority
A computer running Windows 7 may connect to networks with various adapters.
If you have a device that can connect to networks in multiple ways, you may wonder how Windows determines the priority of the installed network adapters.
Install Updates on Exchange Server 2010 DAG
To update the DAG members with new patches the process should be managed to prevent all of the DAG members from being offline at the same time.
You can move the active mailbox databases off a particular server so that it can be patched, and if necessary rebooted, without causing any downtime for mailbox users on that database.
Create a Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 USB Key
I’ve seen a number of notes and blogs on the Internet on how to create a bootable USB Key to put Windows Server 2012 and/or Windows 8…
AD Delegation: Default Permissions for GPOs
When setting up Active Directory delegation, you want administrators to be able to maintain Group Policy without being a Domain Admin.
If you read TechNet, Microsoft tells you to use Group Policy Creator Owners. However CO does not have permissions to modify or edit any other group policy objects.
Force an Address Book Refresh on Lync Client
I ran into a situation where I needed to force the address book to refresh on a computer that had the Lync client installed. The process to do so isn’t well documented, so I decided to create this post in case anyone else has a similar requirement. Here’s how you force the address book to refresh on a Lync Client.
How to Export Mailboxes with Exchange Server 2010 SP1
Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 introduced a new method for exporting mailboxes called Mailbox Export Requests. This new method replaces the previous Export-Mailbox command.
Before we look at how to create a new mailbox export request in Exchange 2010 SP1 there are a few things that you should understand.
Verifying Domain User Home Directory
Some administrators prefer to do everything manually, other automated. I have always preferred to have as much as possible automated or at least set up with a script so the action can easily be repeated without varying end results.
I have written a script which verifies that all users that should have a home folder has one, and that it has the appropriate permissions.
