Monthly Archives: September 2009

Creating a Shared Mailbox in Exchange 2007

Posted on September 28, 2009 by

Open Exchange Management Shell and execute the New-Mailbox cmdlet using the following example as a template: The following cmdlet assigns full access for the mailbox to a group in Active Directory named “My Shared Mailbox Admins” which needs to exist … Continue reading →

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Remote Management of Hyper-V Server or Server Core

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

Problem: You receive an error Virtual Disk Manager “The RPC server is unavailable” when attempting to remotely manage Hyper-V Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 Core Installation: Solution: Run the following command on the client and on the server: You have … Continue reading →

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Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Server Configuration Menu

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

Problem: You’ve closed the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Server Configuration menu and need to re-open it: Solution: The command to re-open this window has changed with the R2 release. The new command is sconfig.cmd, with the non-R2 version, the command was … Continue reading →

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Hyper-V Server or Server Core Command Prompt Window

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

Problem: You’ve closed your command prompt window on Hyper-V Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 Core Installation and need to re-open it: Solution: Start Windows Task Manager by pressing Ctrl & Shift & Esc. Click File>New Task: Type cmd.exe and … Continue reading →

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Removing the LAN Manager Hash security risk

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

Problem: Windows stores a LAN Manager Hash for backwards compatibility with older operating systems. These Hash values are stored in local SAM databases and Active Directory. They are considered to be a major security risk and should be disabled unless … Continue reading →

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