Can’t open or save an attachment in Outlook 2003?

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Posted on 21st October 2009 by ajodha in Outlook

“Can’t create file: Right-click the folder you want to create the file in, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder”.

1. Open REGEDIT.EXE and go to Edit -> Find… In the Find dialog box type “OutlookSecureTempFolder” without the quotes and locate that registry key.

2. That key will contain the actual folder location, and will look like:

C:\Documents and Settings\%USER_NAME%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK#\ (where # is a random letter or number)
3. Copy the location of that folder.

4. Click on Start -> Run… and paste the folder location from step #4 then click OK.

5. Windows Explorer will open that folder. Please, delete all files present.

6. Restart Microsoft Outlook and you should be able to open your attachments.

exchange 2007 installation on windows 2008 IIS component prerequisites

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Posted on 20th October 2009 by ajodha in Exchange 2007 Public Folders

To install the Windows Server 2008 operating system prerequisites for Client Access servers by using the graphical user interface

1.

Start Server Manager. To do this,click Start, and then click Server Manager.
2.

In the navigation pane, click Roles, and then click Add Roles in the details pane.
3.

In the Add Roles Wizard, click Next, and then click to select the Web Server (IIS) check box in the Roles list.
4.

Click Add Required Features if you are prompted to do so, and then click Next.
5.

Click Next, and then click to select the following check boxes in the Role services list:
* ASP.NET
* ISAPI Extensions
* ISAPI Filters
* Server Side Includes
* .NET Extensibility
* Basic Authentication
* Windows Authentication
* Digest Authentication
* Dynamic Content Compression
* IIS 6 Management Compatibility

When you click to select the IIS 6 Management Compatibility check box, the following check boxes are automatically selected:
* IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
* IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
* IIS 6 Scripting Tools
* IIS 6 Management Console
6.

Click Next, and then click Install.

Exchange 2007: Enable an Outlook form based authentication

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Posted on 20th October 2009 by ajodha in Exchange 2007 SP1

By default, forms-based authentication is not enabled for Outlook Web Access in Exchange2007. Forms-based authentication stores the user’s user name and password in a cookie instead of in the browser. When the user leaves an OWA session or after the expiration of the inactivity period, the cookie is cleared. As a result, the user must re-authenticate to use OWA again. This is a good security measure.To enable the Outlook Web Access logon page, do the following:

   1. Open the Exchange Management Console.
   2. Choose Server Configuration > Client Access.
   3. Click the “Owa (Default Web Site)” entry.
   4. From the Action pane, choose the Properties option.
   5. From the Owa (Default Web Site) Properties page, click the Authentication tab.
     
Under the “Use Forms-Based Authentication” option there are three options for enforcing a particular logon format. The Domain\User Name option is self-explanatory and is useful if you have multiple domains. The User Principal Name (UPN) option, or e-mail address format, is probably the easiest for users to remember since they use it all the time. The User Name Only option is the last option, which is also self explanatory. If you choose the User Name Only format, you also need to choose a Logon Domain.
   6. Click OK

Because this change affects IIS, you must restart IIS. From a command line on the Outlook Web Access server, issue the command iisreset /noforce.

How to Remove/Uninstall Symantec Norton Antivirus (SAV) Client without Password

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Posted on 20th October 2009 by dyadav15 in Antivirus

1. Open Registry Editor (regedit).

2. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\Current Version\Administrator Only\Security\

3. Change the value for useVPuninstallpassword key from 1 to 0.

4. Exit Registry Editor and now you can uninstall Symantec AntiVirus Client.

The trick should work on most version of Symantec AntiVirus client or Norton AntiVirus Client, including version 7, 8, 9 or 10.

Exhcange 2007 installation Ldife.exe – prerequisites error

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Posted on 19th October 2009 by admin in Exchange 2007 SP1

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Exhcange 2007 installation Ldife.exe – prerequisites error

Open up the cmd prompt and type:
ServerManagerCmd -i RSAT-ADDS

You should then see if it completed successfully or if it was ran already.

The command requires a reboot after it installs. After you reboot, try the prep again.

Robocopy Command

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Posted on 15th October 2009 by admin in IT Support

robocopy

Parameter Description
Specifies the path to the source directory.

Specifies the path to the destination directory.

Specifies the file or files to be copied. You can use wild-card characters (* or ? ), if you want. If the

File parameter is not specified, *.* is used as the default value.

Specifies options to be used with the robocopy command.

Copy options

Option Description

/s Copies subdirectories. Note that this option excludes empty directories.

/e Copies subdirectories. Note that this option includes empty directories.

/lev: Copies only the top N levels of the source directory tree.

/z Copies files in Restart mode.

/b Copies files in Backup mode.

/zb Uses Restart mode. If access is denied, this option uses Backup mode.

/efsraw Copies all encrypted files in EFS RAW mode.

/copy: Specifies the file properties to be copied. The following are the valid values

for this option:

D – Data
A – Attributes

What does High Availability mean?

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Posted on 14th October 2009 by admin in IT Support

High Availability uses a combination of redundancy and fault tolerance in order to provide a level of operational continuity.Redundancy means that there is more than one instance of resources available. Fault Tolerance means that resources will be available even if there is a hardware failure.

Configuring round robin

Round robin is a local balancing mechanism used by DNS servers to share and distribute network resource loads. You can use it to rotate all resource record (RR) types contained in a query answer if multiple RRs are found.

By default, DNS uses round robin to rotate the order of RR data returned in query answers where multiple RRs of the same type exist for a queried DNS domain name. This feature provides a simple method for load balancing client use of Web servers and other frequently queried multihomed computers.

If round robin is disabled for a DNS server, the order of the response for these queries is based on a static ordering of RRs in the answer list as they are stored in the zone (either its zone file or Active Directory).

Example: Round-robin rotation

A forward lookup-type query (for all A RRs that match a DNS domain name) is made for a multihomed computer (multihomed.example.offsitenoc.com) that has three IP addresses. Separate A RRs are used to map the host’s name to each of these IP addresses in the zone. In the stored example.offsitenoc.com zone, the RRs appear in this fixed order:

multihomed IN A 192.168.1.1

multihomed IN A 192.168.1.2

multihomed IN A 192.168.1.3

The first DNS client that queries the server to resolve this host’s name receives the list in default order. When a second client sends a subsequent query to resolve this name, the list is rotated as follows:

multihomed IN A 192.168.1.2

multihomed IN A 192.168.1.3

multihomed IN A 192.168.1.1

Save Money, Save Time, Effort and with all-in-one IT Consulting Services

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Posted on 1st October 2009 by admin in IT Support

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IT Support Services

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Posted on 1st October 2009 by admin in IT Support

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