Reference
A collection of articles on various topics that interest me. Written mostly in order to document my own solutions to problems, and published in the hope that they may help others save some time.
2011
Removing an Exchange 2010 Server that no longer exists
If you removed an Exchange 2010 server from your network without properly uninstalling it, either because you experimented with it on a test box or on a virtual machine, or because the computer got hit by a meteor strike, you may notice that the server continues to exist in the network’s Active Directory and shows up in the Exchange Management Console. This article describes how to clean up the left over artifacts in your domain controller without having to reinstall your entire infrastructure.
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Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 on Dell PowerEdge 1850, 2850
Many data centers have been updating their hardware to servers that support virtualization, so there are a lot of older Dell PowerEdge 1850s and 2850s available on eBay and Craigslist right now.
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2010
WebDAV Over SSL with Windows 7
While setting up WebDAV over HTTP and getting it to work is pretty straightforward on most operating systems, many attempts to make it work over SSL with Windows 7 appear to be like the battle of David versus Goliath. The good news is that it works and, contrary to most comments on the internet, it is not painfully slow, but actually quite snappy. The setup turns out to be simple as well, but is not very well documented.
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Code Signing ActiveX Controls and Windows Programs
Digitally signing Windows software is straightforward and can be performed in a few simple steps. Unfortunately, the documentation for the overall process is spread across many web sites, which further adds confusion to the terminology, file types and available tools. This article is an attempt to summarize the process under Windows from a practical perspective and without adding too much technical detail.
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Windows Live Messenger Does Not Start Automatically or Save History
A registry fix for Live Messenger startup and history saving problems.
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Joining Mac OS 10.6.5 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain
This article describes how to join Snow Leopard to a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain.
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Windows Server 2008 Task Scheduler Won’t Execute .bat Files
When setting up scheduled tasks on Windows Server 2008 that execute batch files that work fine when started manually, but refuse to produce any results when started from or by the scheduler, even though it proudly shows Task completed, there a few quick things to check.
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Installing Windows 7 on Fujitsu ST5032 Tablet PC
Fujitsu's ST50xx series of tablet PCs ships with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition out of the box. This article describes the installation of Windows 7 and lists the few missing drivers and applications that have been tested successfully.
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MySQL default-character-set is Deprecated in Windows Event Log
Current versions of MySQL 5.1.x appear to ship with an outdated default configuration file that generates the warnings in the Windows Event Log.
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Disabling SBSCore Service on Windows Home Server
The Small Business Server Core Services (SBCore) that come preinstalled with Windows Home Server prevent the server from effectively running Active Directory, joining an existing domain and sleeping for prolonged periods of time by periodically shutting it down or restarting it. The service itself cannot be disabled in the Services Manager, and it will restart itself if the process is terminated through Task Manager.
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