I use the mailcleaner community version for anti spam/virus. Mailcleaner is an Linux appliance that’s easy to set up and configure. The community version is free of charge and can be used to block spam and viruses before they enter your mailserver (for example my Exchange servers). When you haveRead More →
Some days ago a friend of mine asked me how it’s possible to update the PHP version to the latest stable build. Updating using the regular (web) interface didn’t seem to work… This is how you do that : add-apt-repository ppa:onderj/php5 apt-get update apt-get install php5 [stextbox id=”warning”]After thisRead More →
Do you want to demonstrate or test Veeam Backup and Recovery V7? When you are holding the vExpert/VCP/MCP/MCTS or MVP status then you’re entitled for a free 180-day NFR license for Veeam Backup & Recovery for the new 7 version. Check it out here.Read More →
Sometimes you don’t want to wait/rely to your WSUS environment for specific updates. But when you try to install updates manually you might notice the following message : It’s easy to go around this, you copy/paste the following code into a reg file : Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]Read More →
Today I ran into a problem after updating Exchange 2010. After a reboot (which took ages!) I noticed that all the services were disabled. After some troubleshooting I found out that the problem had something to do with an installed update. My resolution (and was planned) was to install theRead More →
I ran into this great wiki article from Microsoft from where you can find and download (!) all the Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013 servicepack’s and fixes. You can also check all the build versions. You can find the link here. Update : a co-worker attended me of the continued list of theRead More →
This is how you easily can kill an running VM : Login to your VMware server Start esxtop Press c to show CPU resource screen Press Shift-V to show only virtual machines Press f to add a column (Leader World ID) Identify the machine you wish to kill (LWID) PressRead More →
Some time ago I ran into an error while installing Exchange. It seems this problem also occurs when upgrading/installing an Exchange Server service pack. This is how to fix this problem : First go to the (root) domain controller and register the schema extension : regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll Now load theRead More →
A customer complained about the following error : The problem is that the list of the Trusted Root Certificates (TRC) is too long. The solution is simple : use microsoft fixit : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2801679 or delete the following key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates You don’t have to restart anything afterwards.Read More →
For a customer I ran into a strange problem. While doing a cross forest mailbox migration I noticed that mails were queuing up and were not delivered. It took some troubleshooting untill I found the solution. First I noticed that newly created users received email for several domains without anyRead More →