Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category

PFDAVadmin on Exchange 2007: Could not expand…

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

You might want to use PFDAVAdmin on Exchange 2007 (to set public folder user rights for example) and run into this error; Could not expand https://yourexchange.yourdomain.local/ExAdmin/Admin/.... Name cannot begin with the '0' character, hexadecimal value 0x30. Line 1, position 399. You should either install ...

Exchange Server 2007: Renewing the self-signed certificate

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Exchange Server 2007 issues itself a self-signed certificate for use with services like SMTP, IMAP, POP, IIS and UM. The certificate is issued for a period of one year. The self-signed certificate meets an important need - securing communication for Exchange services by default. Nevertheless, one should treat these self-signed certificates ...

Easily migrate IIS6 sites to IIS7 with remote service

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Here’s a quick howto on how to migrate IIS6 sites to IIS7. Install the Web Deployment Tool (x64/x86) on both the source as destination IIS machine. Select a custom install on the source machine and choose to install the remote service as well. On the destination ...

Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

In recent Windows 2003 server or Vista installations you might get this error when trying to launch an executable file: Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item. SOLUTION: Right click the file, select Properties. On ...

Telnet to port 25 to Test SMTP communication

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Basic Testing Test the smtp communication via Telnet (you can use a telnet client like putty). You can start a Telnet session by using the Telnet command in the following format: telnet mail.domainname.tld 25 If the command works, you receive a response from the SMTP server that is similar to the following: Trying 85.000.000.000... Connected to ...

Version control for .NET with Subversion and AnkhSVN

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Requires a Linux server (CentOS in this case, Subversion also runs on Windows if you want) and Visual Studio (2008 in this case) Install subversion and xinetd yum install subversion xinetd Create the following file /etc/xinetd.d/svnserve # default: on # Subversion server service svn { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp user = root wait = no disable ...

How do I export zones with Microsoft DNS Server ?

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

You can use following command: dnscmd /enumzones /Primary > c:\zones.csv For more options: dnscmd /enumzones /? or dnscmd /?

Install 32-bit Reporting Services on a 64-bit Windows 2003

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

I followed a MS how-to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143293(SQL.90).aspx However, the last step (allowing 32-bit .NET) was not possible because the 32-bit Web Server Extension was not there. I ran the following to register it; C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis -i Refresh the Web Server Extensions and Allow “ASP.NET v2.0.50727 (32-bit)”. MS procedure; ...

Access Plesk databases

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

When using mySQL;Username for admin mySQL user is the same as the admin cp passwor.mysql -P8306 -uadmin -p mysql> use psa; When using MSDE;osql -E >use psa; >go When using MDB;Edit database using Access:C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\admin\db\psa.mdb

Windows iSCSI dynamic disk does not reconnect after reboot

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

It's not possible; Dynamic disks (applies to Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003): Configuring volumes on iSCSI disks as Dynamic disk volumes using the Microsoft software iSCSI initiator is not currently supported. It has been observed that timing issues may prevent dynamic disk volumes on iSCSI disks from being reactivated ...