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How to disable SMB 2.0 …

For Windows 7 Open an Windows Command Prompt and enter the following to disable: – sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi sc config mrxsmb20 start= disabled To enabled, enter the following: – sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/nsi sc config mrxsmb20 start= …

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Importing NK2 files in Outlook 2010

In previous versions of Outlook, it was as simply as copying the NK2 (Nickname) across and renaming it to the profile name. Now with Outlook 2010 and Exchange 2010, the nicknames are now stored on the server (at long last), …

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RDP ActiveX Control won’t install

I have been supporting Windows Small Business Server for many years. One of SBS’s best selling points is the Remote Web Place ferature, this allows users to logon onto a internal hosted website and access there desktop PC or …

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Exchange 2010 Message Limits

There’s a few places to change this and that’s global settings as well as the connectors. To adjust your transport send/receive limits. Global Settings Organization Configuration->Hub Transport->Global Settings->Properties of Transport Settings Then you must modify the connectors found here: Send …

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How To Extend Office 2010 Trial Period

This can be achieved by running the Office OSPPREARM which is located in the Program Files folder. Running this will command the Trial will be extended by 30 days, it can be run five times. How to extend the Office …

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What is Windows Defender Offline Beta?

Microsoft Security Essentials in my opinion is one the best anti virus products to be released in years. Version 2.0 is currently in beta and Microsoft have now released a offline version which can be booted from USB, CD/DVD. This is great, you …

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Happy New Year!

Happy New year to all of my readers. Thanks for your support this past year. I hope the coming year brings all that you hope for! All the best for 2012. Wayne

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Looking at the past and the future

It’s been a week of anniversary’s. This past week, Windows XP and Apple’s iPod both turned 10 years old. I’m amazed how much has changed in the last 10 years. Windows XP is Microsoft’s best operating system to date, Windows …

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Sad Day.

Steve Jobs has died. All our thoughts go out to his family.

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Exchange 2010 Services not restarting after a reboot.

I have noticed when a SBS 2007/2011 server restarts, the Exchange Services don’t always restart. However when you start them manually it’s fine. It would appear that Microsoft have issued a fix for this issue, the issue seems to be …

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Jan
25
2012

How to disable SMB 2.0 …

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by Wayne

January 25, 2012

For Windows 7

Open an Windows Command Prompt and enter the following to disable: -

sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi
sc config mrxsmb20 start= disabled

To enabled, enter the following: -

sc config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/mrxsmb20/nsi
sc config mrxsmb20 start= auto

For Windows Server 2008

Run "regedit" on Windows Server 2008 based computer.

Expand and locate the sub tree as follows.

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

Add a new REG_DWORD key with the name of "Smb2" (without quotation mark)

Value name: Smb2
Value type: REG_DWORD
0 = disabled
1 = enabled

Set the value to 0 to disable SMB 2.0, or set it to 1 to re-enable SMB 2.0.

Reboot the server.

Tags: SMB 2.0, Windows Server 2008

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Jan
17
2012

Importing NK2 files in Outlook 2010

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Microsoft,
Outlook

by Wayne

January 17, 2012

In previous versions of Outlook, it was as simply as copying the NK2 (Nickname) across and renaming it to the profile name.

Now with Outlook 2010 and Exchange 2010, the nicknames are now stored on the server (at long last), we have to import them.

There is a Microsoft Knowledge Article here, KB980542.

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Jan
05
2012

RDP ActiveX Control won’t install

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General

by Wayne

January 5, 2012

To allow this to work Microsoft uses an ActiveX control which needs to be installed the first time it’s used, this is presented as a yellow bar in IE9 and there seems to various causes with IE9 looping at the installation point, the bar just keeps reappearing even if the ActiveX control is installed.

This is what worked for me the last time I ran into the above problem

Select “Tools”, then “Internet options”.
Select the “Security” tab.
Select “Trusted Sites”.
Click on the “Sites” button.

Add your remote access web site to the list of trusted sites. You can add both http://domainname.com and https://domainname.com

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Jan
04
2012

Exchange 2010 Message Limits

Categories:

Microsoft

by Wayne

January 4, 2012

There’s a few places to change this and that’s global settings as well as the connectors.

To adjust your transport send/receive limits.

Global Settings
Organization Configuration->Hub Transport->Global Settings->Properties of Transport Settings

Then you must modify the connectors found here:

Send Connector
Organization Configuration->Hub Transport->Send Connectors->Properties of Default Send
Here you can adjust your send connectors default maximum message size

Receive Connector
Server Configuration->Hub Transport->Receive Connectors Pane->Properties of Default

Tags: Exchange 2010

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Jan
03
2012

How To Extend Office 2010 Trial Period

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Hack,
Microsoft

by Wayne

January 3, 2012

This can be achieved by running the Office OSPPREARM which is located in the Program Files folder. Running this will command the Trial will be extended by 30 days, it can be run five times.

How to extend the Office 2010 Trial period

1. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator (Quickest method is to the CMD in Windows 7 start menu search and hit return)

2. You need to navigate to one of the following paths:

64 Bit Office 2010, 64 Bit Windows

c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform

32 Bit Office 2010, 64 Bit Windows

c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform

3. Now run the OSPPREARM.exe file located in one of the above folders and you should received a “Microsoft Office rearm successful” message if you receive “Error: 0xc004d307 On a computer running Microsoft Windows non-core edition, run ‘slui.exe 0x2a 0xc004d307’ to display the error text.” This happens because all of the 5 rearms have been used. Smile

Tags: Office 2010, Trial

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Jan
02
2012

What is Windows Defender Offline Beta?

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General

by Wayne

January 2, 2012

This is great, you can download from here.

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Jan
01
2012

Happy New Year!

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General

by Wayne

January 1, 2012

Happy New year to all of my readers. Thanks for your support this past year. I hope the coming year brings all that you hope for!

All the best for 2012.
Wayne

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Oct
29
2011

Looking at the past and the future

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Intresting

by Wayne

October 29, 2011

It’s been a week of anniversary’s. This past week, Windows XP and Apple’s iPod both turned 10 years old. I’m amazed how much has changed in the last 10 years.

Windows XP is Microsoft’s best operating system to date, Windows 7 has only just recently taken over Windows XP installed base. So I guess it really is time to upgrade if your using Windows XP to read this.

Apple is now a bigger company than Microsoft and Steve Jobs is no longer with us. It’s then may be perhaps fitting that Microsoft has also released a video looking into the future.