Certificate Import Error - 'Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005'21/05/13 - I got this error on a Windows Server 2012 machine today while trying to complete a certificate request. In the end it turned out to be a simple permissions problem. [more]
Migrating Certificates and Decommissioning Exchange 201017/05/13 - Finally, I've got round to finishing the Exchange 2013 migration, hopefully now the "When will you be writing part 3?" emails will stop. In the last part we migrate the digital certificates, and remove Exchange 2010. [more]
VMware VI Client error 'Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to server {ESX-Host}:902'15/05/13 - Seen when connected to the VMware VI client software, and attempting to open a console session with a virtual machine. [more]
Exchange 2003 - Defragmenting Your Database with Eseutil
11/05/13 - I don't have many clients left that still have Exchange 2003, so this will probably be the last time I have to do this. Exchange databases NEVER get smaller, if you delete information out of them, it simply creates white space, [more]
Install and Configure an HP UPS Network Module
10/05/13 - I installed one of these a couple of weeks ago, and there’s some good documentation with the module itself so installing it into the UPS and giving it an IP address was easy, getting the right client software to talk to it was a pain. [more]
Change Windows Product Key Error 'Unacceptable Character'
09/05/13 - A very strange problem today? I was attempting to change the product key of a Windows 2008 R2 Server, I copied and pasted the code in, every time I tried to enter the letter 'n' this happened? [more]
Print Migrator Error 'WARNING: Kernel Mode drivers (version 2) are blocked on the target machine'
07/05/13 - I really like Print Migrator, it makes a time consuming laborious task really easy. It's so good Microsoft don't use/support it any more. [more]
Exchange 2010 / 2007 - Setup and Deploy Outlook Anywhere
05/05/13 - Updated - This is a system that lets you connect Microsoft Outlook to to your Exchange server over the web, this means you can connect to to your email, calendaring and tasks etc, without the need for a VPN connection. [more]
Cannot Access Exchange 2010 Management Console02/05/13 - Since Exchange 2007, management tasks have been done via PowerShell, which is fine, however it runs all that PowerShell from a virtual directory that lives in the servers IIS. Exchange runs happily, but you cannot run the management tools. [more]
Exchange - Delete and Recreate the PowerShell Virtual Directory02/05/13 - Updated - One of big drawbacks of Exchange management being built on PowerShell is, when IIS has a problem, you cant manage your Exchange via the command shell, or the Exchange Management Console. [more]
XCOPY - Insufficient Memory01/05/13 - If I'm migrating client data, I use Xcopy a lot, especially if I want to preserve the permissions. One of the questions I usually ask is "Do any of your users have file names that are very long, i.e. longer than 256 characters?" [more]
SBS 2011 Missing Netlogon Share (Post Migration)30/04/13 - Whilst performing an upgrade from SBS 2003 to SBS 2011, I went on-site to be told, "The new server has no NETLOGON share!". As a result clients who had authenticated to the old SBS had ran their logon scripts. But the clients on the new SBS had not. [more]
SBS 2011 / 2008 - Stop the "Windows SBS Console"26/04/13 - Updated - I'd forgotten how annoying this console was, but the last few weeks I've been working on SBS a lot, so I was happy to find the process for turning it off was the same in SBS 2011. [more]
Event ID 1014 and 1002 (Windows IIS Web Server)24/04/13 - Seen on Server 2003 running IIS 6, about once a week the website would fail, and the client had to reboot the server to bring things back up again. [more]
BT Business Hub 3 - And Cisco ASA 550021/04/13 - Well it's taken two months but, it would seem we finally, (thanks to Nate Morris) have a workable fix, and the problem is identified. [more]
Migrating Public Folders from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 201319/04/13 - In Part 2 of our Exchange 2010 to 2013 migration, we transition from an Exchange 2010 Public Folder Database, to an Exchange 2013 Public Folder Mailbox. [more]
Cisco CSC - Upgrade the Operating System18/04/13 - Upgrading the the CSC module is pretty straight forward, as long as you have a support agreement and a CCO account you can download the updates from Cisco. [more]