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Windows 7 & Vista host file edit and location
  You can use windows host file to create static entries for name resolution You can’t edit host file as regular user. In order to edit hosts file you need to have administrative privileges. Windows 7 or Vista host file is located under the following path %systemroot%system32driversetchosts  usually it is  C:windowssystem32driversetchosts To edit the host file, Locate your “Notepad“ program , right-click on it and select “Run as Administrator“. If you are not logged Read more
Windows 2008 Ping Command Switches
-t Pings continuously until terminated by Ctrl+C. Press Ctrl+Break to view statistics. Perform extended testing or check for intermittent problems. -a Resolves address to host name. Test name resolution and troubleshoot Hosts file. -n count Specifies number of packets to send Perform extended testing. -l size Specifies packet size in bytes; the default is 64, the maximum is 8,192 Check for packet fragmentation and response time. -f Sets Don’t Fragment flag in packet Prevent routers from fragmenting Read more
Outlook status shows disconnected.
On errors: Mapi session "/o=COMPANY/ou=Europe/cn=Recipients/cn=User1? exceeded the maximum of 32 objects of type "session". Task "Microsoft Exchange Server" reported error (0×80040115): "The connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action." Task ‘Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0×8004011d): ‘The server is not available. Contact your administrator if this condition persists.' Don't waste your time on profile Read more
Configure BlackBerry Enterprise Server to work with LDAP instead MAPI
Reasons to do do the update. If you receive errors Unable to initialize the MAPI using profile BlackBerry Server Management! Please contact your BlackBerry administrator. Unable to initialize the RIMDatabase class Unable to save configuration settings or statistics If you are moving mailboxes across information stores and you don't want to reboot server or restart services. And if you are using multiple domains Procedure The LDAPDomain , LDAPSearch , LDAPport , LDApssl , LDAPALPSearch registry Read more
Post installation actions after installing VMware ESX server
Check Name resolution For the host lookups /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/host.conf should be configured to use DNS. Also DNS servers list as well as the primary domain prefix (‘search’ or ‘domain’ parameters in /etc/resolv.conf ) should be set. The ‘A’ record should be specified for the server’s hostname. As you might know the host names are retrieved from the following files and they should be identical: The localhost entry should be in the /etc/hosts . Network configuration should Read more