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HRESULT Error 0x8007ffff – Solved
I got this  error while trying to login to HP ProBook laptop. Whenever I put password I got HRESULT error with 0x8007ffff code and on the bottom it just says 'OK' i press it and it goes back to the login screen. First option is to use HP recovery tools and try to use recovery/repair CD Using this option you are in risk to lose your data-Not Good. Other option is try using some other administrative account. I was able to login with local administrative account , also you can use domain Read more
Outlook 2010 Automatically maps mailboxes
A new client side feature which Microsoft has released in Exchange 2010 SP1 is the ability of Outlook 2010 to automatically map all mailboxes to which the logged in user has full access. There by, on each mailbox that you have been granted Full Access, you will see it on your own personal mailbox. In Order to disable automatic mapping: Go to this user mailbox, right click on it and choose manage full mailbox access, then just remove your user from the full mailbox access page You can use Read more
Grant editor permission to calendar via power shell Exchange 2010
The old fashion way for granting permission was to access user calendar and share the calendar from client. Exchange 2010 allows us to use power shell for assigning calendar permissions. You can add Reviewer, Editor and all other permission types remotely without moving from your chair. To assign Calendar Editor permission use the following command: Set-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity Granter_Username:Calendar -User ‘Granted_username’ -AccessRights Editor You can review calendar permissions Read more
Outlook 2007/2010 Favorites bar disappeared
  If your favorites bar in outlook is missing from any reason you can return it by simple step.         Close your outlook . Navigate to Start>run Type outlook.exe /resetnavpane Your favorites bar will be restored but you will need to re-add your folders again. Read more
Deploy wireless settings with Key using netsh script and GPO
  Windows 2008 has built in policy GPO for wireless setting management. You can configure your network setting using Certificates. It is the most recommended and secure way But if you like to deploy the wireless settings using static key, you will have to use other way. The steps bellow describe the way to deploy Wireless LAN settings with a Pre-Shared Key The purpose is to Automate Adding Wireless Profile in Windows. Preparations Configure Wireless settings on one workstation Read more
550 5.1.1 User unknown” Error while sending to distribution group in Exchange 2010
  You may face this error while user is sending email from outside the company  to distribution group in your Exchange 2010 organization. You can’t send it either from internet internal mail relay or SMTP server When review logs you see "550 5.1.1 User unknown" error . it works fine with no issues If you use Outlook or OWA Why: When you create new Distribution group In Exchange 2010 an Require that all senders are authenticated has been marked by default.So unauthenticated Read more
Shut Down Exchange 2010 DAG member
  While performing maintenance to Exchange 2010 DAG server you should first remove the DAG member from DAG group.Other wise you may have unwanted DB failovers and many other unexpected issue that may affect company mail services availability Shutting Down DAG Members The Exchange 2010 high availability solution is integrated with the Windows shutdown process. If an administrator or application initiates a shutdown of a Windows server in a DAG that has a mounted database that's replicated Read more
Some Exchange 2010sp1 power shell scripts part1
  Get Quota report Get-Mailbox | Format-Table alias, *quota Delete message from Mailbox get-mailbox -resultsize unlimited | search-mailbox -SearchQuery "Subject:ABDCEV'" -DeleteContent Turn Off firewall on all profiles netsh advfirewall set allprofiles firewallpolicy allowinbound,allowoutbound Exchange 2007 - check DB copy status. Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus -StandbyMachine mtvmail01 Message Tracking log to csv (| Select Sender, Recipients, TimeStamp, MessageSubject) Get-MessageTrackingLog Read more
Manage mobile phone option is missing on users
  Manage mobile phone option gets you the ability to "Remove mobile phone partnership" and "perform a remote wipe to clear mobile phone data.” If this option is missing run ADSI edit, locate problematic user in user properties find msExchMobileMailboxFlags and set to 1 Read more
It didn’t specify an end date. The end date must be before
In Exchange 2010 ,while you try to schedule a recursive meeting you may receive the following error “Your meeting request was declined” It didn't specify an end date. The end date must be before xx/xx/xx After implementation of Exchange 2010 ,room mailboxes got automatic setting setting that rejects recursive meetings beyond defined booking window. To resolve the issue you can: Increase booking window period Remove checkbox from “Reject repeating meetings that have an end date Read more