Preparing Active Directory and Schema for Exchange

Exchange 2010 Run this in the command prompt of a forest root domain server : D:\>setup /ps Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Unattended Setup Setup will continue momentarily, unless you press any key and cancel the installation. By continuing the installation process, you agree to the license terms of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. If … Read more

Windows SID needs to be changed after copying a virtual machine directory

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1000528 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897417.aspx   http://www.rayheffer.com/619/cloning-windows-server-2008-r2-use-sysprep-no-more-newsid/ Cloning Windows Server 2008 R2: Use Sysprep (no more NewSID) It is not uncommon for system administrators to clone virtual servers or take an image of physical servers running Windows Server 2008 these days. There are plenty of tools to do that these days (Ghost, Acronis, Platespin for P2V conversions, etc.) If … Read more

Certifications

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How to get more traffic on your blog

Use lists. Be topical… write posts that need to be read right now. Learn enough to become the expert in your field. Break news. Be timeless… write posts that will be readable in a year. Be among the first with a great blog on your topic, then encourage others to blog on the same topic. Share your expertise … Read more

Wordpres Update Services – Ping

http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services   Certain web hosts – particularly free ones – disable the PHP functions used to alert update services. If your web host prevents pings, you should stop WordPress from attempting to ping and consider using the Feedburner Pingshot service. XML-RPC Ping Services http://rpc.pingomatic.com http://rpc.twingly.com http://api.feedster.com/ping http://api.moreover.com/RPC2 http://api.moreover.com/ping http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2 http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php http://www.blogsnow.com/ping http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php http://ping.blo.gs/ … Read more

Create “Show Desktop” shortcut

You can create “Show Desktop” shortcut yourself by this method: * Open Notepad and paste the following block of code there: * [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop * Write: “File Name”: “ShowDesktop.scf”; “Save As” “All Files”, and save it on your desktop. You can now drag and drop that new file on your taskbar’s left … Read more