Delete specific message from all mailboxes on Exchange 2010 server

What:

Microsoft Windows 2008R2 with Exchange 2010 SP1

Problem:

You have been asked to delete message with subject "Confidential" from all mailboxes in the organization.

Deploy Avaya One-X Desktop Clients via group policy [GPO]

What:

Avaya One-X Desktop Clients on Windows 7

Problem:

Custom deployment of Avaya One-X Desktop Clients to multiple workstations in the organization, with preconfigured One-X portal server address.

Query registry via command line to detect whether program is installed or not

What:

Windows 7/8

Problem:

You want to check if a program is installed or not on all workstation in the organization.

Check remotely who is currently logged on to Windows workstation

What:

Windows 7, Windows 8

Problem:

You would like to check who is currently logged to PC without disturbing a user.

ActiveSync devices still sync after disabling account or changing password

What:

Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010

Problem:

In case when employee is "walked out the door", access to account and emails has to be terminated immediately, but ActiveSync can work up to 24h after disabling Active Directory account.

Can't activate Windows 0x8007232B or 0x8007007B

What:

Windows Server 2012 Standard

Problem:

Wile attempting to activate Windows you get the following message:
Error: 0x8007232b
Description:
DNS name does not exist.

Remove previous Microsoft SQL backups automatically

What:

Windows Server 2008R2 with SQL Server 2005

Problem:

Every time backup runs it creates new .bak file, old backups are never removed.

Free alternative to TeamViewer or Log me in

What:

Windows, Android, iPhone

Problem:

You need a free remote control application for personal or commercial use.

Restore deleted SRV DNS records in Windows 2012

What:

DNS in Windows 2012

Problem:

SRV records were mistakenly deleted, how to recreate it?

Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running

What:

Windows 7

Problem:

Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer.

Spiceworks can't connect to some of the computers via WMI

What:

Spiceworks installed on Windows 7

Problem:

We couldn't connect to this device due to the following error: No open ports for this device were found to be responding.

Revers DNS entries are not updating, Windows 2012 R2

What:

Windows 2012 R2 Domain Controller with DHCP, DNS

Problem:

DNS PTR records are not updating when DHCP is installed on the domain controller.

Huge DHCP log folder filling up C drive, event id 1016

What:

DHCP server on Windows 2012

Problem:

C drive on the server is gradually filling up, eventvwr shows below error.
Event ID: 1016
The DHCP service encountered the following error when backing up the database: An error occurred while accessing the DHCP database. Look at the DHCP server event log for more information on this error.

Samba 4 file server as an Active Directory member server

What:

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 with Samba v4.1.7

Challenge:

Setup and configure Samba file server working properly with Windows ACL's

Import Outlook Auto-Complete list from another computer

What:

Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010/2013

Problem:

One of the most important functionality for Outlook users is autocomplete. After moving user to a new computer you want to preserve that list to avoid complains.

Sage 50 Accounts 2015 (UK) with network share on SBS 2008

What:

Sage 50 Accounts and Small Business Server 2008

Problem:

Customer has Sage data on the network share. He upgraded Sage Accounts software to 2015, which now requires installing Data Service on the SBS 2008. After installing service I still get the following error on the client's PC:
"Unable to connect to the Sage Data Service on machine <hostname>"

Simple tool to sync folder with a network share on Windows

What:

Microsoft Windows XP/VISTA/Seven/8

Problem:

I had a requirement to keep network shares from two different servers in sync, I needed free, simple solution which will be in place only for a few weeks.

Windows 2008 R2 Backup Failed, The system cannot find the file specified

What:

Windows Backups on Microsoft Windows 2008 R2

Problem:

Windows Backup Failed: The system cannot find the file specified. or
Windows Backup Failed: The device is not ready.

Windows Server 2012 RemoteApp post installation tweaks

What:

Remote App server on Windows 2012 R2

Problem:

Tips & Tricks

Allow access to only one website with Firefox browser

What:

Firefox Web Browser on Windows or Linux machine

Problem:

You want to allow users to access only one specific websites with Firefox.