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How can I lock the UDP port that Microsoft Exchange Server uses to notify Microsoft Outlook clients that new mail has arrived?

30 Jun

The “New mail” notification that Exchange uses operates over a dynamically assigned UDP port that the Outlook client selects when it first connects to the Exchange server. If you need to lock down this port to enable notification through a firewall, you need to make a client-side registry change (this setting is supported only in Outlook 2003).

To do so, create the new DWORD value HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice11.0OutlookRPCFixedUDPPort and set it to the port that the client will listen on for mail notifications.

 
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Posted by on June 30, 2005 in General

 

Windows update gives a 80246005 error

29 Jun

To fix this error, try:

Click start-run type services.msc then press enter

Look for the Automatic Updates Service, right click it and choose to stop

Click start->run type %windir%SoftwareDistribution then press enter

Open the DataStorage folder and delete its contents.

Click start->run type services.msc

right click the Automatic Update Service and choose to start

Now try running the Updates again.

 
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Posted by on June 29, 2005 in General, Windows XP

 

Error “Automation server can’t create object” while changing the User Account properties

29 Jun

When you try to change the User Account properties via the User Accounts Control Panel, you may receive this error:

Automation server can’t create object

This is due to the missing registry key given below:

HKCRCLSID{66e4e4fb-f385-4dd0-8d74-a2efd1bc6178}

This problem usually happens if you un-register the file shimgvw.dll (as an attempt to turn Off the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer)
RESOLUTION

Click Start, Run and type REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

 
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Posted by on June 29, 2005 in General

 

How can I hide the drop-down list of domains that appears on the logon screen of Windows XP and later machines?

17 Jun

To remove the domain drop-down list from the logon screen and force users to use their full user principal name (UPN), perform these steps:

1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon registry subkey.
3. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD value.
4. Enter a name of NoDomainUI and press Enter.
5. Double-click the new value and set it to 1. Click OK.
6. Reboot the machine.

The logon screen will no longer show a drop-down list for domains, and users will need to enter the full UPN to log on. For example, the user of an account called Ali in domain alibutt.com will enter the logon name ali@alibutt.com

 
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Posted by on June 17, 2005 in General, Windows XP

 

Can you recover deleted items from a Microsoft Exchange Server public folder?

17 Jun

Yes, the same “Recover deleted items” option that’s available for a user mailbox is available for a public folder. However, unlike a mailbox, when you delete an item from a public folder, the item doesn’t go to a “Deleted items” folder. Instead, it’s simply hidden (by setting the PR_DELETED_ON property) and isn’t actually deleted until the “Deleted item retention” period on the public folder store has elapsed. You set the “Deleted item retention” option on public folders by selecting the public folder store in Exchange System Manager (ESM) and selecting Properties from the File menu. Set the “Keep deleted items for (days)” value to the number of days you want to save the contents of the “Deleted items” folder. Remember that if the public folder has replicas, you need to set the recovery time on each public store on each server. To recover an item, you must have Editor permissions on the folder (i.e., full Read, Write, and Delete permissions). Select the public folder from which the item was deleted and select “Recovery Deleted Items” from the Tools menu of the Microsoft Office Outlook client.

 
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Posted by on June 17, 2005 in Exchange, General

 

What’s Windows XP N?

17 Jun

As part of the European Union (EU) and Microsoft antitrust settlement, Microsoft had to create versions of Windows XP Professional Edition and Windows XP Home Edition that don’t include Windows Media Player (WMP). These versions are called XP Professional Edition N and XP Home Edition N and are available only in Europe.

 
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Posted by on June 17, 2005 in General, Windows XP

 

How can I send an email message from within a VBScript script?

17 Jun

If you have Microsoft IIS with SMTP installed on a server, you can use the following code to send a basic email message from within a script:

Set objMessage = CreateObject(“CDO.Message”)
objMessage.Subject = “Subject”
objMessage.Sender = “ali@alibutt.com”
objMessage.To = “you@yourself.com”
objMessage.TextBody = “test mail”
objMessage.Send

 
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Posted by on June 17, 2005 in Exchange, General, Networking, Scripting, Windows XP

 
 
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