Activate Windows and Office at the Command Line
I was recently looking for a way to activate Windows 7 and Office 2010 at a command prompt; this is what I found… Since the release of Vista, you can use the command line utility slmgr for Windows activation when using a MAK (or Multiple Activation Key). Windows Activation Open a command window (as administrator) And run… slmgr -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx slmgr [...]
“Delivery has failed” error When Scheduling a Resource
There are plenty of answers to the error message: “Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists: Jane Doe Your message wasn’t delivered because of security policies…” In our case, Jane Doe was no longer an employee and her account was disabled. The sender of the message was requesting a meeting with someone who had [...]
Auto-complete Not Working After Outlook 2010 Upgrade
You know you love it, being able to just start typing the first few characters of an address and Outlook “guesses” the rest for you. At least I think you love it, because every time someone’s Outlook is upgraded or they are moved to a new system, everyone notices it’s missing right off the bat. Prior to [...]
(Not so) New Folder Locations
Since the advent of Windows Vista, the usual folder locations don’t always apply. Take the Quick Launch or All Users Desktop, where did they go? Here’s a short list of what’s been moved around (and yes, I’m writing this as much for me as anyone else)… All Users: All Users Desktop, Favorites, Documents, Downloads, Music, [...]
Search Fails for Some Outlook or OWA Users
Due to a recent power outage at a client site, their Exchange search catalogs became corrupted. The issue at hand was that searches in Outlook or OWA only resulted in showing results prior to the outage. To confirm that this was the case, I opened the trusty EMS and ran this command on an affected individual. test-exchangesearch username [...]
Recurring meeting has been declined!
A recent Outlook user, trying to book a non-recurring meeting, received this error: “Giant Conference Room has declined your meeting because it is recurring. You must book each meeting separately with this resource.” But, it was non-recurring!!! This error comes about when multiple users have the same resource open, in this case a conference room, [...]
MAPI32.DLL wrong version or corrupt
One of my clients recieved the error message “MAPI32.DLL wrong version or corrupt“ a few months ago, after trying Outlook 2007 and reverting back to Outlook 2003. The fix was simpler than expected… With Outlook closed, browse on over to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033 and rename the MSMAPI32.DLL file. Open Outlook again and the MSMAPI32.DLL file will be replaced with [...]
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