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c1038a21 PR_PF_PROXY exchange 2003 public folders error

Gil Kreslavsky — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:01:16 +0000

Error c1038a21 appears when you try to view properties of public folder system folder – Schedule + free busy or offline address book folder

Microsoft have a article on how to fix it , but in there guide they recommend usage of Information Store Viewer (MDBVu32).

I prefer to use PFDAVAdmin that can be downloaded from here it is much easier .

Run PFDAVAdmin
Press on file>connect
Fill your DC settings like on screenshot bellow (don’t forget to select public folders)
Navigate to problematic folder – schedule free busy for example
Right click on it and chose “property editor”
Select PRF_PF_PROXY from property dropdown
mark clear and press execute.

That’s it, that should fix the problem.

Find Windows , SQL or Office Product Key

Gil Kreslavsky — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:48:08 +0000

If you’re planning reinstall of your Windows Vista\XP\Server 2000\2003\2008 you’ll need to locate your copy of your product installation key.

An easy way is to use Product Key Viewer utility to find forgotten Windows Office or SQL Product Keys.

Moving a Group to Another Domain – Using ADMT

Gil Kreslavsky — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:33:13 +0000

To move windows group to other domain download ADMT Tool

Install Active Directory Migration Tool
Open the ADMT MMC snap-in it is located in Administrative Tools.
Chose source and destination domains and click Next.
On the Group Selection screen, chose the group that you want to migrate and click Next.
On the next screen, select Browse and locate the desired OU.
On the Group Options screen, select one or more of the following and click Next:

Update user rights: Copies any user rights that are assigned in the source domain to the target domain.

Copy group members:Specifies whether the user objects that belong to the group should be migrated along with the group.

Adds the security identifiers (SIDs) of the migrated group accounts in the source domain to the SID history of the new group in the target domain.

On the Naming Conflicts screen, select whether you want to migrate group objects that conflict with objects in the target domain and click Next.
Follow the remainder of the wizard to complete the migration.

Delete Windows User Profile in Registry

Gil Kreslavsky — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:16 +0000

To clear user local profile via registry :

Press on Start > Run >Regedit
Navigate to the following registry key :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”
Under ProfileList navigate to binary key’s like this :S-1-5-21-3656904587-1668747452-4095529-500
On the right side under ProfileImagePath you’’ll see the username and profile path.
Chose the one with the desired user and delete the long reg key like :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”

Note:The following method works on all of these operation systems:Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008 and Windows 7.

Folder Redirection to NTFS share Permissions

Gil Kreslavsky — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:42:39 +0000

If you want to redirect domain user folders to NTFS or Storage share, you need to set the permissions like in the list bellow:

Creator Owner => Full Control on “Subfolders and Files Only”

Security group of users needing to put data on share => List Folder/Read Data, Create Folders/Append Data on “This Folder Only”

System => Full Control, on “This Folder, Subfolders and Files”

In addition you can add Domain Admins security group to have permissions on user folders:

Open Group Policy Management
Navigate to Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>System>User Profiles
Set “Add the Administrator security group to the roaming user profile share” to enabled

Desktop Icon Disappeared? Learn how to restore.

Gil Kreslavsky — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:32:00 +0000

If you Windows Desktop icon is disappeared , there is a quick way to restore it.
Follow the steps bellow:

Open Notepad
Paste the text bellow

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Save the file as Desktop.scf and drag it to your Quick Launch bar

Note: If you can’t place it you Quick Launch bar may be locked.
To unlock it :Right click on it , and remove selection from “Lock The Task Bar”

Download .VHD Images for Hyper-V

Gil Kreslavsky — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:21:56 +0000

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 evaluation VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) images for Hyper-V which as of now is available for download from Microsoft Download Center.
The images are perfect for creating testing environment and trying new versions

Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x86 (full install)
Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x64 (full install)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x86 (full install)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x64 (full install)
Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x86 (core install)
Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x64 (core install)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x86 (core install)
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x64 (core install)
Exchange Server 2007 SP1
Windows Server 2003 R2
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2
Office SharePoint Server 2007
Forefront codename "Stirling"
System Center Essentials 2007 SP1
Windows Vista

For more resent list of available preconfigured VHD’s visit http://www.microsoft.com/vhd

Manage services from command prompt in Windows XP,Vista,2003,2008

Gil Kreslavsky — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:29:00 +0000

list of available commands for service management in Windows

Net pause : Pauses service
Usage : net pause servicename
Net continue : Continues a service that has been suspended by net pause
Usage : net continue servername
Net stop : Stops running service
Usage : net stop service name
Net start : Start stopped service
Usage : net start servicename
Sc:A command line program used for communicating with the
Service Control Manager and services. Usually used in scripting
Usage : type sc in command prompt to see command reference
Tasklist : Displays list of running tasks
Usage:type tasklist in command prompt

Note: You can find the service name in Control Panel, Services.
Or by running services.msc command
To Open Command Prompt : type in run cmd

Create Group Using PowerShell ADUC, dsadd or admod

Gil Kreslavsky — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:37:30 +0000

Creating a Group Using a graphical user interface

Open the Active Directory Users and Computers .
In the left pane, browse to the parent container of the new group, right-click on it, and select New Group.
Enter the name of the group and select the group type (global, domain local, or universal) and group type (security or distribution).
Click OK.

Using dsadd in command-line interface

dsadd group “” -scope -secgrp yes|no -desc ““

Where replace with DN of the group ,

Where use one of the above

l – for domain local
g – for global
u – for universal

Where –secgroup

yes if the group is a security group
no for any other

Where desc fill group description

Using dsadd in command-line interface

> admod -b “” objectClass::group groupType::
“” sAMAccountName::”” -add

Example: We will create global security group called “Accounting” in Accounting OU in testdomain.com

> dsadd group "cn=Accounting,ou=Accounting,dc=testdomain,dc=com"-scope global-
secgrp yes

> admod-b "cn=Accounting,ou=Accounting,dc=testdomain,dc=com" groupType::-2147483646
sAMAccountName::"Finance Users" -add

When using AdMod, you need specify the numeric value for group type, These values are predefined in Active Directory

Universal Distribution Group Value – “8”

Universal Security Group Value – “–2147483640”

Domain Local Distribution Group Value – “4”

Domain Local Security Group Value – “–2147483644”

Global Distribution Group Value – “2”

Global Security Group Value – “–2147483646”

Create Group Using VBScript

Example bellow shows how to create a global security group.

' ------  CONFIGURATION ------
strGroupParentDN = "" ' e.g. ou=Groups,dc=testdomain,dc=com
strGroupName     = ""     ' e.g. Accounting
strGroupDescr    = ""     ' e.g. Accounting group
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------

' Constants taken from ADS_GROUP_TYPE_ENUM
Const ADS_GROUP_TYPE_GLOBAL_GROUP       = 2
Const ADS_GROUP_TYPE_DOMAIN_LOCAL_GROUP = 4
Const ADS_GROUP_TYPE_SECURITY_ENABLED   = -2147483648
Const ADS_GROUP_TYPE_UNIVERSAL_GROUP    = 8

set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://" & strGroupParentDN)
set objGroup = objOU.Create("group","cn=" & strGroupName)
objGroup.Put "groupType", ADS_GROUP_TYPE_GLOBAL_GROUP _
                         Or ADS_GROUP_TYPE_SECURITY_ENABLED
objGroup.Put "sAMAccountName", strGroupName
objGroup.Put "description", strGroupDescr
objGroup.SetInfo

Create Group Using PowerShell

To create a group using the Quest cmdlets, use the following syntax:

new-QADGroup -ParentContainer ‘‘ -name ‘‘ -samaccountname ‘ -grouptype ‘Distribution’ -groupscope ‘Universal’

Where  – Fill OU DN

Where  – Fill Group Name

After –grouptype – set group type (Distribution or Security)

After –groupscope – set if (Universal, Domain Local)

Create or Delete Service in Windows Xp-Vista-2003-2008

Gil Kreslavsky — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:46:39 +0000

In order to create service in windows

Go to Start>Run type cmd and hit Enter
In command prompt type sc create servicename
Reboot your OS

In order to delete service in windows

Go to Start>Run type cmd and hit Enter
In command prompt type sc delete servicename
Reboot your OS

There is another way: You can use registry to delete services

Go to Start>Run type regedit and hit Enter
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
Find the service you want to delete
Right click on service name and select Delete.
Reboot you OS

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