Outlook – The {name} Column is Missing from my Inbox
KB ID 0000198 Problem I don’t know why, but the From column disappeared from the Outlook (2007) Inbox this morning. Should this happen to you, and you need to restore (or add/remove) a column to/from your inbox. Solution 1. Within Outlook > Click View > Current View > Customize Current View. 2. Click Fields > Select From (Or the one you are missing/want). > Add > You can then move it up and down the list. >...
Outlook – Disable “Show in Groups”
KB ID 0000668 Problem With older versions of Outlook this was simple to do, they have made a good job of hiding it in Outlook 2010? Emails Grouped by Date. Solution 1. From within Outlook View > Change View > Manage Views. 2. Seelct ‘Current view settings’ > Modify. 3. Group By. 4. Untick ‘Automatically group according to arrangement’ > OK. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External...
Exchange – New User(s) Not Showing Up On Global Address List
KB ID 0000775 Problem If you create a new user, give them a mailbox, and they seemingly fail to appear then don’t panic! Firstly and fore mostly: If you do anything in Exchange: Apply the “cup of coffee rule”, never make a change then go and prove that change works straight away! check it later. However most of us work in the real world and you have a user who needs to use this mailbox yesterday! Bear in mind, the process...
Exchange – Creating Dynamic Distribution Groups Based on Organizational Units
KB ID 0000820 Problem A Dynamic Distribution list, (as the name implies), maintains its membership for you. Unlike a normal static distribution list that you need to add/remove mailboxes manually. Solution Use PowerShell/Exchange Management Shell 1. I’m assuming you already have an OU populated with mail enabled users, in this example called Engineering. 2. Launch the Exchange Management Shell, Execute the following command, (change...
Cisco ASA – View The Contents of an Object and Object-Group
KB ID 0001043 Problem My colleague loves the ASDM, I put up with it and prefer command line. We were troubleshooting a problem the other day and he said, there this is why I prefer the ASDM, just ‘hover’ over an object-group and it will show you the contents of it. Now if (like my test firewall above) you only have a few hosts, then I don’t see the point, but if you have a very complicated config with hundreds of...