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SkyDrive for Windows and Mac

SkyDrive is back, and full integration in Windows and Mac SkyDrive for Windows is the easiest way to access your SkyDrive from your PC. When you install SkyDrive, a SkyDrive folder is created on your PC. Everything you put in this folder is automatically kept in sync between your computers (PC or Mac) and SkyDrive.com, […]

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Howto: Upgrade Ubuntu Version of Server

To upgrade from Ubuntu server system to the latest server: 1- install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed: sudo apt-get install update-manager-core 2- This is optional, you can update without doing this: Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; 3- Launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade -d and follow the on-screen […]

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Exchange 2010 Outlook AD photo import/export

To export a photo from AD use the following command: $a= Get-ADUser USERNAME -Properties thumbnailphoto $a.thumbnailphoto | Set-Content c:pathphoto.jpg -Encoding byte To search all users and export their attribute of jpegPhoto if you want to use them for thumbnailPhoto attribute, use the following script taken from here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ar-SA/ITCG/thread/4a1c0537-493c-409f-8ed3-b0798ad9f768 $filter = ‘(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User))’ $root= New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(“LDAP://RootDSE“) $searcher = New-Object […]

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Windows 7 Power Report

Do you have a laptop, are you running Windows 7, and most of all, does your battery seem like its running low faster than it should be?  If so perhaps running the following command from the command prompt will give you more information about what’s going on: powercfg -energy This will run for about 1 minute, more […]

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Move mailbox in Exchange 2010 fails

When I was moving a mailbox from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 I had mailbox moves which fail due to the “corrupt” limit being hit. errorMessage: Message (size 11.00 MB ) exceeds the maximum allowed size for submission to the target mailbox. You can increase this limit by using the Set-Mailbox cmdlet in the Exchange […]

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“New Local Move Request” missing

As you have noticed I am currently involved with turning up an Exchange 2010 server and migrating over. This doesn’t happen without learning some new tricks and getting to understand the new kid on the block. This is where New Local Move Request and I became friends. I was unable to move a mailbox account […]