To enable "verbose" logging in ActiveSync on the Windows Mobile device 1. Open ActiveSync program 2. Click Menu --> Options 3. Select "Exchange Server" and click on "Settings" button 4. Click Next 5. Click "Advanced" button 6. Set "Event Logging" to Verbose. Click Next and Finish. Click OK to close the dialog. 7. Try to … Continue reading Exchange ActiveSync Log: How to get “verbosed” ActiveSync log from Windows Mobile Phone? →

If your Vista Machine is running slow or very unstable or any hardware issues or mismatched driver issues, Don't gripe like some silly wannabe bloggers or "page hit" longing magazine editors or self proclaimed Geeks. Instead take some productive steps to find out why it is happening? STEP 1: When exactly moment your Vista machine … Continue reading What to do when Vista computer is unstable? →

Far far away in European country, a user complained about his Outlook DL member list size error. He manages a Outlook Distribution List (NOT Active Directory/Exchange Group or DL) which has various different Internet addresses. He was receiving the following error: This distribution list has reached the maximum size for your network e-mail server. No … Continue reading “This distribution list has reached the maximum size for your network e-mail server” →

Keywords: "Blocked::", "Blocked::http", Office 2003 Service Pack 3 So, Is Outlook getting on your nerves lately? Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 blocking the http URLs inside the e-mail body. The actual URL (say http://anandpv.blogspot.com) is replaced with blocked::URL (like this blocked::http://anandpv.blogspot.com). The answer is Outlook is started blocking those URLs which copy and pasted and … Continue reading “Blocked::http://….”: Outlook 2003 and 2007 is blocking URLs inside the e-mail →

When I added permissions to add/remove members to a user in Child3 domain for the Universal Group (in Child1 domain). "Write Members" special permission supposed to give the user to add/remove members from the DL using Outlook.   But, it didn't for the user in Child3 domain. Owner for the DL who resides in Child1 … Continue reading “Changes to the distribution list membership could not be saved. You do not have sufficient permissions to perform this operation on this object.” →

While ago I blogged about How to mount a Windows Share in VMware ESX server?. I realized Windows (shared) server should be pingable via the hostname, so you don't have to type IP address every time. Here the easy way to add your Windows server into local Hosts (/etc/resolv.conf) file in your ESX server. 1. … Continue reading How to edit/add the DNS Servers in VMware ESX server? →

One quite day of less help desk tickets and my servers were humming in data center in good harmony, I have been called to check out Windows Mobile wireless email issue for a top executive who was traveling. IT was questioned why we weren't renew the security certificates. From the error message, It's straight forwardly … Continue reading Exchange Active Sync: Synchronization failed. The security certificate on the server has expired. Check that the date and time on the device is correct and try again. Error Code: 80072f05 or 0x80072f05 →

As part of Exchange installation SMTP system mailbox is created on all Exchange servers (2000/2003/2007). This mailbox is used to hold "unprocessed" or "waiting to be processed" mail queue items. The word "SMTP Temp Table" simple means "Sub Folders" in SMTP mailbox. These sub folders are created in the mailbox by the system. Anti-virus and … Continue reading SMTP Temp Table in Exchange (how to view and troubleshoot?) →

Keywords: PuTTY, root, ESX, secure shell, remote shell If you start using VMWare ESX server 3.5 without reading documentation, you will be surprised to see that you can't connect to ESX server via PuTTY or any remote secure shell with root account. It's because, VMWare blocks root access to secure shell by default. So you … Continue reading VMWare ESX 3.5: Why remote secure shell does not allow ‘root’ access? →

Have you ever regret for sending mail to a wrong person or wrong information? Almost everyone does at some point of time. Some people does frequently.  And then they regret it and furiously try to recover the mail. Here is the tip: Use Outlook Rules and Alerts feature to delay the mail sending, say a … Continue reading “Defer Delivery”: Delay sending mails from Outlook →