PowerShell: List Active Computers from Active Directory

I had a requirement to get list of active computers from Active Directory with some stored properties in computer account like OS, OS version and OU name where the computer account exists. I have defined the active computer as if LastLogonDate is less than 60 days. Here is the script. P.S. Your computer should be … Continue reading PowerShell: List Active Computers from Active Directory →

PowerShell Grid view is “sooo” much better than Exchange 2010 Tracking Log viewer in browser

Exchange 2010 tracking log viewer is great, but you can copy/export the results or even sort the results for different needs. So far Exchange admins are run the get-messegetrackinglog in power shell and export to CSV file using export-csv cmdlet. It’s great, but greater idea is grid view. I found Power shell grid view is … Continue reading PowerShell Grid view is “sooo” much better than Exchange 2010 Tracking Log viewer in browser →

Windows 7: Automatically expand Navigation tree to the current folder

Once I learned this option exists, it is a breeze to use Explorer on multi-level sub trees. It’s better then changing sub folder levels in address bar. Once you enable this setting, this is you see it. If you are interested, follow the steps to enable it. On you Explorer window, click Organize and select … Continue reading Windows 7: Automatically expand Navigation tree to the current folder →

Outlook: Windows 7 cannot connect to Exchange Server. But Hey, OWA works just fine.

This issue is interesting. Some Windows 7 computers refused to connect to Exchange server. User is able to use Outlook Web App to check emails. After some research, I found LmCombatibilityLevel registry key (which is explained here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc960646.aspx). By default it supposed to set to 0. The value zero means, Clients use LM and NTLM … Continue reading Outlook: Windows 7 cannot connect to Exchange Server. But Hey, OWA works just fine. →