Archive for August, 2010

• Aug 17, 2010

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  Windows XP Service Pack 2 stops on Checking Product Key

  During the installation of Service Pack 2 on Windows XP machine process stops on Checking Product Key. If you like me didn’t put the key in this can be less of a surprise but still. To continue the installation: 1. Navigate to C:\Windows\Inf (Folder is not visible by default) 2. Move all oem*.* files to...
  
  

• Aug 13, 2010

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  Mapi session exceeded the maximum of 500 objects of type “objtFolder”.

  Outlook client doesn’t update folders automatically. On the status bar instead of “All folders are up to date” message “This folder was last updated on …” is displayed. Your Microsoft Exchange 2010 server logs the following error: Event ID: 9646 Type: Error Source: MSExchangeIS Description: Mapi session "/o=First Organization/ou=Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=user" exceeded the maximum of 500...
  
  

• Aug 08, 2010

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  Data Protection Manager 2010 offsite backup to USB drives using Firestreamer VTL

  Firestreamer is a software utility that enables the existing tape backup software to access a wide range of non-tape storage media, making possible long-term and off-site retention of data without the need for tape drives. It has an impressive list of media it supports and works really well with Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010. For...
  
  

• Aug 07, 2010

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  Synchronize time with external NTP server on a Domain Controller

  On a domain network, computers synchronize time with Domain Controller that holds the PDC Emulator role. This Domain Controller takes it’s time from BIOS. It’s generally good practice to synchronize time with Internet time source like pool.ntp.org. To configure PDC Emulator to synchronize with external time source, execute following from elevated Command Prompt: w32tm /config...
  
  

• Aug 07, 2010

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  AD CS and Subject Alternative Names on SSL certificates

  If you want to use Subject Alternative Names on internal SSL certificates issued by Active Directory Certificate Services you have to configure CA (Certificate Authority) to accept SAN attribute from a certificate request. By default CA does not issue certificates with SAN attribute. Ability to connect without certificate issues (warning) to internal web server using...