Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Monday, April 12th, 2010
If you have to use 32-bit ODBC drivers, you won’t find then when you start the Microsoft ODBC Administrator because it is 64-bit. The 32-bit ODBC Administrator is found here: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe or just type in the start menu odbcad32.exe.
Coldfusion Error: You can use this workaround when you receive this message: ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
You can use following command:
dnscmd /enumzones /Primary > c:\zones.csv
For more options:
dnscmd /enumzones /? or dnscmd /?
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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;
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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
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