Outlook 2010 Sync Issues Folder is full of sync logs (“Synchronization Log:” and “Modification Resolution”) with Exchange 2010 Mailbox

After I moved my mailbox to Exchange 2010, I started seeing two kinds of Sync logs in “Sync Issues” folder: “Synchronization Log:” and “Modification Resolution”. Whenever I delete something and empty my “Deleted Items” folder, I see a sync log in a minute. It says, 22:45:33 Uploading to server 'CAS1.company.com' 22:45:33 Synchronization of some deletions … Continue reading Outlook 2010 Sync Issues Folder is full of sync logs (“Synchronization Log:” and “Modification Resolution”) with Exchange 2010 Mailbox →

Remote Desktop: "Your system administrator Does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer. Because identity is not fully verified. Please enter new credentials" and “Domain sid inconsistent”

I was trying to remote desktop to a VM that is in different domain. I keep getting this error message: "Your system administrator Does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer. Because identity is not fully verified. Please enter new credentials" I tried to type the correct … Continue reading Remote Desktop: "Your system administrator Does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer. Because identity is not fully verified. Please enter new credentials" and “Domain sid inconsistent” →

Microsoft Outlook: “One or more rules could not be uploaded to Exchange server and have been deactivated. This could be because some of the parameters are not supported or there is insufficient space to store all of your rules.”

An user was getting this popup message every time he tried add or modify an Outlook rule. User tried deleting all the Outlook rules, he was still getting this error message. My great colleague (Bob) found the solution that worked for the user. I am sharing that simple solution with you. 1. Close the Outlook … Continue reading Microsoft Outlook: “One or more rules could not be uploaded to Exchange server and have been deactivated. This could be because some of the parameters are not supported or there is insufficient space to store all of your rules.” →

Windows Server 2008 R2 on VM: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item

Newly built Windows Server 2008 R2 server on VM had strange issues. I logged in as account that’s part of domain admins. I supposed to have local administrative privileges. But when try to open any administrative tools (like services, event log), I get this error message: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. … Continue reading Windows Server 2008 R2 on VM: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item →

Exchange 2010 Setup: Unable to read data from the Metabase. Ensure that Microsoft Internet Information Services is installed.

I was building an test Exchange 2010 server as an VM. Exchange Setup gave an error on CAS and Mailbox roles (on pre-requests window). The error was Unable to read data from the Metabase. Ensure that Microsoft Internet Information Services is installed. Unable to access the 'Default Web Site' on this computer. I checked IIS … Continue reading Exchange 2010 Setup: Unable to read data from the Metabase. Ensure that Microsoft Internet Information Services is installed. →

Active Directory Group with more then 500 members: Icon changes for group members

Weird..huh! When I was asked why a AD group that contains Computer Objects and it shows computer names as User Icons. Well, its true that group had more then 500 computer objects. We supposed to see computer icons in members tab. It doesn't seem to affect it's functionality. Mystery! Love it. But it was an … Continue reading Active Directory Group with more then 500 members: Icon changes for group members →

Windows 2008 R2 on VMWare: “Unable to contact IP driver. General failure”

I have cloned (Deployed) new image from a template in VMWare of Windows Server 2008 R2 server. And joined to a domain (and domain controller is another VM deployed from same template). Then this frigging error message creped up in Command Prompt whenever I try any network commands (ping, ipconfig, etc.,): “Unable to contact IP … Continue reading Windows 2008 R2 on VMWare: “Unable to contact IP driver. General failure” →

Power shell: How to list group members?

Every system admin gets request to send list of group members from all kinds of users. It’s very easy if you know how to search Internet (Bing! anyone). Long back I posted VBScript to list the group members. Check here: https://anandthearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/get-members-list-from-a-domain-group-by-vbscript/ While back I posted an blog to list the AD group members using DSQuery … Continue reading Power shell: How to list group members? →

Outlook 2010: Compose and Send FUN e-mails

Long back There was a email client named incrediMail that could do some tricks. I received e-mails with all kinds of pizzazz. Now you can do this with Outlook 2010. All Microsoft Word tricks can be done in Outlook 2010 Mail compose window. Here is some samples I did. Most of them you can find … Continue reading Outlook 2010: Compose and Send FUN e-mails →