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 →

Windows 7: Auto Login to Domain Account and lock the desktop right away

I saw this blog post in Life Hacker (Make Windows load your desktop before you log in) and see the interesting idea which I used to do few years ago. That Life hacker post is for home users. It doesn’t apply to the domain computers, obviously. So I decided to explain how to auto logon … Continue reading Windows 7: Auto Login to Domain Account and lock the desktop right away →

Windows 7: Auto Login to Domain Account and lock the desktop right away

Exchange 2010: Every 10 minutes of Event ID 4: Task Test-OutlookConnectivity writing error when processing record…

Exchange 2010 CAS server had been screaming about this error every few minutes with the following event log. Obviously Test-OutlookConnectivity couldn’t find the test mailbox. Log Name: ApplicationSource: MSExchange Configuration Cmdlet - Management ConsoleDate: 9/22/2010 10:59:00 PMEvent ID: 4Task Category: GeneralLevel: ErrorKeywords: ClassicUser: N/AComputer: EXCHCAS1.company.comDescription:(PID 8440, Thread 51) Task Test-OutlookConnectivity writing error when processing record … Continue reading Exchange 2010: Every 10 minutes of Event ID 4: Task Test-OutlookConnectivity writing error when processing record… →

Outlook 2003 Users on Exchange 2010 servers having Schedule Free/Busy issues

While migrating Exchange 2003 mailboxes to Exchange 2010 servers, an user found that he can’t check free/busy data of others users. User was migrated to Exchange 2010 recently. Running Outlook /CleanFreeBusy gives “Unable to clean your freebusy information” error message. Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007 worked and saw the free/busy correctly. My colleague found this … Continue reading Outlook 2003 Users on Exchange 2010 servers having Schedule Free/Busy issues →

ShareWatcher – Monitor your share access on your computer

ShareWatcher is designed to monitor your personal Windows File Shares and to let you know when and who accessed them. In addition, you are able to monitor other peoples shared folders for the arrival of new files. Newer versions included the ability to monitor an FTP path for these same new file arrivals. Download it … Continue reading ShareWatcher – Monitor your share access on your computer →