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Exchange 2010 Strange Error After Configuring Domain Controller

Peter De Tender — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:03:42 GMT

Peter De Tender writes, "..strange error message comes up whenever I started the Exchange Mgmt Console on my EX2010 server. Even after configuring a "fixed" configuration domain controller (from the EMC/select Server Organization/ on the right hand side "Modify Configuration Domain Controller" option is shown), the error still appeared. No matter what part of the GUI I was going through...After some digging in the profile, I found out the following file, which seemed to be the cause of the problem:.." more

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:03:42 GMT

Outlook Spy 2.15 is Outlook 2010-Compatible

Bharat Suneja — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:01 GMT

Bharat Suneja writes, "Outlook Spy is primarily a tool for Outlook/Exchange developers, but Exchange administrators also find it useful. It allows you to look under the hood of mailboxes and messages...been on my list of "must have Exchange tools" for..." more

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:01 GMT

You Can't Get Rid of Internet Explorer

Harry Waldron — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:41:28 GMT

Harry Waldron writes, "This "tip of the day" provides key reasons why IE cannot be completely removed from Windows. Internet Explorer is more than just a browser, as other alternative browsers may occasionally use..." more

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:41:28 GMT

Temporary Fix for Foxit Previewer for Outlook 2010 64-bit

Tim Heuer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:36:29 GMT

Tim Heuer writes, "...on my Foxit PDF Previewer for Outlook and Vista/Windows 7, there is an issue in the Office 2010 64-bit Beta (specifically Outlook) for executing 32-bit preview handlers on 64-bit Outlook. I’ve got an update for those temporarily. First, I can confirm that the issue is fixed in..." more

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:36:29 GMT

A Fast Fix for IE8 Crashes and Slowdowns

Paul Thurrott — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:47:48 GMT

Paul Thurrott writes, "...getting the browser back to its out-of-box performance..." more

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:47:48 GMT

How to Configure Change Password for OWA 2003/2007/2010 Mixed Environments

Jeff Guillet — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:28:23 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "The Change Password feature in OWA will break when you reconfigure the environment to use Exchange 2007 or Exchange 2010 CAS servers as front-end servers for Exchange 2003 mailbox servers....great article explaining the step-by-step process, along with screenshots, to fix this problem..." more

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:28:23 GMT

Exchange Intermittent Problem with Office 2010 x64

Dennis Lundtoft Thomsen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:43:05 GMT

Dennis Lundtoft Thomsen writes, "...Integration seems to work fine except that this problem appears from time to time – did anyone get the same error or no error at all? (Perhaps with only one Exchange mailbox – I have two Exchange mailboxes which has other issues..." more

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:43:05 GMT

How to Fix IE Error: Cannot Download FileName from WebServer

Jeff Guillet — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:29:54 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "...when you create a link to a file from your web server that Internet Explorer cannot download or open the file. When the user clicks the link, Internet Explorer returns the generic 404 error...This happens when IIS doesn't understand the file extension and associated content type of the file. Examples of such file extensions are .reg or .gadget. To fix this problem..." more

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:29:54 GMT

Gotcha with DNS in both Active Directory and Exchange Server

Michael B Smith — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:07:07 GMT

Michael B Smith writes, "The symptom...is that all users connected to CAS1 through ISA were fine. However, the users that ISA connected to CAS2 were redirected through the same URL that they had already used - and CAS-to-CAS proxying did not work, so they couldn't access any Exchange services - OWA, Exchange, anything. Quick workaround..." more

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:07:07 GMT

Going Out-of-Band IE 6 Exploit Update

Don Patterson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:20:34 GMT

Don Patterson writes, "...Based on our comprehensive monitoring of the threat landscape we continue to see very limited, and in some cases, targeted attacks. To date, the only successful attacks that we are aware of have been against Internet Explorer 6. We continue to recommend customers..." more

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:20:34 GMT

A Look at the Exchange 2010 DAG Replication Port

Jeff Guillet — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:53:26 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "...about the port used by Exchange 2010 for DAG replication..." more

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:53:26 GMT

Security Advisory - IE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Security Response Center — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:59:45 GMT

Microsoft Security Response Center writes, "Based upon our investigations, we have determined that Internet Explorer was one of the vectors used in targeted and sophisticated attacks against Google and possibly other corporate networks...Customers can also set Internet and Local intranet security zone settings to "High" to prompt..." more

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:59:45 GMT

Fix for Cannot Logon to OWA Using ISA 2004

Jeff Guillet — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:07:55 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "Accessing OWA from the internal network would present the same logon page, but the user can successfully logon and access their mailbox. It turns out that the fact that they get the same logon page internally is a clue to the solution....Here's how the two systems should be configured:.." more

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:07:55 GMT

How to Guide for Monitoring Exchange 2007 with OpsMgr R2 and the Native MP

Marnix Wolf — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:14:47 GMT

Marnix Wolf writes, "...monitoring Exchange 2007 with OpsMgr R2 and the native MP. This guide will consist out of 6 parts..." more

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:14:47 GMT

Exchange 2010 Rollup1 is Ready

Magnus Björk — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:14:27 GMT

Magnus Björk writes, "...download Rollup 1 here and you find the related KB with all news in here..." more

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:14:27 GMT

Solution Stops Outlook from Stripping Line Breaks

Scott Mitchell — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:36:52 GMT

Scott Mitchell writes, "I was working on an ASP.NET application that sends out plain-text emails to site administrators...One problem I unearthed today is that when viewing these emails in Microsoft Outlook many of the carriage returns were being removed, making the email difficult to read...With this little adjustment to the code, Outlook stopped stripping out what it had earlier deemed as extra line breaks:..." more

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:36:52 GMT

Microsoft/Prometric Exam FAIL

Jeff Guillet — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:09:20 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "...For the second time in a week, I am unable to take a beta Microsoft exam that I received an invitation to take...If you, like me, didn't receive a cancelation email and showed up at the test site, go to...to request reimbursement for lost work and travel time." more

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:09:20 GMT

Exchange 2010 More Robust with System Center Products

Marnix Wolf — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:01:03 GMT

Marnix Wolf writes, "...Suppose you have an problem with the AD Driver. This has its effect on many Exchange services like EWS, EAS, IMAP, POP and OWA. In the old days this would fill up the OpsMgr Console with a whole lot of Alerts. But now only the Alert for the lowest level failure will be..." more

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:01:03 GMT

How to REALLY Make Exchange 2010 Import/Export Mailboxes Work

Peter De Tender — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:57:21 GMT

Peter De Tender writes, "...Started from a single Exchange 2010 server environment, I had a need to import PST-files from users; what should have been a no-brainer became suddenly a 'lot-after-the-hours-work'...Solution B did the trick...instead of having only a server with Exchange Management tools on it, I configured it also as..." more

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:57:21 GMT

How to Create Bulk Mailboxs and Import Passwords From a File

Bharat Suneja — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:46 GMT

Bharat Suneja writes, "Automating bulk mailbox creation required fairly advanced scripting skills in Exchange 2003/2000. Thanks to the Exchange Management Shell...in Exchange 2010 and 2007, this task is greatly simplified. It doesn't require any advanced scripting skills and it can be accomplished by relative newcomers to Exchange Server with very little knowledge..." more

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:46 GMT