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How to reset the admin password of a 3com superstack switch

This is how you do that : Connect to the switch with the serial cable and putty. Login with the credentials recover / recover Reset the switch (power down, power on) within 30 secs Now you can re-configure your switch with all the necessary accounts like admin/manager/monitor/security You can even disable the recover possibility, hope […]

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Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2007 Activesync (re-create virtual dir)

Today when troubleshooting Activesync problems with an Exchange 2007 environment I decided to delete en re-create the Exchange Activesync virtual directory. I used the following steps : get-activesyncvirtualdirectory (verify you Activesync virtual directory) remove-activesyncvirtualdirectory -identity “Microsoft-Server-Activesync (Default Web Site)” (remove the Activesync virtual directory) get-activesyncvirtualdirectory (verify the virtual directory is now gone) New-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory -WebSiteName “Default […]

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No DNS servers could be retrieved from network adapter….

I found the sollution for the following error : The solution was to specify the right DNS servers in the DNS console. Open the Microsft Exchange Management Console   Select properties of the hub transport or the EDGE server.   Make sure that the right DNS servers are specified by internal and external DNS lookups. […]

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SMTP error message “550 5.7.1 Unable to relay”

A customer wants to send through the Exchange 2010 hub transport server to external emailadresses. This is how you can do this : Create a new receive connector : With the following permissions :   Final important stap, use powershell to grant anonymous permissions : […]

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Change Exchange Mailbox Language

Everybody has seen it one or twice. When importing exchange data using PST files that a user has both an postvak in as an inbox folder. I found a nifty tool that changes the language of the exchange mailbox to a specified language. For example : As you can see the above mailbox language is […]

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Robocopy Error #112 when copying large amount of data to EMC cifs

A customer had problems synchronizing large amount of data to an EMC CIFS share using the robocopy /mir commandline option.

After some troubleshooting I found that opslock, hidden sharing and CIFS caching were not the problem but the fact that the share was thin created. I created 2 shares, one thin and one fat. You […]

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Forefront TMG error : Member not found and script errors

Today I ran into a problem with Forefront TMG error. I got strange script errors and constantly received “Member not found” errors. I thought it had something to do with IE Language settings. I decided to de-install IE9 and the problem was instantly gone. I contacted Microsoft Technical Support and they said it’s a known […]

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Failed to register PTR resourse record

Today a customer complained about DNS problems. They got the following errors : The system failed to register pointer (PTR) resource records (RRs) for network adapter with settings : Adapter Name : { ID } Host Name : HOST NAME Adapter-specific Domain Suffix : Host Name.local DNS server list : DNS Servers Sent update to […]

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BPOS : Add multiple domains after import users with CSV file

One major drawback using the CSV import option with BPOS is that you only can specify one (!) domain. Our customer has multiple domains (like almost any company) and it seems that I had to edit al the user settings manually. I found the solution. Before : You see, only the default @xyz.emea.microsoftonline.com has been […]

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BPOS: Certificate error when oppening Sharepoint site

Do you get the following error when accessing your online Sharepoint (BPOS) site ? : Then you problably do not have the SSO sign in tool installed. Download it here. Microsoft says the sharepoint site can be accessed without the sign in tool but only read-only. My experience is that you need the tool to […]

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Reservations are deleted incorrectly from a DHCP server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2

Consider the following scenarios: Scenario 1 You have two DHCP servers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2. You set up a split-scope configuration on both DHCP servers. You make identical reservations on both DHCP servers. A DHCP client that reserves an IP address broadcasts a DISCOVER packet and both DHCP servers respond to the […]

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Error : The specified DHCP client is not a reserved client.

While creating a reservation in a DHCP scope (Windows 2008 R2) I received the error mentioned. After some investigation I discovered that Windows 2008 R2 doesn’t allow reservations that are not in the scope, although the subnetmask (for example 255.255.0.0)  is big enough. Changing the subnetmask isn’t an option, so you have to delete and re-create […]

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Howto : Migrate DHCP scope from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 Server

Use the following steps to migrate the DHCP configuration & settings : Logon to the source (W2K3) server Start the command prompt (cmd.exe) netsh DHCP server 127.0.0.1 export W2K3DHCP all or export W2K3DHCP <scope, e.q. 10.1.1.0> Copy the export file to the other (W2K8) server stop the DHCPSERVER net stop DHCPSERVER or using services.msc delete […]

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Windows Update 80072EFD problem solved !

Although I don’t think it’s necessary for error 80072EFD but it’s a magic cure for many – Stop Windows update services ; cmd net stop wuauserv (to stop Automatic updates service) Rename the “SoftwareDistribution” folder: a. Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%, and then click OK. b. Right-click the SoftwareDistribution folder, and then click Rename. […]

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