Connections From Machines That Don’t Map to Sites?
KB ID 0001635 Problem I was troubleshooting some replication issues for a client, and carried out a dcdiag on one of their domain controllers, and saw this; Starting test: SystemLog A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x000016AF Time Generated: xx/xx/xxxx xx:xx:xx Event String: During the past 4.21 hours there have been {xxx} connections to this Domain Controller from client machines whose IP addresses don’t map to any of the...
ADFS: Changing the Certificate
KB ID 0001634 Problem I needed to change the certificate used by an ADFS server today. I’d used a temporary self signed wildcard cert to get me up and running now I needed to replace it with a new publicly signed one. I found a number of ways of doing this INCORRECTLY, so hopefully I will save you making the same mistakes! Solution Firstly you need to import your certificate, here from a PFX file, (if you want a PFX file import...
Setup Cant Continue PowerShell Has Open Files
KB ID 0001633 Problem While attempting to uninstall Microsoft Exchange server; Setup can’t continue with the uninstall because the powershell (PID) has open files. Close the process, and then restart setup. Solution Seems to be a common error, and is usually caused because someone has the Exchange Web Management page open, (probably in another user session); In some cases you may need to reboot, but in my case I was simply being...
Windows – Find your ‘Uptime’
KB ID 0000552 Problem There are lots of reasons you might want to know your PC/Servers uptime, to make sure a client has rebooted a server (like you asked them to), or to see if a server has had a BSOD and rebooted overnight, etc. Check Uptime with Task Manager You can get your uptime from the Task Manager’s “Performance” tab. To launch Task Manger Start > Run > Taskmgr.exe {enter}. or Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, or...
Exchange – Display Mailbox’s by size
KB ID 0000469 Problem Yesterday a client asked me how he could find out, which of his users were the “worst offenders” for mailbox size. Normally a simple Get-MailboxStatistics command would be fine, and we would sort the results in descending order. Solution On one of the Exchange servers, launch the Exchange Management Shell. Issue the following command: Note: That’s all one command, replace the name PNL-MAIL-2019...
Control Panel ‘Mail Icon Missing’
KB ID 0000237 Problem Problem usually seen on x64 Office versions, to set up some mail profiles; Solution Firstly what happens if you try running; outlook.exe /manageprofiles The file you are looking for is called mlcfg32.cpl Find it and double click it. here’s where I found it C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office{Version} or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033 If you get stuck, or are using x64...