Archive: KB
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May 25, 2011
3 CommentsWindows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller Default Domain Policy Default Settings
Below you can find a screenshot of Group Policy Management console on Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller right after the clean installation (and promoting to a DC). These are the default Default Domain Policy settings on a clean Domain Controller. Not sure if it makes a difference but Forest and Domain functional level is...
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Nov 22, 2010
No CommentsHow to exclude Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database from provisioning.
Microsoft Exchange 2010 offers a feature to automatically select the database in which new or moved mailbox will be stored. This is a great feature and it does it’s job quite good too. With the release of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 we are now able to specify the database we want to create online...
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Aug 17, 2010
No CommentsWindows 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...
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Aug 13, 2010
No CommentsMapi 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...
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Aug 07, 2010
No CommentsSynchronize 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...