Running migrations of Exchange is always a slow process, especially if you run into problems or hickups along the way. I’ve done my fare share of migrations and know a few basics to being with outright; Always migrate to a different server. Never do an inplace upgrade. I don’t even know if this is possible […]
Author: Jodrik
Adding Exchange 2013 to PowerShell ISE
Adding support for Microsoft Exchange 2013 in PowerShell ISE: . ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1’ Connect-ExchangeServer -auto
Export private key from PFX files
Below I detail how to export the private key from a PFX file, this is for needed for instance in Ability Mail Server to allow SSL to work. Export the private key file from the pfx file Remove the passphrase from the private key Export the certificate file from the pfx file openssl pkcs12 -in filename.pfx -nocerts […]
Create bootable USB via Diskpart
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200124.aspx http://elmajdal.net/Win7/Using_The_Windows_7_USB_DVD_Download_Tool.aspx
Installing Debian on a CH3SNAS
I came across a cool installation image that will allow you to reflash your Conceptronic CH3SNAS to be able to run a Debian install. I will be doing some experiments with this environment on my local NAS to check out if this is any good and how the performance will be. You can find the […]
Windows Vista Cleanup
Running a bit low on diskspace or want to speed up your PC a bit more? Since the introduction of Windows Side-by-side you can run stuff with backwards compatibility but this comes at a tollyour disk. If you have windows Vista installed you do the following; Hit the start button, type in “CMD” and right-click […]
Update on Project “Prism I”
Wood is the material of choice when making a server, naturally! Still debating wether to eventually replace it with a custom sheet of aluminium or not. Today I’ve ordered the blank sheets for the front and rear covers and did the 5th “final version” of the drawings to be milled out of these. Still waiting on the […]
Installing ForeFront 2010 on Windows 8 or Server 2012
After my earlier post on ForeFront EndPoint Protection I managed to get several updates from Microsoft to allow it to function but this left me without a working installer for new systems. After ready the patch notes on the hotfixes I found the update responsible for the client (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26583 FEP2010-Update-Rollup-KB2551095-x64-ENU.exe) and managed to find the installer […]
Exporting and importing cookie blocklists into IE
I block cookies, and so should you! If you every want to be shocked by how much crap people put on your PC you should (in Internet Explorer atleast) turn on these settings in “Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Advanced” Once you have done this you will quickly become annoyed, like most of […]