Recently trying to setup a secondary virtual server for Citrix , on login the following prompt was displayedHttp/1.1 Internal Server Error 43531Make sure your Virtual Server has […]
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Server 2008 R2 servers keep failing to install Windows Updates
Microsoft changed the signing of update packages for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 devices on the August 2019 Patch Day for the first time. The […]
Policy’s to deploy in MDT ( Default start bar and file Assoc )
File AssociationFileAssoc.wsf DefaultAssociations.xml Start Menu Layout StartLayout.xml
Updating VCenter : Cannot validate target appliance configuration as not enough information from the source appliance can be collected. For more details check out the server logs
Trying to upgrade Vcenter 6.5 to 6.7 , The following error comes up Cannot validate target appliance configuration as not enough information from the source appliance can […]
Powershell Script to Export Exchange mailbox to smaller PST Chunks
Powershell Script to Export Exchange mailboxes in 20GB PST allotments for upload to Mimecast [pastacode lang=”markdown” manual=”Import-Module%20activedirectory%0A%0A%24TargetUserName%3D%22jsmith%22%0A%24Useremail%3D%22jsmith%40domain.com%0A%24Location%20%3D%20%22%5C%5C10.1.10.18%5CArchiveExport%5C%22%0A%0A%24FirstEmail%20%3D%20Get-MailboxFolderStatistics%20%24TargetUserName%20-IncludeOldestAndNewestItems%20%7C%20%3F%20%7B%24_.OldestItemReceivedDate%7D%20%7C%20Sort-Object%20OldestItemReceivedDate%20%7C%20Select%20-ExpandProperty%20OldestItemReceivedDate%20-First%201%0A%24FirstEmail%20%3D%20%24FirstEmail.ToString(%22MM%2Fdd%2Fyyyy%22)%0A%0A%24finish%20%3D%20%24FirstEmail%0A%0A%23The%20end%20date%20of%20when%20the%20last%20email%20wants%20to%20be%20exported%20%2C%20if%20using%20Mimecast%20this%20will%20be%20the%20date%20of%20enabling%20archiving%0A%24startdate%20%3D%20Get-Date%0A%0A%24startofmonth%20%3D%20Get-Date%20%24startdate%20-day%201%20-hour%200%20-minute%200%20-second%200%0A%0A%24endofmonth%20%3D%20((%24startofmonth).AddMonths(1).AddSeconds(-1))%0A%0A%24pstnumber%20%3D%201%0A%0Ado%20%7B%0A%24startvalue%20%3D%20Get-Date%20-format%20d%20-Date%20%24startofmonth%0A%0A%24endvalue%20%3D%20Get-Date%20-format%20d%20-Date%20%24endofmonth%0A%0ANew-MailboxExportRequest%20%24TargetUserName%20-ContentFilter%20%22((Received%20-gt%20’%24startofmonth’)%20-and%20(Received%20-lt%20’%24endofmonth’))%22%20-FilePath%20%24Location%24Useremail%22.pst%22%20-Confirm%3A%24false%0A%0A%24ExportStats%20%3D%20Get-MailboxExportRequest%20-Mailbox%20%24TargetUserName%0A%24ExportStatus%20%3D%20%24ExportStats.Status%0A%0ADo%7B%0AStart-Sleep%2010%0A%24ExportStats%20%3D%20Get-MailboxExportRequest%20-Mailbox%20%24TargetUserName%0A%24ExportStatus%20%3D%20%24ExportStats.Status%0A%7D%20while%20(%24ExportStatus%20-eq%20%22Queued%22%20-or%20%24ExportStatus%20-eq%20%22InProgress%22)%0A%0AStart-Sleep%2030%0A%0AGet-MailboxExportRequest%20-mailbox%20%24targetusername%20-Status%20%22Completed%22%20%7C%20Remove-MailboxExportRequest%20-Confirm%3A%24false%0A%0AStart-Sleep%2030%0A%0Aif((Get-Item%20%24Location%24useremail%22.pst%22).length%20-gt%2020gb)%20%7B%0ARename-Item%20%24Location%24Useremail%E2%80%9D.PST%E2%80%9D%20%24Location%24Useremail%E2%80%9D.%E2%80%9C%24pstnumber%E2%80%9D.PST%E2%80%9D%0A%24pstnumber%2B%2B%0A%7D%0A%0A%24startofmonth%20%3D%20((%24startofmonth).AddMonths(-1))%0A%0A%24endofmonth%20%3D%20((%24startofmonth).AddMonths(1).AddSeconds(-1))%0A%0AStart-Sleep%2030%0A%0A%7D%0A%0Awhile%20(%24startofmonth%20-ge%20%24finish)%0A” message=”” highlight=”” provider=”manual”/]
Refresh Azure AD auth token
[pastacode lang=”markdown” manual=”%23%20Revoke%20tokens%20in%20Azure%20AD%2C%20existing%20application%20and%20browser%20windows%20with%20access%20token%20needs%20to%20be%20terminated%20to%20revoke%20the%20access%20token%0A%0AGet-AzureADUser%20-SearchString%20user%40domain.com%20%7C%20Revoke-AzureADUserAllRefreshToken%0A%0ASet-User%20-Identity%20user%40domain.com%20-AuthenticationPolicy%20%22Allow%20Basic%20Auth%20for%20ActiveSync%22%20-StsRefreshTokensValidFrom%20%24(%5BSystem.DateTime%5D%3A%3AUtcNow)%20%0A%0ASet-User%20-Identity%20user%40domain.com%20-AuthenticationPolicy%20%22Disable%20Basic%20Auth%22%20-StsRefreshTokensValidFrom%20%24(%5BSystem.DateTime%5D%3A%3AUtcNow)%20%0A%0A%20″ message=”” highlight=”” provider=”manual”/]
Mimecast Synchronization Engine : exchange mailbox validation failed, code: MailboxUnreacheable
Recently trying to install the Mimecast mimecast synchronization engine on an Server with Exchange 2013 Machine , since Exchange 2013 ,Made sure impersonation was setup https://community.mimecast.com/docs/DOC-1734Made sure […]
Account locked due to too many failed attempts – Nutanix
Recently trying to login to the PRISM gui for the Nutanix after a new setup brought the errorAccount locked due to too many failed attempts.Logging in via […]
Whats the difference between Date Modified\Date Modified\Date Access and Content Created \ Date Last Saved
File Dates Provided By The Operating SystemThese are added to a file when the Operating System accesses it for the first time of makes a change. This […]
Adobe Acrobat – Showing White Bar Across Screen
Recently a user kept getting the above happen on Adobe Acrobat. Turns out its an incompatibility with Intel and Adobe Acrobat to do with ScalingRight Click on […]