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Category: Windows

  • Issues connecting to SBS 2008 Remote Workplace (RDP) on Windows 8

    Issue Remote Workers using Windows 8 having issues connecting to their work computers via Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 Remote Workplace. Depending on Internet Explorer version, some users don’t see “Connect to a Computer” option at all (this is what would normally happen when connecting using non Internet Explorer browser).

  • Office 365 – Set user password to never expire

    Update 2017 There is no need to mess with PowerShell commands anymore. You can set passwords to never expire in Office 365 admin GUI: Settings > Security & Privacy > Password Policy > Edit > Set user password to never expire.     Original Article To set user password to never expire on Microsoft Exchange…

  • Develop print warning – Following functions are ON and cannot be used…

    Issue Every time printing on Develop ineo+ 364e following warning message pops up: Following functions are ON and cannot be used in the current environment or applicationExcel Job ControlRemove White BackgroundAre you sure you want to change the setting to “Off” and continue printing?  

  • The action cannot be completed. The name cannot be matched…

    Issue Cannot add Exchange 2007 email account to MS Outlook 2010 email client. The action fails with error: The action cannot be completed. The name cannot be matched to a name in the address list. Outlook client and Exchange server are on the same local network.

  • Picasa hangs while manually adding people face tags

    Google Picasa started freezing while manually adding people face tags. Difficult to say when exactly it started as I wasn’t using this feature for a while and Picasa by default updates automatically in the background. When I noticed the issue the version of Picasa was 3.9.137 (Built 81). The freeze was not permanent, but I…

  • Certificate enrollment error 0x800706ba (The RPC server is unavailable)

    Issue Domain controllers fail to enroll for certificates. Following errors are logged in server application logs: Source: CertificateServicesClient-CertEnrollEvent ID: 13Level: ErrorDescription:Certificate enrollment for Local system failed to enroll for a DomainController certificate with request ID N/A from <Server FQDN>\<CA FQDN> (The RPC server is unavailable. 0x800706ba (WIN32: 1722)).

  • Changing Windows Server Domain Controller IP Address

    Changing Windows Server Domain Controller static IP address is a simple operation. You can do this using Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties GUI, as you would for any other Server or Client PC. After changing the IP address, run ipconfig /registerdns and dcdiag /fix.

  • Renaming Windows Server Domain Controller

    There are 2 ways to rename Windows Server 2008 domain controllers: Using command line tool Netdom Using System Properties GUI Both methods are supported, but Microsoft recommends using Netdom command line tool because it reduces delay before clients can use the renamed domain controller (if you use GUI, you have to wait for AD/DNS replication…

  • Firefox – enable auto spell check in single line textboxes

    Firefox by default checks spelling in multiple line text-area fields. But it does not do that in single line text-boxes. To enable automatic spell-check in text-boxes follow these simple steps: In Firefox address bar type about:config, and click on “I’ll be careful, I promise“. Scroll down to the field “layout.spellcheckDefault“, double click and change the value…

  • Can’t delete orphaned DC – Access is denied

    Deleting an orphaned Active Directory Domain Controller fails with error: Windows cannot delete object LDAP:// ……………………Access is denied. First obvious step is to make sure that your user account has permissions to delete objects in the OU in question.

  • Object contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete…

    When deleting an object (computer, user, etc) using Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in you may get the following warning: Confirm Subtree DeletionObject <objectname> contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete <objectname> and all the objects it contains? If you cancel the running deletion, the objects deleted thus far will not…

  • Transfering Operations Master / FSMO roles

    Here are 5 FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) roles and GUI tools that can be used to move these roles between Domain Controllers. Schema Master – controls all updates and modifications to the Active Directory schema.This role can transferred using Active Directory Schema snap-in.If Active Directory Schema snap-in is not available you need to register…