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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?
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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

Thursday, April 11, 2013

outlook auto discovery - a huge topic - for me sbs 2011 server

outlook auto discovery - a huge topic - for me sbs 2011 server

its a standard installation

a public cert is used like remote.mybrake.com

what will happen when outlook connects from outside , it is broken by default.

the answer to get a san cert,

or add SRV record to your public dns server
  1. In your external DNS zone, remove any HOST (A) or CNAME records for the Autodiscover service.
  2. Use the following parameters to create a new SRV record:
    Service: _autodiscover
    Protocol: _tcp
    Port Number: 443
    Host: mail.contoso.com
    

if you can't setup OOF out of office reply , one possible problem is auto discover not working ( very new to me , tehehe)
 

Monday, April 8, 2013

Office 2013 shocks , 32 bit / 64 bit , project 2013 and exchange 2003 server support

Office 2013 shocks , 32 bit / 64 bit , exchange 2003 server support ....
Monday shock after a lazy weekend..... ( paying the price ..........)

If you install office 2013 in 32 bit mode, you can't install project 2013 in 64 bit mode. you will get an error.

if you remove office 2013 , and re-install it, it will still be in 32 bit. I wonder I need manually trigger setup64

also office 2013 will run windows xp

outlook 2013 wont support SBS 2003 or exchange 2003. this version is not supported.

yer, Microsoft only support 2 versions back............
 

Sunday, April 7, 2013

you are prompted for username and password in a workgroup network

you are prompted for username and password in a workgroup network

windows xp pro as workgroup file server,

w7 pro as client

when I do \\192.168.1.10

I got prompts asking for username/password

eventually find out the clocks are wrong, one hour apart on the workgroup server (need some timezone update after law change?)

the w7 pro date/time is wrong because the owner changed it . he said his LOB software FREEDOM got a bug, so he rolled the clock back.

It is interesting that clock does matter even if its a workgroup enviroment.
 

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

two modes of IE 10 on windows 8

two modes of IE 10 on windows 8

internet explorer

internet explorer for desktop

you can manually choose it on tools - programs ,

the default settings is let IE choose
 

Monday, April 1, 2013

interview questions - archived

interview questions  - archived

1/ what's the reason for you to leave the current company?

2/ wht should we hire you?

3/ can you describe yourself?

4/ what's your hobby?

5/ what's your salary expectations?

6/ tell us an example of that you fixed a problem

7/ have you got any questions?