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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

upgrade windows 2008 to server 2012 R2 - No Way

here is the message

Windows 8.1 installation can only be started from Windows 7. Windows 8.1 is not designed for installation on devices running Windows XP or Windows Vista - see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=313602 for important information.

Monday, December 30, 2013

move 2008 hyper-v VM around to 2012 R2 hyper-v

move 2008 hyper-v VM around to 2012 R2 hyper-v

well, like a joke, I can't do it with SCVMM 2012 R2, because V1.0 hyper-v is not support.

with errors like
-----------------
Error (12700)
VMM cannot complete the host operation on the MKCenter.yang11.homeip.net server because of the error: 'mksxp' failed to realize. (Virtual machine ID 9F24D933-A292-49C5-AB16-43F959CD29C4)

Failed to upgrade the VM version of the virtual machine mksxp: Unspecified error (0x80004005). (Virtual machine ID 9F24D933-A292-49C5-AB16-43F959CD29C4)

The VM version 1.0 of the virtual machine mksxp is not supported. (Virtual machine ID 9F24D933-A292-49C5-AB16-43F959CD29C4)
Unknown error (0x8000)

Recommended Action
Resolve the host issue and then try the operation again.
--------------------

now go back to basics,

in w2008, hyper-v manager to export the VM, then try to import to the server 2012 R2 hyper-v host, failed again,

now go back to raw basic, create VM in 2012 R2 host, in the wizard, instead of creating new vhd files, broswe to the export vhd file location. all working. you need note the VM setup details such as their original IP addresses




remove exchange 2003 from active directory

remove exchange 2003 from active directory

http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/migration-deployment/Transitioning-Exchange-2000-2003-Exchange-Server-2007-Part1.html

I have a test lab with exchange 2003 and exchange 2007 , even with exchange 2010 in it.

I can't even remember how I installed exchange 2010.

anyway, I turned off exchange 2010 and began to decommision exchange 2003

To do this properly, exchange 2003 CD or install files stilled required ( exchange 2003 SP2 i386 can't substitute it)

1/ move mailboxes to exchange 2007 db, do this in exchange 2007 EMC

2/ replicate public folder over

3/ change RUC server to exchange 2007

4/ remove bidgehead connectors , if the exchange 2003 is bridgehead server. you can do this in exchange 2003 EMC


Friday, December 27, 2013

install SCVMM 2012 R2 agent on hyper-v hosts

install SCVMM 2012 R2 agent on hyper-v hosts

a good link is

http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2013/10/18/scvmm-2012-r2-quickstart-deployment-guide.aspx

I can deploy scvmm agent by following

2. Deploy an agent to an existing Hyper-V Host.
  • Open the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 console.
  • Connect to the SCVMM server.
  • In the lower left hand pane of the console – select “Fabric”.
  • In the folder list – Right click “All Hosts” and choose “Create Host Group”.
  • Name your custom host group something like “Demo
  • Right click the Demo host group and choose “Add Hyper-V hosts and Clusters
  • On the Resource Location screen – choose the first bullet for a trusted AD domain computer.
  • On the Credentials screen, click Browse.
  • Select “Create Run As Account
  • On the General screen, enter a Name of “Hyper-V Host Administration Account
  • Input a DOMAIN\username of an AD account that has admin access to your Hyper-V servers. This account will be used to administer the Host and VM guests. For the purposes of the POC, we will use the DOMAIN\scvmmadmin account.
  • After inputting the password, and accepting the new account, we will return to the Credentials screen with our existing RunAs account shown. Click Next.
  • Type in the computer names of your Hyper-V servers that you wish to Manage. Ensure that the DOMAIN\SCVMMAdmins global group is a member of the local admins group on all Hyper-V servers so that we can manage them. Click Next.
  • Select all the discovered Hyper-V servers, and click Next.
  • Assign the discovered hosts to the “Demo” host group.
  • Click Next, Finish.
  • A job will be created to deploy the SCVMM agent to the Hyper-V hosts.

change the most used documents list from 10 to 20

change the most used documents list from 10 to 20

in windows 7, right click on the start button, properties, click customize, then you will see the list settings , you can change the default 10 to whatever you like


http://www.city-data.com/forum/computers/1967582-windows-7-most-recently-used-file.html

install AD admin tools on server 2012 R2

install AD admin tools on server 2012 R2

fiddling to find it in the server manager GUI ?

in powershell , just one cmd line

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS

reference:

http://exchangeserverpro.com/how-to-install-exchange-server-2013/

install system center 2012 R2 VMM on a windows server 2012 R2

install system center 2012 R2 VMM on a windows server 2012 R2

its sort of straight forward

it requires windows 8.1adk first

then you need SQL2012 with SP1 , I installed the x64 bit version

then you click all the way through

the first time I got a crash at ADREPOSITORY error.

google search turned up nothing, but bing search gave me some clue. btw, its the first time in my life bing beat google.

this happened because, I ticked put the key something in AD, and specified a conflicting CN.

change the CN to VMMDKM+my-domain , all good

not that bad on a boxing day

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

upgrade windows server 2012 data center ed to windows server 2012 R2 data center ed

upgrade windows server 2012 to windows server 2012 R2

it's easy

it took about 1 hour with lots of reboots on a low end IBM x3200 server

no brainer

Sunday, December 22, 2013

What is the difference between install images and boot images?

What is the difference between install images and boot images?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732729(v=ws.10).aspx

Install images are the operating system images that you deploy to the client computer. Boot images are the images that you boot a client computer into to perform an operating system installation.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

hyper-v wont start , IBM x3550 , excution disable bit - disabled

hyper-v wont start , IBM x3550 , excution disable bit - disabled ....

now you think hyper-v is gaining ground against VMware, wrong. in my case, hyper-v is replacing their strategic partner Xen.

Xen 5.0.3 used to be installed on the IBM x3550.

now I installed windows server 2012 R2 as hyper-v host.

I created two virtual machine, and try to install VMs as a project to do exchange 2013 hosting. To my surprise, the hyper-v won't start.

frantic goofle search....

1/ VT bit enabled in the bios -- yes
2/ DEP enabled in the bios - in this IBM server , its called execution disable bit, its disabled -- change it to Enable

now I can get to the next step with hyper-v , exchange 2013 multi-tenant hosting

 

Ransomware in the Enterprise - its happening

some resources here

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/security/dn535790.aspx

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offline

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/help/mss.aspx

quote here:


Crilock encrypts your files using an AES-256 key that is unique to each file and then encrypts the file-specific AES key using a 2048-bit RSA public key. The malware authors demand payment for key recovery as part of their ransom scheme. The threat targets the most useful and potentially damaging file types on any connected drive, including network shares. 

Saturday, December 14, 2013

my Friday rescue series continues, restore a crashed HP ML300 server to a new IBM low end server

my Friday rescue series continues, restore a crashed HP ML300 server to a new IBM low end server

very sad for this customer, they got a windows 2008 R2 server as their terminal server, the server hardware is HP ML300 tower. the error is that one of fans is not strong enough, hence the server keeps shutting down.

I tried to take an image of the server using storagecraft shadow protect IT key, but the 60GB C: partition got 40GB data, and it need 35 minutes. I am at one stage 7 minutes to finish the imaging.

I just don't have the extra 7 minutes out of the HP server.

at the suggest of co-worker, I took one of the mirrored hard drive out and put it in the new IBM server, attached to a sata connector. then start the IBM server from the shadow protect IT cd, with the IT key attached to another USB port.

run the shadow protect backup to take an image of the hard drive from the defunct HP server.

then load raid driver , and restore the image to the new raid-mirrored disk in the new IBM server.

the restore finished with errors/warning in the shadow protect console, like shadow protect v4 has no license . ( of course the IT key is licensed )

 I got problem on the first start on the new server, black screen error 0x0000225; namely it asks for windows repair disc.

I restarted the IBM server again from the IT shadow key, did a scan / repair on the BCD of the hard drive. shadow protect reported it repaired the broken windows .

I felt thrilled when the new server started , but upon restarting, the famous 0x0000007B blue screen crash dump appeared.

I know it got something to do the new raid controller driver, so I started the server with IT key again, and inject the windows installation with x64 bit raid driver.
(correction, I used last know good configuration to get to windows again, then use the downloaded IBM raid driver to update the current raid driver. the raid driver update failed previously , the error is current raid driver is not stable. this time the raid driver update worked, and the new system works so far I am writing this)

reboot , yeeessss, I have a working windows 2008 R2 . then download ibm updateXpress to update all the drivers for the new server.

 

weeked joke: please use chrome if you can't login to office 365 using internet explorer

weeked joke: please use chrome if you can't login to office 365 using internet explorer

what a joke, but Sugar of Microsoft online support told me to do that while trying to figure out an issue

updates: chome did work for me either, I used the firefox to login to finish what I have to do

Sunday, December 1, 2013

netbios name resulution issue and printing / scanning issue after un-install end-point security (Panda)

netbios name resulution issue and printing / scanning issue after un-install end-point security (Panda)

the director sold his company and started another business at home.

I got called in to do the home network setup.

he got a network printer and a HP MFC as his scanner.

his notebook had N-Able agent and end-point security installed.

I need un-install those as he is no longer part of his previous company.

I un-ticked the security manager via the N-Central interface. the Panda anti-virus is un-installed. the notebook restarted.

then I installed Nod32 anti-virus, nod32 picked some virus which Panda doesn't regard as virus / trojan.

When I was just about to go, the customer said the printing stoppped working.

bit surprised, as it was working before. so I moved the PC out of the domain, to get rid of domain group policy,

downloaded the latest driver and install, install finished sucessfully, but it just wont print.

I get the owner agree to use a usb cable, the director grudgingly agreed.

but the network scanning is not working either. I realized this is a bigger problem.. I noticed the host file is not working, the w7 pro x64 cannot ping local netbios name.

google frantically, eventually my thoughts are on the security-manager (Panda anti-virus), I logged a ticket with N-Able support asking for a standalone panda removal tool.

N-Able sent me a uninstaller and a reg file. I run the uninstaller, I got a very quick prompt, ok.

I tested host file name resulution, yes, finally the host file is effective, so is netbios name resolution, i.e I can  ping local hosts by their netbios name.

funny enough (or sad enough), there is a post on Panda website regarding someone installed Panda, printing stopped working.


Monday, November 25, 2013

install / configure exchange 2013 using one public certificate, in two domain space situation

on the positive side, I achieve using one certification to get exchange 2013 working by checking via the microsoft online testing tools.

in a two domain scenario, I mean, for example,  the customer has tophead.net on the internet, but their internal AD domain is tophead.com. and tophead.com belongs to someone else.

the trick to solve the issue is to created an internal AD dns zone tophead.net. eventually we are using split brain dns.

create a dns record for the server in both ad zones like mail.tophead.net and mail.tophead,com

set all exchange 2013 CAS URL to mail.tophead.net , both internally and externally .

so you only buy one certificate for mail.tophead.net

for outlook auto discovery, in the public dns , add service records like _srv_tcp .....

hopefully your dns provider supports that kind of srv records.

I tried to use autodiscover cname, but that doesn't work for me. funny that works for MS O365.



ip address conflict , pride got dented, hyper-v windows 2012 wont give promt warning IP address conflict

hours got trashed

in a server install, an ip scan was done, a free IP address got picked for a hyper-v domain controller / dns server, for some bizare reason that site's wireless access point tp-link is also using that IP, but it didn't showing up in the initial IP scan.

the server 2012 is installed on the network, it didn't complain about IP address duplicates /conflicts like its various previous version.

surprisingly that worked for a few weeks to my shocking brain. the problems after the server install are about 4 PCs having problems connecting with intranet which is hosted on the new DC.

for two w7 PCs, I removed panda anti-virus filter, then seemed better.

for another windows XP, and vista, the error still there, intranet broken, prompting for passwords. co-work indicated the PC tried to access a TP-LINK interface.

went down the wrong road, a number of trojans got cleaned, but the errors persists.

vaguely felt there is an IP address conflict , a co-work points out in the documentation that 192.168.1.15 was assigned to the TP-link access point. the solution is to disconnect the conflicting device for now.

again, when weird thing happens, check from the very basic things, check current documentaion to see what's the current IP lay-out. it payes to design an IP layout even if it's a small company.

the log on the server 2012 side is pretty vague, it only indicates some data transmission issue, something wrong with the network.


Tuesday, November 12, 2013

outlook 2007 and exchange 2013 : setting up additional mail user profile

exchange 2013 is not using the server name to connect outlook.

for a domain joined PC, if you want setup a outlook profile not related to the windows login,

you need get the mailbox guid, and put in the address field, then manually put in exchange proxy settings like msstd: string

I can goto sleep now.

here is a link for this new feature

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/364534-can-t-connect-to-exchange-2013-by-server-name

Sunday, November 10, 2013

The performance counter '\\myarse\LogicalDisk(C:)\Free Megabytes' sustained a value of '81,226.00', for the '15' minute(s) interval starting at '10/11/2013 7:31:00 a.m.'. Additional information: None. Trigger Name:DatabaseDriveSpaceTrigger. Instance:c:

The performance counter '\\myarse\LogicalDisk(C:)\Free Megabytes' sustained a value of '81,226.00', for the '15' minute(s) interval starting at '10/11/2013 7:31:00 a.m.'. Additional information: None. Trigger Name:DatabaseDriveSpaceTrigger. Instance:c:

new exchange 2013 RTM and CU2 installed, and this happens,

the trick is

http://edwardvbs.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/207/

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/1c814008-3cde-4b07-bbcf-b28345afd10d/databasedrivespacetrigger

really shocking
 

Friday, November 8, 2013

my Friday horror story continues : Terminal Server weird black RDP login screen

my Friday horror story continues : Terminal Server weird black RDP login screen

the be-loved customer got a windows 2003 terminal server, all users profiles located on C: drive, and they are very busy, that means the C: drive got filled up pretty quick from time to time.

this morning I got a panic phone call, the whole thing crashed big time, I clear more space , saddenly the login screen gone blank, I can login blindly, once logged all normal. just the login screen totally stuffed, at the time I tought a reboot would fix it, but a restart is not fixing the black screen.

frantic googling found some good source
here is the link saved the day
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-server/1051149-terminal-server-weird-rdp-login.html
https://www.serverintellect.com/support/windowsserver/remote-desktop-black-screen/

namely , the reg settings got corrupted by old h/w or heavy load or something

to restore it, merge to reg the following (quoted from above)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"ActiveTitle"="10 36 106"
"AppWorkSpace"="128 128 128"
"Background"="102 111 116"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="64 64 64"
"ButtonFace"="212 208 200"
"ButtonHilight"="255 255 255"
"ButtonLight"="212 208 200"
"ButtonShadow"="128 128 128"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="166 202 240"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="192 192 192"
"GrayText"="128 128 128"
"Hilight"="10 36 106"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"HotTrackingColor"="0 0 128"
"InactiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"InactiveTitle"="128 128 128"
"InactiveTitleText"="212 208 200"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 225"
"Menu"="212 208 200"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="212 208 200"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

exchange 2013 installation horror

exchange 2013 installation horror

surprisingly my first exchange 2013 setup crashed and burn

I was trying fixing to install the exchange 2013 server against the server 2012 DC, not the w2003 dc

until I saw the link below

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/16d5e6c4-00a3-4636-a2e0-555c3eda3b03/error-installing-exchange-2013-on-server-2012-with-preexisting-environments-20072010?forum=exchangesvrdeploy

eventually I run
Setup.EXE /Mode:Install /Roles:ca, mb, t /IAcceptExchangeServerLicen
seTerms /InstallWindowsComponents

I can't believe it doesn't throw up an error

I was using GUI install, ie, right click on setup.exe and run as admin

I am yet to test more

at least I can goto sleep tonight.

 

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

administering Office 365 70-323 , what a stomach full of microsoft sharepoint online

tried to learn myself some new skills .... not that sweet since I have to force myself to learn other guys technology.
 
the current version of Office 365 is wave 15 , exchange 2013, sharepoint 2013, and lync 2013
 
however the exam itself is focused on wave 14, ie, exchange 2010, sharepoint 2010, and lync 2010
 
 
i think MS's plan is to push out a new one in May 2014
 
study books: cbt nugget; MS free ebook, MS MVA various internet sources
 
hands on experience: Office 365 migration
 
anyway, here is my brain dump
 
55 question in 150 minutes,
70% to pass
drop & drop, hot spot.
 
the main thing for me is the sharepoint, I am reasonably fimilar with sharepoint 3.  When I looked at Sharepoint 2010 /2013, I am shocked by the vastness of those sharepoints 2010 , 2013. they become so complicated, new terms never heard of until I watched the videos / books
to get youself pass this one, you need be good at sharepoint as 1/3 of questions are sharepoint
 
to my disappointment, exchange + lync questions only 1/3 ; be sure you know the lync ports. if you have done Exchange P1 plan, exchange 2010 questions are not hard. be good at hub-transport rules
 
office 365 admin questions another 1/3, make sure you know the admin roles like Global administrator, password administrator, funny thing is bill admin can also monitor service health.
 
all I can see is Microsoft is pushing hard with their SharePoint
 
here is the full desc from MS website

Skills Being MeasuredThis exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.

The information after “This objective may include but is not limited to” is intended to further define or scope the objective by describing the types of skills and topics that may be tested for the objective. However, it is not an exhaustive list of skills and topics that could be included on the exam for a given skill area. You may be tested on other skills and topics related to the objective that are not explicitly listed here.

Administer Microsoft Office 365 (35%)
  • Provision and manage users, groups, and domains.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: create users; configure user and group properties and settings; manage user licenses and subscriptions; Bulk Add Users Wizard (CSV import); use Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization Tool to provision and manage users and groups; recover identities and users; add and verify domains; Microsoft Online Services module for Windows PowerShell
  • Manage roles.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Office 365 administrator roles; delegated administration; Exchange role-based access control (RBAC) roles including management role assignment policies for users
  • Prepare the client computer and configure remote connectivity.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: prepare the client computer (prerequisites, desktop integration, group policy settings, managing desktop shortcuts, Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant); troubleshoot remote connectivity issues (Windows Firewall and network firewall for Lync, Exchange, and SharePoint); autodiscover and service location, trusted zones; configure remote administration (enable administrator for remote Windows PowerShell, Exchange Management Console), Office Professional Plus 2010
  • Manage identity federation by using Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure and manage AD FS 2.0; single sign-on; two factor authentication; AD FS proxy
Administer SharePoint Online (31%)
  • Manage site collections.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: create site collections; manage site collection properties (quotas, owners, administrators, and external user policies); create and configure the public website
  • Manage metadata.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: manage the term store; delegated administration; manage term sets including multilingual; manage enterprise keywords
  • Manage user profiles.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure user and organization properties and policies; manage social tags and notes; configure MySite properties; manage audiences
  • Manage sites.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: manage team site; external user permissions; send external invites; create permission sets; define roles and groups; site templates; solution and feature framework (activating, deactivating, sandbox solutions); mobile device support; Recovery and Recycle Bin
Administer Exchange and Lync Online (34%)
  • Manage mailboxes, contacts, and groups.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: single item recovery; recover mailboxes; migrate mailboxes; Email Migration Wizard; configure global policy settings including Outlook Web App mailbox policy and Exchange ActiveSync policies; security and distribution groups (moderated, restricted, dynamic, and self-service)
  • Manage Exchange in an Office 365 hybrid deployment.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure mail routing; configure unified messaging integration; configure transport rules; troubleshoot a hybrid server; shared namespaces; federation gateway
  • Manage messaging security and compliance.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: antivirus/antispam (Forefront Online Protection for Exchange); Exchange Hosted Encryption; S/MIME; Information Rights Management (IRM); journal rules; certificates; Mutual TLS (MTLS); create and manage retention policies and retention tags; administrator audit logging; mailtips; litigation hold; archive mailbox (personal and online)
  • Manage Lync in an Office 365 environment.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure Lync services; configure federation and public IM connectivity (PIC); configure user settings (audio/video, file transfer, dial-in audio conferencing settings)

Exam 70-323:

Administering Office 365

Published:April 04, 2012
Language(s):English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified)
Audience(s):IT Professionals
Technology:Microsoft Office 365
Type:Proctored Exam

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

MS sharepoint online: cannot add myself as term store administrator

MS sharepoint online: cannot add myself as term store administrator

I got error like , error add user

so I logged a ticket with MS online support

eventually found out the username need be selected twice, very vague, when I entered the user email address, need click again, then down the right-hand bottom of the screen, I see another selection screen pop-up, select Mike X [tenant],

things are weird when it is all online

here is the troubleshooting log

3:01 p.m. Connecting...
3:01 p.m. Connected. A support representative will be with you shortly.
3:01 p.m. Support session established with Jack Soft.
3:02 p.m. MikeX: Hello Jack Soft, how are you?
3:02 p.m. Remote Control started by Jack Soft.
3:02 p.m. Jack Soft: Good
3:02 p.m. Jack Soft: How are you
3:02 p.m. Jack Soft: I can see the screen
3:02 p.m. MikeX: not too bad
3:02 p.m. MikeX: ok, do u want me to login to the MS portal?
3:02 p.m. Jack Soft: Yeah
3:03 p.m. MikeX: this is our company GoldMine's account
3:04 p.m. Jack Soft: Ok, let's go to term store
3:04 p.m. MikeX: I added my slef as global admin a while ago, now I am fiddling with the sharepoint to prepare for an exam
3:06 p.m. Jack Soft: Here is the thing
3:06 p.m. MikeX: what's the trick?
3:06 p.m. Jack Soft: the term store reads user's name from both portal and sharepoint
3:07 p.m. Jack Soft: once the user's email address is add, it will have two selections
3:07 p.m. Jack Soft: select both email adress and user's name is OK
3:08 p.m. MikeX: ok, that's great.
3:08 p.m. MikeX: I will have to fiddle more later
3:08 p.m. MikeX: thanks for the help.
3:08 p.m. MikeX: you can close this case now. Kind regards, Mike Shen
3:09 p.m. Jack Soft: Sure. Then I will send you a summary and close the case
3:09 p.m. MikeX: ok, great
3:09 p.m. Jack Soft: Thank you for your time.Mike. Have a nice day.
3:09 p.m. MikeX: u 2
3:09 p.m. Jack Soft: See you.
3:10 p.m. Jack Soft has ended the session.
3:10 p.m. Remote Control by Jack Soft stopped.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

install sql server 2012 on a domain controller

install sql server 2012 on a domain controller

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx#harddiskspace

pay attention to

Setup will not block installation on a computer that is a domain controller, but the following limitations apply:
  • You cannot run SQL Server services on a domain controller under a local service account.
  • After SQL Server is installed on a computer, you cannot change the computer from a domain member to a domain controller. You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host computer to a domain controller.
  • After SQL Server is installed on a computer, you cannot change the computer from a domain controller to a domain member. You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host computer to a domain member.
  • SQL Server failover cluster instances are not supported where cluster nodes are domain controllers.
  • SQL Server Setup cannot create security groups or provision SQL Server service accounts on a read-only domain controller. In this scenario, Setup will fail.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

exchange 2013 minimum requirements memory is 8GB

exchange 2013 minimum requirements memory is 8GB ... not the 6GB out of top of my head

Sunday, October 20, 2013

upgrade windows 8.0 enterprise to version 8.1

upgrade windows 8.0 enterprise to version 8.1

download the full 8.1 ISO from MS website (via a subscription)

it took about 1.5 hours on this slow notebook (x32 bit)

there is a start button, but not the traditional one, right-click on that you can find the much craved shutdown option;

But there is still no program list .... sif.........


ah... well... the next day, I am asked to activate windows ....... that means I have to enter a license key.

so this is not a free upgrade to Enterprise 8.1 edition of windows 8.1?
 

Saturday, October 19, 2013

why I can't see windows 8 upgrade in my windows store

why I can't see windows 8 upgrade in my windows store
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-download-and-install-windows-8-1-for-free/

quote here

If not viewable, it’s likely you need to install the other Windows updates prior to updating the OS. Alternatively, you may be running an edition of Windows 8, such as Windows 8 Enterprise, that doesn’t support the free update from the Store.


yeah, I am running w8 enterprise

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

group policy to open VNC port

group policy to open VNC port

http://www.techrepublic.com/forums/questions/open-port-using-a-gpo/

the trick is

5900:TCP:*:enabled:VNC

not " *" in microsoft help files
 

IBM x3300 M4 network link 3, link 4; FoD and the IBM support line

IBM x3300 M4 network link 3, link 4; FoD and the IBM support line

feature on demand ......... it's not free; so I can't do NIC teaming wioutout paying

after spent 2 hours with IBM support line , logging a case, reading NATO phonetic alphabet...

then the manager called local vendor, eventually get the answer , not free....

 

Monday, October 14, 2013

Monday, September 23, 2013

JDE printing - IBM iseries ........ oh dear .... learn something every day

JDE printing - IBM iseries ........ oh dear .... learn something every day

while doing work for an international client, they can print to printers on another subnet in outlook.  But JDE can't. so I have to change the printers to the same subnet.

I am told there are 3 components to JDE, forms / authentication (?) / windows printer , sound complicated ?


 

panasonic DP-C322 default username and password and server 2012 driver

panasonic DP-C322 default username and password and server 2012 driver

rumor has it Panasonic is exiting the MFC market

anyway, the default u/p : root/0000 for the web interface http://printeripaddresshere

(sorry forgot where is the original link)

it seems you need to know the IP address to configure it.

as for server 2012 driver, local distributor pointed to using DP-405 driver.



 

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Saturday, September 21, 2013

iOS 7 and spotlight

iOS 7 and spotlight

tap the home key changed

to get spotlight , swipe down ...

iOs 7 look and feel are vast different
 

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Office 365 sharepoint workspace and skydrive pro

Office 365 sharepoint workspace and skydrive pro  ...... what's the difference?

http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/sharepoint-workspace/sync-with-skydrive-pro-or-sharepoint-workspace-HA104048828.aspx

to me, workspace is for SharePoint 2010

sjydrive pro is for SharePoint 2013

 

Thursday, September 12, 2013

test what's like on windows server 2012 R2 on windows azure

test what's like on windows server 2012 R2 on windows azure

http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2013/08/19/activate-free-windows-azure-trial-subscription.aspx#.UjFtbm6N3Mo

I am impressed about the latency on Microsoft windows Azure, because there is no local server in my geo location.

the RDP connection to the nearest windows azure is not bad.

I wonder what will happen to my home lab.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

outllok 2010 auto-archive error : folder already exists

outllok 2010 auto-archive error : folder already exists

believe it or not , when doing archive, the folder names are case sensitive

inbox-admin is different from archive-inbox-admin

Saturday, September 7, 2013

a week of bad luck --- I will concentrate on the virus elimination side, zeroaccess rootkit, malwarebyte, ESET nod, system center endpoint 2012, windows defender

a week of bad luck --- I will concentrate on the virus elimination side .........

a tomin guy become abusive towards me as he got treated the same way by his Arnie?

a check-out lady refused to process because her line only do 12 items not 15.

life is struggle or adventure ??/?

anyway , this is a tech blog...... about virus on windows 7

last week is a week of a particular virus named zero-access root kit ,

how they got in .... JAVA 6

Microsoft security essentials got hit hard .... virually got destroyed  ( if you use it as anti-virus)

symptoms: you cannot download files from internet, you cannot open file attachment, you cannot install MSE, AVG, AVAST etc,
your IP will be blacklisted as it spams

windows defender service not working, windows update service not working, I don't think bits, firewall service working either. here is a reference
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=263189

things to do
1/ http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2895&locale=en_US
use the nod kill tool,
malwarebyte may not kill all.

2/ repair windows defender service , I followed an internet post, and copied windows defender dir from a good PC to the infected PC,
that worked for 1 infected PC, but still not enough for another infected PC


3/ I fixed windows defender on 1 PC, but windows update service still refuse to run, AVG reports driver not found, avast reported RPC error, system center 2012 end point security  can install, but upon reboot , it will report error, mpclient missing etc

4/ eventually I pull out the notebook hard drive , and put it in a USB enclosure, and use system center 2012 endpoint security to scan it.
eventually it found and remove this
Trojan:WinNT/Necurs.A is a trojan that prevents a large number of security applications from functioning correctly.
It is a member of the Trojan:Win32/Necurs family, and may be dropped by other variants of the family or rogue security software, such as Rogue:Win32/Winwebsec.

System Center Endpoint Protection detected programs that may compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You can still access the files that these programs use without removing them (not recommended). To access these files, select the Allow action and click Apply actions. If this option is not available, log on as administrator or ask the security administrator for help.


Items:
file:F:\Windows\System32\drivers\bde26f3e184345c0.sys

filelocalcopy:\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\LocalCopy\{B7231402-7DBB-4D8F-A8E6-FB3EB42FFF40}-bde26f3e184345c0.sys



once the .sys got removed , boom...... everything comes back to life.


here is a hardware tip

battery on a Lenovo note book SL510 showing not charging, the battery icon was flashing orange on the front of the case. upon examination, I noticed the batt is installed , but the latch is not in the locked position. 
the answer is to lock the battery . then everything back to normal.

this weekend better to be a good one.





 

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

a shocking incident between synback free and hyper-v drive

a shocking incident between syncback free and hyper-v drive

what a rough day,  I used syncback free edition and browsed to a directory on a hyper-v drive, all out of a sudden , the direcorty I was clicking vanished.

what a shock.

is there a bug between syncback free and hyper-v based drive?
 

Office 2007 Configuration wizard runs every time I start any Application (word, excel, etc)

Office 2007 Configuration wizard runs every time I start any Application (word, excel, etc)

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/7e14f498-485c-40c5-b522-d36d9b0c5697/office-2007-configuration-wizard-runs-every-time-i-start-any-application-word-excel-etc

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

this worked for me
 

Saturday, August 31, 2013

skydrive pro - another cloud storage?

skydrive pro - another cloud storage?

the skydrive pro is not the consumer skydrive

it used to be MS Office 365 sharepoint mysite.

so you need MS O365 subscription to use it .

skydrive pro client is available on my iphone 4S.

but for windows, there is no standalone download.

it is boundled with certain version of Office 2013 ( office 365)

current version is 25GB size limit, but can purchase more

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

recovering / troubleshooting a windows 2003 server blue screen STOP C000021a

recovering / troubleshooting a windows 2003 server blue screen STOP C000021a , fatal system error

the windows subsystem system process terminated unexpected with a state 0xc0000006

the system has been shut down

windows 2003 server, started to blue screen, upon login, the hard drive thrashes, eventually to blue screen.

tried last know config, no luck

replaced the video card, Network card, no luck

but it can boot to safe mode, and it can boot like normal when there is no NIC configured.

well, more credit to their software guy, eventually found out a 3rd party mail server named MD was crashing the system. once the md is disabled, the system can sort of boot to normal mode.

lesson learned, it's still a process of elimination, if it can boot to safe mode, then disable all start-up items and non-MS services to see what happen next

 

windows XP with a DLINK usb wireless dongle keeps crashing to blue screen, what could be it?

windows XP with a DLINK usb wireless dongle keeps crashing to blue screen, what could be it?

the blue screen is STOP: 0x0000009F

DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

other symptoms like internet explorer acted up weird, un-stable, eventually crashed to blue screen


I had something like this on my home PC ages ago,

the trick is to update windows and passibly drivers. run lots of scandisk and defrag
 

Monday, August 26, 2013

what happens after server 2012 trial expires

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj574204.aspx

All evaluation versions are fully functional during the evaluation period, although booting to Safe mode is not available. The Windows Server 2012 Standard and Windows Server 2012 Datacenter editions come with the activation key pre-installed. After the 180-day evaluation period elapses, the server warns you in various ways depending on the edition:
Windows Server 2012 Standard; Windows Server 2012 Datacenter:
  • The following warning appears on the Desktop: Windows License is expired
  • When you log on to Windows, you are prompted with the following options:

    • Activate now
    • Ask me later
  • The system shuts down every hour.
  • The only updates that can be installed are security updates.
  • Event ID 100 from source WLMS “The license period for this installation of Windows has expired. The operating system will shut down every hour.” appears in the Application log.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

enable server 2012 R2 remote desktop remotely

http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=14779

this trick still works with server 2012 R2

use a server 2012 R2 to enable another server 2012 R2 RDP,
copy/paste

The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\fDenyTSConnections value is set to 1 by default to disable remote desktop; editing the value remotely to 0 will enable remote desktop

and you don't have to restart for it to take effect

 

Saturday, August 10, 2013

reveal passwords saved in chrome

reveal passwords saved in chrome

no password revealer needed

goto chrome://settings/passwords and click show

and google is said to not to do more about show
 

Monday, July 29, 2013

Storagecraft shadow protect cross platform recovery enviroment v2.0.x

Storagecraft shadow protect cross platform recovery enviroment v2.0.x

its linux based as MS is said to forbid 3rd party to release winPE

well, disappointing issue is I donwloaded it, burn to iso CD, it failed to start on my test HP compaq nx6310

a bad start ? or something

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Thursday, July 18, 2013

I have a terminal server (Win 2k3) that has recently started defaulting to the "local machine" option for logging on instead of the domain

 I have a terminal server (Win 2k3) that has recently started defaulting to the "local machine" option for logging on instead of the domain

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/108067-remote-desktop-connection-defaulting-to-local-machine

quote here

A: By default, the value for Domain/Computer in the logon dialog box is taken from the last logon that was used on the console. You can override this and force the correct domain name in the login box i Terminal Services Configuration:
Start - Administrative tools - Terminal Services Configuration - right-click RDP-tcp connection -
Properties - Logon Settings - select "Always use the following information"


Leave the User name and Password fields blank and enter the domain name you would like as the default in the Domain field.
Also make sure that you check the box for "Always prompt for password".

Saturday, July 13, 2013

C: drive space used up by iPhone's backup folder - move to another drive

C: drive space used up by iPhone's backup folder - move to another drive

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToChangeTheLocationOfYourIPhoneBackupAndITunesMobileSyncBackupFolder.aspx


specifically

mklink /J "C:\Users\mike.SOSO.001\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\itunesmobilesync"

 

C: drive space used up by itunes mobile applications folder - move to another drive

C: drive space used up by itunes mobile applications folder - move to another drive

flow this post

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3031629?start=0&tstart=0

quote here
•iTunes > Preferences > Advanced -> Ensure that the iTunes media folder is located where you want it, and that "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding..." are checked.
 •File > Library > Organize Library -> Check "Consolidate Files" and "Reorganize files..." (if not greyed out) and press OK.
 •Once it's finished copying and organising, right click an app icon (from within iTunes) and select "Get Info" > Summary to find out where the app file is located. Do the same for a few other apps.

C: drive space used up by itunes mobile applications folder - move to another drive

C: drive space used up by itunes mobile applications folder - move to another drive

flow this post

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3031629?start=0&tstart=0

quote here

  • iTunes > Preferences > Advanced -> Ensure that the iTunes media folder is located where you want it, and that "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding..." are checked.
  • File > Library > Organize Library -> Check "Consolidate Files" and "Reorganize files..." (if not greyed out) and press OK.
  • Once it's finished copying and organising, right click an app icon (from within iTunes) and select "Get Info" > Summary to find out where the app file is located. Do the same for a few other apps.
  • Saturday, July 6, 2013

    office 2013 wont run on windows vista

    anyone still remember windows vista?

    well, the lesson is office 2013 will only run on windows 7 and windows 8 and up

    interesting tactics for Edward Snowden - the certified ethinical hacker

    http://site.6park.com/military/index.php?app=forum&act=threadview&tid=13805311

    逃亡演义:拉美合伙戏美国 斯诺登暗度陈仓?
    送交者: 一了[首辅宰相★★★★★] 于 2013-07-05 22:31 已读 26 次 @一了@的微博

    逃亡演义:拉美合伙戏美国 斯诺登暗度陈仓
    
    
    声明:本故事纯属虚构,如斯诺登已离开俄国,实属巧合。
    
    斯诺登长舒了一口气,慢慢品尝着咖啡,回想着如何一路惊心动魄地来到南美洲这个贫穷的国家……
    
    堂吉诃德穿着盔甲,骑着一匹瘦马,不自量力地一再冲向风车,风车纹风不动,而他却总是把自己弄得灰头土脸。美国“棱镜门”计划揭秘者斯诺登(Edward Snowden)带着美国的惊天秘密,孤独一人飞到香港,出人意料地向世界宣布,自己的母国在窃听地球。星球哗然,就连美国的盟友们都跳出来要老大哥解释清楚。
    
    弹丸之地的香港顶不住来自美帝国主义的压力,一个神秘人的出现让香港摆脱了尴尬。斯诺登由此巧妙地来到了俄罗斯,但他的母国彻底被激怒了,他不仅被指出卖了国家利益,居然还接连落脚在两个最大对手的国度内。美国铁了心要抓回他,于是他的身份先在地球上注销了,似乎没有一个国家敢收留他。地球上最杯具的“黑户”如此诞生了。
    
    斯诺登或许向往堂吉诃德式的人物,他知道自不量力,可他可爱的理想主义傻劲还是赢得了许多国家与民众的同情。于是乎,几个美国后院的反美先锋们,在俄罗斯策划了一场大戏,他们成功运用了声东击西、偷梁换柱、尔虞我诈、瞒天过海等几个中国式谋略,最后金蝉脱壳成功把当代唐吉可德斯带离了俄国。现在的斯诺登或许正躲在南美某国某个房间里悠闲着喝着咖啡,看着电视上(南美洲的这个国家互联网技术虽然没有美国发达,但电视报道全面)各路媒体精英们还在莫斯科机场苦苦守候。
    
    斯诺登成功运用三十六计,拉美国家齐聚配合,美国布下天罗地网也未逮到斯诺登,却被一次次戏耍。
    
    计划启动
    
    就在几天前的7月2日,已成万众瞩目的斯诺登正式开始实施离开俄国的庞大计划。他向包括21个国家发出避难申请,在这个名单中即包含了引人注目的厄瓜多尔、委内瑞拉、古巴、玻利维亚、俄罗斯、中国等,还涵括了不少美国在欧洲的盟友国家。向众多国家发出避难申请,这是斯诺登和他背后的人操弄下的瞒天过海和混淆视听。他们非常清楚,发出避难申请的这些国家不是美国的盟友,就是根本不可能接收他的国家,虽然斯诺登也向厄瓜多尔、委内瑞拉、玻利维亚这些倾向接纳他的国家发出了避难请求,但这些国家已经在明处,也“不便”直接表态刺激美国。
    
    在这样一些真真假假的避难申请中,斯诺登成功混淆了人们的视听,同时没有一个国家敢于公开接纳,造成他本人难以在近期离开莫斯科机场国际区的假象,同时也博得了同情,毕竟斯诺登看起来要被全世界“抛弃”了。
    
    设这样一个局的重要目的不仅限于此,还要把俄罗斯从这件事件中剥离出来。斯诺登要离开机场,毕竟全球的目光都在盯着俄罗斯,看这个美国最大的对手如何处理。更重要的是,斯诺登要想成功离开,必须有俄罗斯的默许,甚至是暗中的支持,其实俄罗斯像猫头鹰一样睁一只眼闭一只眼就已是最大的帮助了。所以可以看到,在斯诺登同步向俄国提出避难申请后,“反美斗士”普京很快就站出来讲了一番意味深长的话,他告诉斯诺登,要想获得在俄国的避难,就“必须要停止有损我们美国伙伴的行为。”但什么才算是有损美国的行为,这很难界定。
    
    对于俄罗斯来讲,泄露美国的事越多越好,但也不能这么赤裸裸的公开,否则就太不道义了,同时鉴于美俄关系重启失败后奥巴马新团队同普京政府搞好关系的期待,俄罗斯也不方便收留斯诺登,否则就会引发美俄间一系列连锁负效应。俄罗斯想尽快送走这个烫手山芋,斯诺登也想俄罗斯闭一只眼。于是双方合演了一幕双簧戏,斯诺登立即发声明,撤回向俄国提出的政治避难申请,似乎对俄国充满了愤懑。就这样,俄罗斯和斯诺登在外交与公开的层面就视同陌路,给外界一种“双方不再有任何关系”的假象。斯诺登陷入了“绝路”。
    
    但这为后面的“逃离”大戏做了必要的舆论热身。
    
    秘密运作
    
    当时来看,美国政府眼里的罪人、坊间吹捧的义士斯诺登似乎已难以摆脱“呜呼哀哉”的命运。除了玻利维亚和委内瑞拉可能考虑外,就连开始最为积极要庇护斯诺登的厄瓜多尔也开始“后悔”他们之前的话语和行动。该国总统科雷亚甚至公开向西方媒体表示厄国不会考虑他的申请,称帮助斯诺登会是个“错误的选择”,并表示此人现在身处俄罗斯,所以应该由俄罗斯对其负责。此前,美国副总统拜登(Joe Biden)亲自出面向厄瓜多尔施压,威胁要庇护斯诺登就会在经济上会带来巨大损失。
    
    斯诺登的父亲之前已经向美国政府提出了设有前提的劝子回国条件,加之没有国家接收他的现状,看来斯诺登只能选择向美国投降,人生跌入了最低点(凑巧的是,美国国务院竟然公开称对斯诺登回国有信心)。但斯诺登方面一切萎靡的表象只是为了掩人耳目。斯诺登和他背后的团队是要利用南美几个国家领导人来俄罗斯参加世界天然气出口国论坛峰会之际,掩护他离开俄罗斯。
    
    于是,奇怪的一幕发生了。玻利维亚总统莫拉莱斯在俄罗斯参加完峰会后准备按原定计划经第三国返回玻利维亚,法国和葡萄牙因怀疑斯诺登在其专机上而拒绝飞机经过领空。玻利维亚总统专机最后只得迫降奥地利维也纳机场。在长达十多个小时停留并“屈辱”地接受奥地利检查后,莫拉莱斯被证明清白无辜。
    
    玻利维亚怒气冲天地要向联合国投诉,称这是美帝国主义指使下的阴谋;莫拉莱斯本人则斥责迫降是对整个玻利维亚的犯罪。当然,从国际法来说,玻利维亚有充足的理由感到愤怒。但推敲背后因果,这是否可能是一种“障眼法”呢?如果西方情报部门不是十拿九稳,法国以及葡萄牙怎肯甘冒如此大的外交风险,去迫降一位总统的座机?
    
    因此,有一种可能是,玻利维亚及拉美诸国与俄罗斯合伙演了一幕声东击西,放出诸多斯诺登将随莫拉莱斯离俄的迹象,让美国根据多方情报判定他的叛国公民就在莫拉莱斯的飞机上,以此混淆美国的视听,调虎离山。当大家的视线都集中在这次罕见的外交风波上时,斯诺登已悄无声息的化好妆,通过特殊通道登上了去往古巴的飞机,他手里拿着南美某个总统在俄罗斯给他签署的临时通行证。
    
    作为反美斗士,莫拉莱斯必定知道美国在这次阻拦总统专机事件中的角色,对迫使专机改变航线、迫降这类风险极高而又事关国体的行为,莫拉莱斯未必会依美国号令令行禁止,他愿意俯首受辱算得上一招“苦肉计”,以此在外交上和国际舆论上占据主动,更让人对美国的“世界警察”角色感到厌恶和鄙薄。
    
    为了进一步混淆视听,厄瓜多尔外交部长透露,其驻英国大使馆上月发现了一枚窃听器,这枚窃听器的是英国最大的私人调查和监测公司放置的,世界又是一片哗然,毕竟在厄国驻英使馆中住着另一位美国通缉的“麻烦”人物——阿桑奇。
    
    在斯诺登事件中一直没有官方发声的古巴在7月3日公开谴责美国施压拉美国家不向斯诺登提供庇护,呼吁国际社会挺身对抗美国的仗势欺人。并声称很多欧洲国家因怀疑斯诺登藏身飞机上而拒绝玻利维亚总统专机过境的决定是对所有拉美和加勒比海国家的侵犯。古巴还称美国向厄瓜多尔施压,要求其不向斯诺登提供政治避难是“让人无法忍受的。”  
    
    大戏尾声
    
    南美诸多国家领导人在莫拉莱斯归国后齐聚玻利维亚予以声援。美国在阻拦莫拉莱斯之后,忙于为最新一波的外交反弹方面作公关,不得不进一步降低施压的力度。
    
    而厄瓜多尔总统之前屈服于美国压力出尔反尔,也不过是在配合这幕大戏,该国总统科雷亚在查韦斯逝去后作为拉美左派的新领导者,岂可能轻易屈服于美国压力。他的示弱,凸显的是美国的霸道,此举也是虚晃一枪,然后再由玻利维亚或是委内瑞拉提供斯诺登同行证,如此虚虚实实,就是掩美国耳目,以免被逼出民航飞机迫降这样的事情。
    
    或许几天后,不管是在玻利维亚、委内瑞拉亦或厄瓜多尔,会发现一个像“斯诺登”的人出现,也可能某国官方直接发出一则声明,说斯洛登已在其境内,那么这场南美反美国家合作演出的这场大戏才初告完成,美国再来事后诸葛就已经太晚了。世界媒体的战场会立即从俄罗斯转战南美,而美国和这些南美国家的较量就会转向新的沸点。
    
    无论如何,南美左翼反美联盟,在这次事件中可谓一石二鸟,不仅成功的帮助斯诺登来到南美,又在玻利维亚总统专机迫降事件中,再一次让美国和他的盟友们脸面尽失。最让美国丢脸的是,1个多月过去了,斯诺登无论是在香港,还是在俄罗斯,亦或是现在的南美洲这个国家,美国一直未能及时探得斯诺的具体藏身地。即便布下CIA等天罗地网,美国还是没能逮住斯诺登,终被拉美等国戏耍。
    

    Sunday, June 30, 2013

    Concept of Database and Instance

    Concept of Database and Instance Database Management System (DBMS) encompasses database and instance A Database is a set of physical files that store application and system data An instance consists of the hardware resources of the system (primarily memory and CPU utilization) that facilitates data access for the end-user
    StoragePCDataServerCPUCPUProcessProcessProcessProcessMemoryDataDataSystemLogCLIENTDATABASEINSTANCEControlTemp

    source MS MVA

    Wednesday, June 19, 2013

    configure outlook 2007/2010 for Office 365 exchange --- the gotchas

    configure outlook 2007/2010 for Office 365 exchange --- the gotchas

    office 365 exchange online likes windows 7 w/sp1 + outlook 2010.

    if you have windows xp and office 2007, you better update to the latest patches.

    the most annoying problem is outlook keeps asking for passwords,

    after you done hours patching, you may still have issues.

    you then logon to portal.microsoftonline.com , and download desktop apps.

    that will make things much better.
     

    Thursday, June 13, 2013

    install an outdated accounting package on a Windows 7 PC, compatibility mode install for quantum accounting

    install an outdated accounting package on a Windows 7 PC, compatibility mode install for quantum accounting

    for the first time , in the last 5 years, my years' hard-study knowledge finally got used. well, blush... blush MS desktop technician

    install the quantum accounting package, pop in the small-factor CD, the installer complained that service pack 5 is required.

    oh dear , what service pack 5? .... pulling my hair, open cd content , right-click on the installer, select compatibility mode, select compatible with NT4 service pack 5

    woola, that worked, I can't belive this , there are other bits like install the license file and update to the later version to open the data file.
     

    Sunday, June 9, 2013

    disable " a program open outlook " security alert on terminal server 2012

    disable " a program open outlook " security alert on remote desktop server 2012

    when a 3rd party program trying to open outlook, you will get a prompt like " a program open outlook" security risk.

    to disable that, you need office adm / admx / adml pack which normally downloadable from Microsoft.

    for server 2012, you may not import those adm packs, ironically you extract those adm and copy the admx/l to windows policydefinitions folder or copy to a central store

    I don't really want to risk the central store options now. so I copied those locally on the RDS 2012 server, and yeah I uses gpedit.msc to tweak 3 reg values to 2

    its like simplesendprompt , something like that


    in these case, I downloaded office 2013 group policy template , 32 bit as I installed 32 bit office as recommended by MS
     

    install MYOB 19.8 on windows 2012 terminal server and make the custimzed logo working

    install MYOB 19.8 on windows 2012 terminal server

    you install it via the install apps in the control panel

    only enterprise  version is supported by MYOB on the terminal server.

    so the MYOB premium version is supported by myself.

    copy customized forms over, its easy, pointing to the data location its easy.

    now the challenge is when Gem emails an invoice from MYOB, the company logo disappears.

    so we asked around the MYOB experts what that could be......

    when the deadline approaches , I googled frantically ,

    the result is quite shocking, I need quicktime to make the  logo showing on invoice in email.

    at the time of the writing, there is no x64 bit quicktime, I can't see a windows 8 quicktime either, anyway I downloaded w7 QT version 7.x.x

    wooola....... it works I can't believe it

    anyway, I did it without granting the MYOB local admin permission on the TS server as suggested by someone.

    BTW , office 2013 32 bit works with MYOB, not x64 bit yet,.
     

    Wednesday, May 29, 2013

    how to delete an outlook folder .... learn something everyday

    cannot delete an outlook folder ...

    how about do a forced one SHIFT+DEL

    Ian showed me the trick, dont dare to try myself.........
     

    Monday, May 27, 2013

    remove content advisor password after running IEAK 10 ?

    remove content advisor password after running IEAK 10 ?

    my w8 test pc got changed by the IEAK 10, to remove the remove content advisor password ,

    old trick still works
    http://www.pchell.com/support/contentadvisor.shtml

    quote:"
    Type in RegEdit and select OK.

    3) Now click on the little plus sign to the left of H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

    4) Continue to drill down, always clicking on the plus sign at the left of the named key, through Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version and Policies.

    5) Now click on the Ratings folder.

    6) In the right pane of the RegEdit window, you'll see an icon called Key. Click on it and press Delete.

    Sunday, May 26, 2013

    setup an legacy panasonic DP-8020E MFC printer on windows server 2012 - my friday horror series continues

    setup an legacy panasonic DP-8020E MFC printer on windows server 2012

    the surprise is Panasonic does have a windows 2012 server driver for such an old model.

    the tricky thing is that the model I am working on hasn't got a PCL module, or so I think,

    I tried PCL driver fruitlessly, finally got the GDI driver working, didn't dare to try the PS driver.

    who would think that huge monster wouldn't have a PCL module? PCL driver  prints null, but it wont give an error.

    Monday, May 20, 2013

    windows server 2012 hyper-v and realvnc interesrt behaviour

    the week before I installed my first windows server 2012 physically and as well as hyper-v VM and migrated a customer's domain over,

    interestingly the VNC was working one week ago, as I could VNC to the server 2012 VM guest even if I didn't install any VNC server software on it.

    now I have no luck at all to access via VNC to the virtual guest.
     

    Friday, May 3, 2013

    book review - windows 8 for dummies - dell edition

    book review - windows 8 for dummies - dell edition

    yeah I got this book for free

    It provides the info for me to get around w8 UI. its a very basic book, but I like it even if I don't have a  MS tablet.

    for those who don't like windows 8, please wait for windows 8.1

    disable printer mapping on windows 2003 terminal server

    if just for one user, quite interesting , there is no need for group policy

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff519145(WS.10).aspx

    To configure per user printer redirection settings

    1. Do either of the following, depending on whether you are configuring settings for a domain user or for a local user on the terminal server.
      • To configure settings for a domain user, on a domain controller, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
      • To configure settings for a local user, on a terminal server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, click Computer Management, and then expand Local Users and Groups.
    2. In the console tree, locate the user for whom you want to configure printer redirection settings.
    3. Right-click the user name, and then click Properties.
    4. On the Environment tab, configure the following settings:
      • Connect client printers at logon

        If you clear this check box, client printers are not automatically connected. However, a user can still manually map their client printer.
      • Default to main client printer

        Select this check box to print to the default printer of the client. If you clear this check box, the default printer of the server is used as the default printer for all client sessions.
     
     
    this is tested to be working
     

    Thursday, April 25, 2013

    activate a w8 enterprise

    activate a w8 enterprise

    windows 8

    can't imagine , its so hard

    http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC47aQfatWV-56a1bixHQrOQ

    the trick is to enter slui 3 to add / change the license / product key
     

    Wednesday, April 24, 2013

    how do ya got pop3 email on windows 8

    how do ya got pop3 email on windows 8

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023005/answer-line-how-do-i-get-pop-email-in-windows-8.html

    and I quote'

    Microsoft's own Windows Mail--part of the Windows Essentials collection of free tools--with a POP-only account. It worked fine

    Tuesday, April 23, 2013

    extract email headers from exchange 2007 / 2010 OWA

    extract email headers from exchange 2007 / 2010 OWA

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2006/07/03/3394409.aspx

    quote here

    Previous versions of OWA didn't let you look at mail headers. In Exchange 2007, you can. Open a message in OWA by double-clicking on it or hitting Enter, then click on the "Message Details" icon

    off course it works for exchange 2010 server as well
     

    Monday, April 22, 2013

    Dynamic Access Control Versus Alternative Technologies



    Dynamic Access Control Versus Alternative Technologies

    - source MS MVA


     

    NTFS permissions and ACLs provide access control based on user’s SID or group membership SID

    AD RMS provides deeper protection for documents by controlling how applications can use them

    Dynamic Access control provides access control based on claims – values of specific attributes

    exchange 2010 email tracking logs - search

    frustrated by the email tracking web interface , off course, the tools I need to use is powershell

    http://blogs.technet.com/b/messaging_with_communications/archive/2011/04/22/how-to-track-message-in-exchange-2003-2007-2010.aspx

    quote here,

    Get-MessageTrackingLog –Sender “Sender@domain.com” –Recipients “Recipient@domain.com” -MessageSubject “Subject of Message” -Start "3/28/2011 8:00AM"
    the above powershell cmd  is quite useful to me

    Sunday, April 21, 2013

    DNS & Bind on IP v6 , Liu

    DNS & Bind on IP v6 , Liu

    DNS64 seems hard to understand

    bring up cmd prompt in shadow protect /windows pe Press keys [CTRL][SHIF][F12]

    bring up cmd prompt in shadow protect /windows pe Press keys [CTRL][SHIF][F12]

    can you press F8 when windows 8 starts up?

    can you press F8 when windows 8 starts up?
    \

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-NZ/windows-8/windows-startup-settings-including-safe-mode

    There are two ways to get to the Windows Startup Settings screen in Windows 8 :
    • If you're not signed in to Windows, tap or click the power icon Power icon from the sign-in screen, hold Shift, and then tap or click Restart
    • Or, if you're already signed in:
      1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
        (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
      2. Under PC settings, tap or click General.
      3. Under Advanced startup, tap or click Restart now.
      4. On the Choose an option screen, tap or click Troubleshoot.
      5. Tap or click Startup Settings.
      6. Tap or click Restart.
      7. On the Startup Settings screen, choose the startup setting you want.
      8. Sign in to your PC with a user account that has administrator rights.

    Thursday, April 18, 2013

    here is a good review about 2TB / 3TB as bootable drive for windows XP

    here is a good review about 2TB / 3TB as bootable drive for windows XP

    http://reviews.cnet.com/internal-hard-drives/seagate-barracuda-xt-2tb/4505-9998_7-33864233.html

    some quotes here
    2TB version of the Barracuda XT, which is natively supported by Windows XP
     

    Tuesday, April 16, 2013

    V50-U Gateway -- if you log in as user user, you won't see admin options

     V50-U Gateway -- if you log in as user user, you won't see admin options

    Monday, April 15, 2013

    server 2012 licensing re-visited - http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/microsoft-announces-four-windows-server-2012-editions-what-you-need-to-know/5775

    EditionIntentMajor featureLicensingClientsList price
    DatacenterHighly virtualized environmentsUnlimited virtual instance rightsProcessor x 2Per CAL$4,809 per 2 procs
    StandardLittle virtualization, low densityTwo virtual instancesProcessor x 2Per CAL$882
    per 2 procs
    EssentialsSmall businessSimple administration, no virtualization rightsPer Server25 accounts$425
    FoundationEntry level, economy serverGeneral purpose server, no virtualization rightsPer Server15 accountsOEM only

    Sunday, April 14, 2013

    lenovo start bution for windows 8 .... you can spend hours on it

    lenovo start bution for windows 8....

    ah, dar , what a joke ....?

    there is a legacy w8 lenovo quicklauch app, unless I missed something,

    it can't put w8 UI to W7 mode.

    the button I used , the real ones are

    start8

    and classic shell
     

    Saturday, April 13, 2013