How Many Users in AD? (User Count)
KB ID 0001748 Problem I had to get some stats from a number of customers earlier today, one of the stats I needed was the user count from within their respective Active Directories. If you have a tedious job to do, there’s usually a PowerShell command to help! Getting Object Numbers From Active Directory User Count (Get-ADUser -Filter *).Count Computer Count (Get-ADComputer -Filter *).Count Group Count (Get-ADGroup -Filter...
Exchange 2010 – EMC Error ‘GetSteppablePipeline execution of scripts is disabled’
KB ID 0001351 Problem Seen when attempting to open the Exchange Management Console; Exception calling “GetSteppablePipeline: with “1” argument(s): File C:\ProgramFiles\Exchange Server\v14\RemoteScripts\ConsoleInitialize.ps1 cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Please see “get-help about_signing” for more details.” Solution This is usually caused by an...
Event ID 7000
KB ID 0000136 Problem Event ID 7000 The Network Load Balancing service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. Even when Network Lo aad Balancing (NLB) is not currently installed, some NLB registry keys may be present in the registry. Microsoft has identified this as a problem in Windows 2000 Advanced server. The...
Server 2008 R2 – Inbound traffic Blocked – Outbound Traffic works?
KB ID 0000397 Problem My colleague had this problem this week, and it involved a call to Microsoft to resolve. Basically the client had some comms problems, so ran Windows updates, post update the server (which was the main domain controller and DHCP server for the network) could not be seen by any clients on the network. The server itself however could quite happily see everything else. Solution The problem is due to the Windows...
Disable High Contrast with Group PolicyDisable Accessibility Options with Group Policy
KB ID 0000472 Problem A few weeks back I wrote about a client who was having problems with kids at his school launching the ease of access button from the login screen. And how I disabled the ease of access button. High Contrast After a site visit it seems that the “little darlings” had now worked out that by pressing “Alt+Shift+Print Screen” they could turn on high contrast. And this, which is obviously...