run cmd as admin cd C:\program files\Microsoft office\office16 (or program files (x86), whatever’s relevant) type in: cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus this generates a list of all the license keys install on your pc. You want to look at the last line of each paragraph: “Last 5 characters of installed product key: […]
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To match a new AD user to an existing 365 user. match UPN and smtp Alias 2 install “Microsoft Online Services Sign in Assistant for IT Professionals 3 Open Powershell (Admin): Install-Module -Name AzureAD 4 connect to AD: Connect-MsolService 5 Return the immutable ID: Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName john@cesarhara.com | select ImmutableID […]
In an elevated CMD type Net stop bit Net stop wuauserv Net stop cryptsvc Rename systemroot\softwaredistribution to softwaredistribution.old And systemroot\system32\catroot2 to catroot2.old Then Net start bit Net start wuauserv Net start cryptsvc And restart pc
After completing the BMR process don’t restart. Select Command Prompt. regedt32<CR> Highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, File>Load Hive>[restored volume]:\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM>Open>Key Name = Restored_HKLM>OK. Expand Restored_HKLM\ControlSet001\services and ensure the following are set: If restored to a (VMWare) VM then ensure intelide>Start = 0 and LSI_SAS>Start = 0; msahci>Start = 3 and pciide>Start = 3 NB: […]
A few weeks ago at work, I was tasked with the project of decommissioning one of our older Windows Server 2008 machines and upgrading it to Windows 2012. I was initially a little worried, seeing as this server ran a lot of key roles, such as DHCP, DNS, was a […]
You can also view and set these values with PowerShell, provided you have the ActiveDirectory module installed. View: Get-ADUser <username> -Properties extensionattribute1 Set: Set-ADUser <username> -Add @{“extensionattribute1″=”Your Value Here”} Clear: Set-ADUser <username> -Clear extensionattribute1
When moving mailboxes from Exchange x to Exchange 2010 the bad item limit is set at max of 50, if you have a mailbox that has more bad items than that you can do the move request via the Exchange Management Shell using the below command New-MoveRequest -Identity ‘Alias […]
During as SBS2003 migration to SBS2011, while decommissioning the source server (SBS2003) before Exchange 2003 can be removed you will have to remove the routing group connector from Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010. You can use the Exchange System Manager to remove the 2003 to 2010 connector. To remove the connector from […]
When migrating a SBS 2003 server to SBS 2011 you may receive the error “The received certificate has expired” whilst migrating the public folders from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, if you do follow the steps below. To remove the SSL binding to an incorrectly published certificate Navigate to the virtual root Exadmin in IIS. Right-click Exadmin, […]
I have a few batch files that run on a schedule, I have found though that they are not running properly? If I right click the batch file and run as administrator it works fine, after some research I came up with this. set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker I add this as the […]
Please see the below link, its to to with some an Office 2003 update for Excel Uninstall Excel update #KB2541025 and also #KB2502786 http://forums.techarena.in/ms-office-support/749154-2.htm If you like this post, then please consider retweeting it or sharing it on Facebook.
Sometimes you may want to access more than one PC or Server via RDP through your firewall. This can be a problem if you only have one external IP address. One thing you can do to get round this is to change the listening port on the target PC. This […]
The other day one of my Server 2008’s failed to boot. The error on screen was winload.exe was missing or corrupt. After booting with the Server 2008 CD, entering “Repair my computer” and then launching the command prompt. I typed the following commands “bootrec /rebuildbcd” “bootrec /fixmbr” Once the commands […]