We recently had a client that required Google Chrome for a web based app. Google Chrome is easy to download and install. Pretty straight forward and easy enough right? Wrong. Google Chrome installs in
by default. You would think Google would install it to Program Files by default like other applications but it does not.
I will be attending two FREE webinars one on SharePoint 2010 and one on the basics of CRM. They are both on the same day February 11th. Back to the Basics of CRM (Salesforce.com and Microsoft CRM) – 1:15 – 2:30 pm EST SharePoint 2010: World Premiere – 3:30 – 5:00 pm EST Sign up … Read more
I needed to backup a couple of MySQL databaes automatically. Here is what I did to accomplish this. I created a folder called mysqlbackup. I then created a script called “mysqldbbackup.sh” and put this script file in the mysqlbackup folder. It contains “rm /mysqlbackup/DBNAME_backup.sql mysqldump -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD DBNAME > /mysqlbackup/DBNAME_backup.sql” I used the “rm” command to … Read more
Do you need to track equipment, software, and IP addresses in your IT department? These are a given. The issue is many IT budgets have been cut. Well I have had the same issue. There is a solution. If you have SharePoint 2007 you can use it to manage and track all of these things. … Read more
I was working on a 2003 server and needed to give remote access to users that are not administrators on the server. This was not a terminal server. I added them to the Remote Desktop Users group but they could not logon. When trying to log on as one of the users It gave a message saying the … Read more
So you have your 2008 servers systemstate backed up by DPM 2007. Your server crashes and you need to recover. DPM 2007 does not give an option to recover to the server only to tape or a network share.
What do you from here? The answer is you have to actually restore the system state using Microsoft’s built in windows backup utility. There is another catch it has to be done via command line using WBADMIN. Here are the steps to recover a server using Windows 2008 Backup from the command line:
I had a Windows Small Business Server 2008 with WSS 3.0 running on it. I needed to get to the content databases. I tried to connect to the SQL instance using the default server name (SERVER)\MICROSOFT##SSEE in SQL Management Studio. I was unable to connect no matter what account I used. I discovered it is installed on a … Read more
I recently had to renew my Exchange certificate as it expired. The original admin that set up this Exchange bought the previous certificate from Digi. I decided to go with Startcom (Free SSL) as I have used them once before in an OCS deployment and they worked out well. Exchange is a little different in that you must use Exchange management shell (PowerShell) during the process of installing a certificate for Outlook Web Access (OWA). I am going to cover 5 steps to installing a certificate Exchange for OWA.
To Open Exchange Management Shell: Go to START >>Programs>>Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 >> Exchange Management Shell
This is the management shell
I ran across a tool Microsoft has for testing remote Exchange connectivity such as: Outlook Anywhere, ActiveSync, Autodiscover and more. Here is the URL: https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com
Recently I had a virtual machine that would not obtain an IP from DHCP. I noticed the DHCP client service was disabled in windows services. I would enable it, start it and it would start just fine. I would then reboot the VM. The DHCP client service would be disabled again. I had a feeling … Read more