How to update GAL and OAB from Exchange Management Shell

To quickly update all the Address Lists and the Offline Address Book, run these 3 command in the Exchange Management Shell:

Get-GlobalAddressList | Update-GlobalAddressList

Get-AddressList | Update-AddressList

Get-OfflineAddressBook | Update-OfflineAddressBook

How to hide items from the Address List in Exchange 2007

A client of mine has not been able to hide items from the GAL by using the EMC.

It appears as though AD is not correctly updated because in ADSI Edit the item has showInAddressBook defined, when it should show <not set>.

To resolve the issue all items must be un-hidden then re-hidden using the Exchange Management

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How to debug a crash dump

Grab the latest version of the Windows Debugger from here.

One you have installed the SDK, open WinDgb from Start, Programs, Debugging Tools for Windows.

The symbols need to be set so the debugger can read the dump file, to do this, click File, Symbol File Path and add the following line to the box:

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How to get driver files out of exe download from Dell’s support site

Have you ever needed the INF files out of a Dell driver download but couldn’t run the EXE on your machine?

It turns out you can use 7-zip to open the EXE like an archive file and extract the driver from the Payload folder.

Exchange 2007 CSR command generation webpage

https://www.digicert.com/easy-csr/exchange2007.htm

Thank you Digicert!

Schedule Server Reboot in WS08 R2 with Powershell

Scheduling a WS03 box to restart is very simple, I’ve done it more times than I can recall.

To get a WS08 box to restart using Powershell requires a few things.

1. The execution policy needs to be set to allow scripts to run.

2. The script needs to be written.

3. The task needs

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Exchange 2007 – Export to PST

A client needed to remove several mailboxes from their Exchange 2007 system.  All the users had been moved to an OU for Ex-Staff members.

To use the Export-Mailbox command requires a computer with Outlook 2003 SP2 or Outlook 2007, running a 32 bit version of Windows and the Exchange Management Tools installed.

Because all the

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Citrix Licensing Error

I came across another Citrix Licensing error.  In the event log it says there is an issue with the system time.  However, there is nothing wrong with the time, nor has it changed recently.

The client sees this error:

Citrix Presentation Server license acquisition error (-8): Unable to acquire a license from (ServerName) server. Please

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Windows 7 DirectAccess

A feature of Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 that allows remote users to connect to the corporate network’s resources with out having to create a VPN connection.

This looks very interesting.

DirectAccess on TechNet.

ADPrep Error 0×80070002

When running ADPrep on Server 2003 from Server 2008 media you may get this error:

Error message: Error(110) while running C:WINDOWSsystem32LDIFde.exe The system cannot find the file specified.(0×80070002)

<error message has been trimmed>

Pausing your AV software will likely allow the command to complete successfully.  If it isn’t your AV there is something else that

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