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  • Send As a Distribution Group

    Create a new Distribution Group using Exchange Management Console. Add members to the group Group Name > Properties > Mail Flow Settings > Message Delivery Restrictions. Make sure “Require that all senders are authenticated” checkbox is cleared. This allows to receive emails from external senders. Open Exchange Management Shell and run:Add-ADPermission GroupName -ExtendedRights Send-As -user…

  • Clean Windows Explorer “Open With” list

    You can easily remove unwanted programs from Windows Explorer “Open With” using registry. Start > Run > regedit.exeHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\FileExts\[.ext]\OpenWithList Just delete unwanted entries. Windows XP

  • Exchange 2007 – Allow user to access other user’s mailbox and send-as…

    You can give admin1 full access to user1 mailbox and allow him to send emails as user1. user1 can be shared mailbox such as Sales, Support, etc. You can do this either in Exchange Management Console (EMC) or Exchange Management Shell (EMS) Option 1: EMC EMC > Recipient Configuration > Mailbox [use1] > Right Click…

  • Error opening .msg files “the command line argument is not valid”

    When opening .msg files in Outlook 2010 you my get an error “the command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using“.This is most likely caused by incorrect file association. Open any folder > Tools > Folder Options > File Types > MSGMake sure it set to open with “Microsoft Outlook“.Click on…

  • Create “Sleep” shortcut

      Right click on the desktop > New > Shortcut Type the location the item: %windir%\system32\Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0 Type a name for this shortcut: Sleep On Windows Vista and Windows 7 machines, if hibernation is on, this may put computer in hibernate rather than sleep mode. To avoid this, you can disable hibernation in elevated…

  • Exchange rejects external emails to distribution group

    Created a new distribution group on Exchange 2007 or SBS 2008. Internal emails are delivered, but external rejected with bounce “550 System error“. Problem may be caused by “Require that all senders are authenticated” option in distribution group properties.Exchange Management Console (EMC) > Recipient Configuration > Distribution Group > [name] > Properties > Mail Flow…

  • Find all corrupted files and folders on the hard drive

    If your hard drive is on it’s last legs developing more and more bad sectors you will start seeing corrupt files and folders. Obviously you should replace such hard drive as soon as possible. If you have an up to date backup you can simply restore everything to your new hard drive. However if backup…

  • Implementing WOL

    WOL Wake on LAN (WOL) is a platform-independent networking standard which allows to “Wake-Up” (resume from shut down / hibernate / sleep) a computer remotely by a specifically crafted network message called a magic packet. In order to use this protocol first of all you must have compatible hardware. This includes the motherboard, BIOS and…

  • Filmstrip view option missing in Windows XP

    Normally in a folder with images in Windows XP you have following view options to preview files: Filmstrip Thumbnails Titles Icons List Details In some cases “Filmstrip” option may be missing. To resolve check following: Open any folder > Tools > Folder Option > General > TasksMake sure Show common tasks in folders is selected.…

  • Move WSUS data on SBS 2008 to another drive

    Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) data on Microsoft Small Business 2008 by default is placed in C:\WSUS\WsusContentThis folder can get very large over time, however on SBS2008 you can easily move downloaded data to another drive. Open Windows SBS Console > Backup and Server Storage > Server StorageIn Tasks Panel click on Move Windows Update…

  • Exchange 2007 suddenly stops receiving external emails

    Exchange 2007 or SBS 2008 suddenly stops receiving external emails. Internal and outgoing emails are working fine. Emails are not bouncing back. Exchange Management Console seems to be OK. Exchange stores mounted and all Exchange services running. This behaviour could be caused by a low space on one of the hard drives. Disk doesn’t have…

  • Schedule Automatic Computer Restart

    To avoid restarting server during working hours you easily schedule restart to be performed at night. Obviously the same can be applied to a workstation rather than server. Create a text file restart.txt with text:shutdown /r /c “Your message displayed before restart”If you want to shut down instead of restart, use this text instead:shutdown /s…