Deleted Mailbox not appearing in Disconnected mailbox GUI??

http://blogs.technet.com/b/ferris/archive/2010/01/10/deleted-mailbox-not-appearing-in-disconnected-mailbox-gui-read-on.aspx This seems to be a very common complaint from the field – Deleted mailboxes will appear in disconnected mailbox list, but these changes it will not reflect immediately. You have to wait for online maintenance to run and complete before the mailboxes are correctly listed If you accidentally delete mailbox and if you wanted … Read more

Use Directory Utility in Snow Leopard

In 10.6, Apple moved Directory Utility to the /System » Library » CoreServices folder; you can launch it directly from there, if you wish.However, the “official” way to get to Directory Utility now is through System Preferences » Accounts » Login Options. At the bottom of the panel you’ll see Network Account Server; click on … Read more

Integrating Mac OS X with Active Directory

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Force Spotlight to re-index your hard disk in Mac OS X Lion

Here’s how you can force Spotlight to re-index your hard disk to fix search errors. 1. Open the Terminal application. 2. Type in this command: sudo mdutil -E / 3. Type in your administrator’s password when prompted. sudo mdutil -s / To turn indexing on for all volumes, you enter: sudo mdutil -i on / … Read more

Installshield examples for installing/UNinstalling software remotely

Examples : Record the UNinstall and run the iss file: setup.exe /r /f1c:\me\killit.iss setup.exe /s /f1c:\me\killit.iss /f2c:\me\killit.log Record the install and run the iss file: setup.exe /r /f1c:\me\installit.iss setup.exe /s /f1c:\me\installit.iss /f2c:\me\installit.log psexec \\xp-test -i 1 %logonserver%\netlogon\me\killit.cmd   http://unattended.sourceforge.net/installers.php MSI packages Microsoft’s own Windows Installer Service is the nominal standard, and if everybody used it, there would … Read more

Active Directory Domain Services Windows 2008 R2 cmdlets – Search-ADAccount

  You have to run Search-ADAccount in the  Active Directory Modile for Windows Powershell! Here is an example for finding disabled accounts : Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled -UsersOnly | Format-Table name, sid -AutoSize   PS S:\> Search-ADAccount -? NAME Search-ADAccount SYNOPSIS Gets Active Directory user, computer, or service accounts. SYNTAX Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled <switch> [-AuthType {Negotiate | Basic}] [-ComputersOnly <switch>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-ResultPageSize <in t>] … Read more

Finding disabled user accounts in Active Directory Domain Services

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176949.aspx#EEAA I f  Get-ExecutionPolicy returns restricted you are3 not able to run powershell scripts : PS C:\> c:\locatedisabledusers.ps1 File C:\locatedisabledusers.ps1 cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Please se e “get-help about_signing” for more details. At line:1 char:27 + c:\locatedisabledusers.ps1 <<<< + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], PSSecurityException + … Read more