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Vmware Time Sync

October 6th, 2011 No comments

esxcfg-firewall -q ntpClient
esxcfg-firewall -e ntpClient
esxcfg-firewall -q ntpClient

ntpdate -u servername

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Meeting invitations received from external domains show as regular email messages on the BlackBerry smartphone

October 5th, 2011 No comments

By default, ProcessExternalMeetingMessages is set to False on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. The correct setting for BlackBerry Enterprise Server is True

Run this powershell to resolve the issue.

Get-Mailbox -Server "servername" -ResultSize Unlimited -Filter {RecipientTypeDetails -eq 'UserMailbox'} | Set-CalendarProcessing -ProcessExternalMeetingMessages $true

ISP DNS and SMTP Settings

September 28th, 2011 No comments

Griffin

DNS : 85.189.102.5
DNS : 85.189.39.5
SMTP :

Sky

DNS : 90.207.238.97
SMTP : smtp.tools.sky.com

Convergence

DNS : 154.32.105.18
DNS : 154.32.107.18
DNS : 154.32.109.18

SMTP :

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Increasing the Rules Quota limit in Exchange Server 2010

September 21st, 2011 No comments

In the previous versions of Exchange Server we cannot play with the mailbox rules limit that is only 32kb (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886616). Using Exchange Server 2010 we can do that through Exchange Management Shell. Let’s see how to do that..

The cmdlet utilized to set up the mailbox is called set-mailbox:

Set-Mailbox -RulesQuota:

Let’s change the user Anne to 256KB limit using set-mailbox.

Set-Mailbox annec -RulesQuota:256KB

Change Exchange 2007 / 2010 Mailbox Type

September 14th, 2011 No comments

To Change a mailbox from one type to another in exchange 2007 and 2010 like below :-

User mailbox to shared mailbox
User mailbox to resource mailbox
Shared mailbox to user mailbox
Shared mailbox to resource mailbox
Resource mailbox to user mailbox
Resource mailbox to shared mailbox

Type the following in the exchange management shell.

Set-Mailbox ConfRoom1 -Type value

Where value is Regular, Room, Equipment, Shared.

VMware Fusion and Lion USB not working

August 21st, 2011 2 comments

I upgraded my Mac to OS X 10.7 Lion the other day and found that USB devices no longer worked.

They appeared in device manager saying they could not start.

I found the following fix on the VMware forums :

You can check if you have non standard permissions by opening a terminal and running:

ls -ld /

You should see output like this:

drwxr-xr-x 53 root wheel 1870 Aug 4 12:43 /

If the permissions are different than above you can reset them using the following steps (for Fusion 3.1.3):

Shutdown Fusion.

In a terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

sudo -s
chown root:wheel /
chmod 755 /
Reboot

Start Fusion and try connecting a USB device.

Source : VMware Forum

How to install the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Client Tools

July 19th, 2011 No comments

To install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Client Tools, do the following steps:

Insert the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition CD and click SQL Server 2000 Components.
Click Install Database Server.
The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition setup begins. The InstallShield guides you through the installation. Follow the instructions in the windows. Click Next.

From the Welcome window, read the information and click Next.
From the Computer Name window, click Local Computer and click Next.
From the Installation Selection window, click Create a new instance of SQL Server, or install Client Tools. Click Next.
From the User Information window, type your name and company. Click Next.
From the Software License Agreement window, read the license information. You must accept the license agreement to continue the installation. Click Yes.
From the Installation Definition window, click Client Tools Only. Click Next.
From the Setup window, type your CD key information and click OK.
Your product ID is displayed in the second setup window. Follow the instructions and click OK to continue.
From the Setup Type window, click Next to accept the default values.
From the Select Components window, click Next to accept the default values.
When the Start Copying Files window opens, click Next to continue with the installation.
If you want to change any parameters, click Back. When you click Back, selections reset back to their default values. If you click Back at any time during the installation, make sure you reselect the values you wanted before clicking Next.

Click Finish on the Setup Complete window.

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