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  • Adobe Reader X error – Before proceeding you must first launch Adobe Acrobat and…

    In certain conditions trying to open a PDF document with Adobe Reader X generates error “Before proceeding you must first launch Adobe Acrobat and accept the End User License Agreement“. Opening file from within Adobe Reader (File > Open) works fine.

  • explorer.exe very high RAM / Processor usage

    There could be many reasons why explorer.exe consumes high amount or memory. This particular issue has been reported on Windows Vista and Windows Small Business Server 2008 machines and is caused by Windows Search functionality. If you click on START and type anything in the “Start Search” box, explorer.exe RAM usage starts increasing. This doesn’t…

  • Enable Journaling on Exchange 2007

    This is an example of creating and enabling a global journalling on Exchange 2007 or SBS 2008 Create a new Storage Group and Database Open Exchange Management Console (EMC) Server Configuration > [Server Name] > New Storage GroupSpecify Storage Group name and file path and click New. EMC > Server Configuration > [Server Name] > Journaling…

  • Find who is logged on onto remote computer

    Find out who is logged on onto a remote computer locally or via resource shares Download and extract PsLoggedOn. For more info about this Microsoft Sysinternals tool by Mark Russinovich and direct download go here. Run PsLoggedon.exe in a command prompt (CMD): PsLoggedon.exe Find out who is logged on onto a local computer PsLoggedon.exe \\computer-nameFind…

  • Set up and customize Folder Redirection on SBS2008

    Folder Redirection The easiest way to enable folder redirection on Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) is to use Windows SBS Console Wizard. Windows SBS Console > Shared Folders and Web Sites > Shared Folders – in Tasks panel click on Redirect folders for user accounts to the server. Under Folder Names Select folder(s)…

  • Enable Internal Relay on Exchange 2007

    By default Exchange 2007 will automatically relay emails from clients that authenticate. This is a recommended relay method, however some application may not support authentication.If you try to send email without authentication you will get SMTP error message “550 5.7.1 Unable to relay” To enable relay for non-authenticated internal clients: Open Exchange Management Console (EMC)…

  • Download Windows Media Streaming videos

    Windows Media Streaming videos URLs normally begins with mms:// mmst:// http:// and ends with extensions: .asf or .wmv Sometimes links on websites will link to a .asx or similar page witch automatically opens Windows Media Player. To find actual video file URL download .asx file to your desktop (right click on the link and click…

  • Outlook freezes trying to attach a file

    MS Outlook freezes when trying to a attach a file. Delay sometimes can take as long as couple of minutes. Windows Explorer can also freeze at the same time. This behaviour is most often caused by a Disconnected Network Drive or My Network Places shortcut pointing to non existing network location. Simply disconnect the old…

  • SMTP Response / Error Codes

    Most common SMTP Response codes: 200 – (nonstandard success response, see rfc876) 211 – System status, or system help reply 214 – Help message 220 – SMTP  Service ready 221 – Service closing transmission channel 250 – Requested mail action okay, completed 251 – The recipient is not local to the server, but the server…

  • Increase Receive Connector Timeout on Exchange 2007

    Default Receive Connector Timeout is 10min. This is enough in most of the situations however in case of slow / unreliable connection this could cause delivery problems, especially for large emails. You may get 421 4.4.1 Connection timed out errors in SMTP Receive Connector Protocol logs. You can increase the timeout using Exchange Management Shell…

  • Enable Receive Connector Protocol Logging on Exchange 2007

    Standard Exchange Message Tracking from EMC Toolbox is a useful tool and often helps to diagnose message delivery issues. However if message is rejected at Hub Transport level it will not be logged in Message Tracking logs. To trace such messages you need to enable Receive Connector Logging. Open Exchange Management Console > Server Configuration >…

  • Enable remote desktop remotely

    If you have access to a computer enabling remote desktop is done this way:Control Panel > System > Remote (tab) > Allow users to connect to this computer However you could be in a situation when Remote Desktop on a computer is disabled and there is nobody who could enable it.If you have network access…