I recently had an issue with Outlook 2021 and Outlook 365: Some of the favorites (located in the left pane on the top) were disappearing on Outlook restart.
I found some suggested solutions to start outlook from the commend line: outlook.exe /resetnavpane. But that did not help in my case.
What worked for me was to add the following Registry key and then restart Outlook:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Autodiscover
DWORD: ExcludeLastKnownGoodUrl
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Exchange 2019 EAC does not show results if you search for parts of email addresses if they are not in the primary email address. Let's take for example the following mailbox:
Primary email address: [email protected]
This mailbox has a second email address: [email protected]
In EAC, you can search for "admin" and will find the mailbox. But if you search for "postmaster", you will not find it. Here, Exchange Powerhell helps, just type:
Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited -Filter {EmailAddresses Read more [...]
Due to the inherent security risks exposed by the nearly 30-year old SMBv1 protocol, it is advised that it be disabled on the network to migigate security risks from malware and targeted attacks.
As the SMBv1 vulnerabilities are publicly exploited, I recommend to uninstall and disable it completely from all Windows 2012 R2 servers and newer. I have not seen anything break, so it is quite safe to disable and uninstall.
The easiest is to do this with PowerShell (Windows 2012 R2 and newer):
Check Read more [...]
Since Windows 10 is not using Control Panel anymore for Windows Updates, it is not that simple to create a shortcut anymore. To create a shortcut to Windows Update, use the following procedure:
Right-click on the Desktop and choose New > Shortcut
In the "Location of the item" field, type
ms-settings:windowsupdate
Click Next
In the "Name of the shortcut" field, type Windows Update
Click on Finish
While this works, it has one disadvantage. Clicking the shortcut always first Read more [...]
I recently had the problem that a software upgrade that also involved a database upgrade did not work correctly and the database was "half" upgraded.
So I wanted to find out what data has changed in this half upgraded database. If you search the Internet, you will find many people recommending some third-party database comparison tools that cost money. But I was looking to find a legal free alternative.
Actually, there is one from Microsoft itself:
Go and download:
SQL Server Data Tools
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/download-sql-server-data-tools-ssdt
I Read more [...]
With ESXi 5.5 Update 3, VMWare addes USB 3.0 Passthrough support. It does this via xHCI USB adapter and the necessary drivers.
When I upgraded from ESXi 5.5 Update 2 to Update 3b, USB 3.0 did not work, though. The necessary driver had not been installed automatically with the upgrade. So here is what I had to do (in PuTTY):
Install the xHCI driver from the bundle I used to do the upgrade:
esxcli software vib install -n xhci-xhci -d "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Install/VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-Update3-3568722-HPE-550.9.5.0.33-Apr2016-depot.zip"
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When I needed to access a secure page (HTTPS) from Internet Explorer 11 on a Windows 2008 R2 server, I always got a "Page cannot be displayed" error. I could, though, access that page from another machine or another browser on the same server.
Looking in the Event Viewer I saw:
Log Name: System
Source: Schannel
Date: 05.01.2015 12:11:58
Event ID: 36887
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Description:
The following fatal alert was received: 40.
Schannel error 40 means: Read more [...]
The easiest way to find out which Active Directory Domain Controller holds the FSMO roles is the following:
Open a CMD box
Type netdom query fsmo
The output is something like
C:\Windows\system32>netdom query fsmo
Schema master DC1.ad-domain.local
Domain naming master DC1.ad-domain.local
PDC DC1.ad-domain.local
RID pool manager DC1.ad-domain.local
Infrastructure master Read more [...]
On BES 5.0.4, it is a bit tricky to add an administrative user. Normal Blackberry users are added under User > Create user, but admin users have to be added from a different menu.
First, login with BESAdmin. Then, you have to go to
Administrator user > Create an administrator user
Then, fill in the fields, which are not self-explanatory:
Display name: Use the display name from Active Directory
User name: Use the AD login name
Domain: Use the AD domain name
Administrator Read more [...]
I am only listing the well-known TCP/IP Ports I have ever used personally. There are of course more ports.
ftp-data 20 File Transfer [Default Data]
ftp 21 File Transfer [Control]
ssh 22 Secure Shell
telnet 23 Telnet
smtp 25 Simple Mail Transfer
domain 53 Domain Name Server (DNS)
bootps 67 Bootstrap Read more [...]
