vdr: integrity check failed

a power outage some time ago messed up the VDR backup destinations. recataloging nor integrity checks would ever finish. i finally gave up and decided to reformat the destinations and start anew. the weird thing was that even after being reformatted one of the destinations would still fail an integrity check. the following article describes […]

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outlook 2007/2010: delegate access

delegate access seems to come up all the time… from an outlook 2010 perspective, to grant delegate access go to the file menu choose the account settings dropdown and choose delegate access. to open another user’s mailbox that you have delegate access to, also go to the file menu click open and choose “other user’s […]

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exchange 2007: hub transport authentication settings

in the exchange management console server configuration->hub transport->select hub transport server then double-click client <server name> under receive connectors relevant info in the network, authentication, and permission groups tabs common settings… server name: hub transport FQDN port: 587 security: STARTTLS auth method: password source: http://help.globalscape.com/help/me3/configuring_authenticated_access_to_exchange.htm

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exchange 2007: ssl certificates

run the following on CAS servers to view current cert info (exchange management shell): Get-ExchangeCertificate -DomainName mail.mydomain.com to import and enable a certificate all in one step run: Import-ExchangeCertificate -Path C:\mail_mydomain_com.cer | Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Services “IMAP, POP, IIS” if the certificate has already been imported via the digicert utility or through the certificates snap-in then just […]

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sccm 2012 schema extension

wanted to note that if the schema extension was already done for sccm 2007 on the domain, that you do not need to do the schema extension for sccm 2012. source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2012/10/30/extending-the-schema-in-system-center-2012-configuration-manager.aspx

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dragon warrior 2 (nes)

i’ve just begun playing dragon warrior 2. it’s interesting that i never had dragon warrior 2, 3, or 4 when i was kid since i loved the first game so much. i think the reason for that is because nintendo power greatly dictated which games i knew about and which games i became interested in. […]

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thoughts on xbox one news

i was actually kind of excited about the xbox one debut and watched parts of the “unveiling”. yes, the name is weird, but i get what is meant by it. i was impressed by the home entertainment integration, but while seeing lots of things that were pretty cool…i didn’t really see anything breathtaking. since the […]

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troubleshooting corrupted/hidden outlook rules

i’m currently investigating some weirdness with a particular user’s email account. at first i was certain it was a local outlook client/mail profile issue, but now i believe it may actually be related to the mailbox. i found out about a utility called MFCMAPI today that can be used to examine a mailbox for hidden […]

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getting a windows core dump from an unresponsive VM

two articles: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927069 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009187 apply the changes in the microsoft article first then run the commands mentioned in the vmware article when the VM becomes unresponsive: vm-support -x /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmdumper <world id> nmi (the above commands are for pre vsphere 5.x hosts)

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SSL certs: broken certificate chain

if windows is reporting “windows does not have enough information to verify this certificate”, it’s most likely indicating a broken certificate chain. viewing the certification path tab and examining the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store can verify this. in the case that i was looking at, it looked like the root chain was missing Baltimore […]

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