If you ditched an account that had a fingerprint setup in Windows Hello, Windows 10 won’t let you add the same fingerprint for another account, obliviously. Or you are trying to use second account with same fingerprint. So you will get this error message: The question is how do we delete the registered fingerprint(s ) … Continue reading Windows 10 Hello: That fingerprint has already been set up on another account.
Outlook goes blank and unresponsive when new email arrives
I believe Outlook windows seems to hang at times due to difference between hardware or software graphics acceleration setting. By default Hardware graphics acceleration is enabled. If your Outlook goes blank or unreponsive or hangs, try disabling the hardware graphics acceleration. To do it, go to Outlook advanced settings (File ==> Settings ==>Advanced), uncheck the … Continue reading Outlook goes blank and unresponsive when new email arrives
Active Directory: How to delegate the right to unlock accounts?
This information is to provide rights to unlock accounts in a OU or domain for a user WITHOUT giving any other administrative rights. so here is how to do it? Right-click the OU or domain in Active Directory Users and Computers console and select Delegate Control from the context menu Click Next on the Welcome … Continue reading Active Directory: How to delegate the right to unlock accounts?
Exchange: Meeting room disappears after adding to the meeting request in Outlook
Almost every one complained they can’t add a particular conference room to a meeting request in Outlook. They said the meeting room disappears from their meeting request. Strange, huh! When I checked it myself, sure the resource is added and after a second it did disappeared or removed automatically. Without boring details of analysis, I … Continue reading Exchange: Meeting room disappears after adding to the meeting request in Outlook
Exchange: How to search by an email address?
What if you have an email address, you want to know which object that email address belongs to? Mailbox or Distribution Group or Contact or Public Folder? You have to keep searching by the following commands till you find your object. Open PowerShell and connect to Exchange (or Exchange Online). Get-Mailbox | %{$_.EmailAddresses | ?{$_ … Continue reading Exchange: How to search by an email address?
Find SQL Servers on the network by PowerShell
I will make simple and short. PowerShell command uses SQL Browser service to populate the local SQL servers and instances on the network. So the requirements are: SQL Browser service installed and running (or run it on a SQL server) You should be a Administrator (preferably domain admin) You have to run this command on … Continue reading Find SQL Servers on the network by PowerShell
Office 365: Send service alert emails using PowerShell
Office 365 service health information (healthy, degraded, etc.,) can be checked at Office 365 Admin console or using Office 365 Admin App on the phone. At least Office 365 Admin App (for iPhone/Android/Windows) alerts when there is a change in service status. I wrote a script for old school boys and girls who want to … Continue reading Office 365: Send service alert emails using PowerShell
SharePoint Online: Get Site Owners list from all Sites
I have been asked to get list of all explicit user accounts and group with site owner permissions for all sites. I wrote a script using Get-SPOSite, Get-SPOUsers and Get-SPOGroup commands. To make it easier I wrote the script requires the mandatory parameter of Office 365 Tenant name. The script will create a CSV file … Continue reading SharePoint Online: Get Site Owners list from all Sites
Search-ADAccount for disabled, expired, inactive accounts
What would be the easiest way to list disabled accounts, inactive accounts or expired accounts from AD. You could use Get-ADUser or Get-ADObject, but they are more complicated & dealing with User attributes. I found Search-ADAccount, it’s been much easier and generating reports from AD on the fly pretty much. Search-ADAccount description and help is … Continue reading Search-ADAccount for disabled, expired, inactive accounts
Outlook removes line breaks, but Why?
When we type beautiful emails with some (apparently) extra lines (line breaks) to make the message more readable sometimes. And when it reaches the user, Outlook removes the extra lines and make the email real ugly. Then Outlook displays this message on top of the message window: We removed extra line breaks from this message. … Continue reading Outlook removes line breaks, but Why?
Anand, the Architect 