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Author Archives: mell9185
How to quickly disable account access in AD and Exchange 2010
While testing the feasibility of a Bring Your Own Device policy with Exchange 2010 Active Sync we noticed some odd behavior with disabled accounts. One of the policies we decided on was that during an employee termination we would disable … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, Exchange 2010, Windows
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How moving your Default Domain Policy from the default location can lead to trouble
At my company we recently decided to change our password policy by increasing the password age to a year but doubling the length. So we planned to change the password age via Group Policy so that everyone would have to … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows
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How to force OSX using Active Directory authentication to un-cache a mobile account’s username when it is changed in Active Directory
One of the situations we deal with a lot at my company is name changes due to marriages/domestic partnerships. Recently we had to perform a name change for one of our Mac users. This entails changing the following in Active … Continue reading
Take care with SAN Certificates in Exchange 2010 when Outlook Anywhere is enabled with PC’s Running XP and Vista
The last pain point of our Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 upgrade was getting Outlook Anywhere working with our XP clients, the cause of which was due to my inexperience with security certificates. When we originally reviewed our requirements for … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2010, Outlook, Outlook Anywhere
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Moving large VMDK’s from one Windows File Server to another in vSphere 4.X while maintaining share information
Moving large VMDK’s from one Windows File Server to another in vSphere 4.X At my Job we are nearing the end of our W2k8R2 upgrades. The only W2k3 servers left are our file servers. In planning to upgrade these W2k3 … Continue reading
Posted in File Shares, VMware, W2K8R2, Windows
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Recent PC upgrades and component shuffles
Recent PC upgrades and component shuffles A few weeks ago I finished upgrading my current PC setup, the old set was: Daily PC OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Case : Antec 900 CPU : Intel i7-920 with stock cooler Mobo … Continue reading
Posted in Intel SRT, Lucid Virtu, Personal
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Using SQL Server Express with vCenter? Be mindful of you database limits.
A little over a month ago we had issues with our VMware vCenter server (4.1 running SQL Server Express 2005) locking up every 12- 18 hours. After looking at the event log we saw the problem: Event ID 9002 stating … Continue reading
Posted in SQL Server 2005 Express, vCenter 4.X, VMware
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Could webOS be HP’s “New Coke”?
I have zero marketing experience and this is just me thinking (typing?) out loud. What if HP saw the lackluster success of the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Blackberry Playbook, and their own HP webOS Tablet in comparison to Apple’s … Continue reading
Posted in HP, Thoughts, webOS
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How custom Outlook calendar forms can cause numerous headaches
We recently migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. Minus a few configuration issues the migration was without any major issues. But a within a few months of the final mailbox move a few of our Mac users running Outlook … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange 2010, Outlook, Shoretel
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Google to Motorola, these ARE the droids we’re looking for!
A few small observations and questions in the wake of Google’s announcement to acquire Motorola’s Mobility division: Each major mobile OS now has its own dedicated hardware manufacturer. This purchase gives Google a huge influx of patents. Are they … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Google, Motorola, Thoughts
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