Password Expiration Notifier
This is some really cool freeware (well, cool if you’re some kind of IT geek). Anyway, Redmond Magazine recently had a review of NetWrix Password Expiration Notifier. In a nutshell, it e-mails users when their Active Directory password is about to expire. This is huge for companies with remote users who only use webmail, local [...]
Free Vista Resource Kit eBook
Yes, free Vista Resource Kit eBook. Not sure how long it’ll be available so get it while it’s hot!
Lose the Shutdown Event Tracker
This tip has been around for a while, but I think it’s still worth sharing due to its possibly high annoyance factor.
On a production machine, I consider the Shutdown Event Tracker worthwhile, especially in environments with multiple administrators. When in a lab situation or testing environment, this prompt before shutdown gets old quickly.
To change the [...]
Hub Transport Warning during Exchange 2007 Install
This is sort of a bogus warning, but it comes up when installing Exchange 2007 integrated with Service Pack 1.
“Setup cannot detect an SMTP or Send connector with an address space of ‘*’.”
A quick search came up with a Microsoft KB article stating you need to add an SMTP Send Connector after setup. This task always [...]
Enabling the Administrator account in Vista Home
I just received a batch of five Dell laptops with Vista Home for a lab. One of the requirements was to have low privilege “Student” logins and the usual Administrator account for the instructors.
If you’ve dug around in Vista for any amount of time, you probably know by now the Administrator account is disabled by [...]
Exchange 2007 PurportedSearch Error
This “PurportedSearch” error was a hard one to track down. I was installing the Mailbox role, for the Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration, and during the perquisites stage it would error out because there was an invalid character present in a custom Recipient Policy, as listed below:
Mailbox Role Prerequisites
Failed
Error:
An unexpected ‘(‘ character is found [...]
Dell now posting Outlet deals on Twitter
Thanks to G4TV for this nugget:
Dell is now offering Outlet deals via Twitter. You can follow here: http://twitter.com/DellOutlet
Update: Check out who the Dell Outlet is following, there are more deals to be tweeted.