After a short experiance with Exchange 2010 in both test and internal environments I have today passed 70-662 (Exchange 2010 configuration), not a whole lot of difference compared to 2007 besides ofcourse the new features. More interesting was the new format Microsoft has where they now offer upto 13 different awnsers decreasing the “luck” factor […]
Posts in the Microsoft category:
Hiding RibbonRow in SharePoint 2010 portal sites
As shown in one of my earlier posts on SharePoint 2007 we have a need to hide our RibbonRow & Login data from some of our websites to make it more pleasing for people to look at. Doing this is slightly more tricky in 2010 then it was in 2007; 2010 allows less code to […]
Reset / Delete faulty webparts
Te remove or reset webparts in SharePoint 2007 that you can no longer edit properly simply append ?contents=1 to the URL of the page in question. This will bring up a screen that allows you to edit webparts.
Pending Reboot
If you are running into issues with unexpected “Pending Reboot” status on a Windows box it’s worth while to check the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager should contain a key named “PendingFileRenameOperations” which is a REG_MULTI_SZ key. This contains the pointers to all files currently being updated. This key can, in some cases, get poluted by […]
Creating internal certificate for OWA with multiple URLs
Creating a certificate that supports multiple URLs for internal and external usage in Exchange OWA using an internal CA via Windows. As a guide I used this article and also CertReq /? Create a TXT file with the following content: [NewRequest] Subject = “CN=Exchange.Pastures.local” Exportable = true ExportableEncrypted = true MachineKeySet = true FriendlyName = […]
Achieved 070-647 MCITP Enterprise Administrator
Today I achieved 070-647, it was a decently hard exam as to be expected ofcourse for the level of expertise required to pass and know all the items questioned within it. Focus will now shift from 2008 basis to my Messaging Specialism, which I will be upgrading from MCSA:M with an additional 2007 MCTS in […]
Problem Installing FEP Client (0x80070645)
Cross-posting some of my findings I also posted in http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/FCSNext/thread/2b853e6a-b05f-467d-bd3e-31f0cdf5830e I’ve been having the same problem with several servers. I have found that uninstalling FCS can sometimes be a pain. If you open your REGEDIT and find the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products folder and here search for ForeFront you will find the 2 installations from ForeFront. NOTE: This […]
Debugging Scheduled tasks “Last Result 0XE0434F4D”
Ran into a problem today with using a scheduled task which was not executing properly after changes being made to it’s batchjob. Ofcourse the Windows Task Scheduler doesn’t give a very good description on the error message so I found a nice article that uses the following code: @echo off echo %date% %time% Start of […]
Completed 70-643
Passed 70-643 on Monday. Exam was relatively straight forward with some interesting questions and a good mix up of the subjects tested. Ran into very little Streaming Media server questions but I never really use that so that turned out okay. They now added a little questionaire in the start where they ask for your […]
WSUS / wuauclt.exe command line options
There is alot of static on the internet about the wuauclt.exe tool and the commands that actually work for it. Lots of discussions will give you a listing of options that will then be told off by someone as “not functional”. I’ve seen parts of the code in WUAUCLT.exe and found a list with commands […]