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Microsoft Windows
- Registry
- Change Product Key (Windows XP)
- Startup Methods
- Console session (Terminal Services/Remote Desktop)
- DOS Scripting
- Accessing a server remotely when RDP/Terminal services is down
- Performing functions via the command line
- Rename Mapped or Network Drives Automatically
- Visual Basic Scripts
- Create custom System Folder on the Desktop or My Computer
- Delete files based on age
- WINS Lookup tool
- Disable Group Policy for individual PC locally
- Set Terminal Service session Timeouts/Limits
- Windows DOS Tricks
- FSMO Roles
- FSMO Role Placement
- Disk Partition alignment
- Windows Installer Cleanup Utility - use this to remove persistent install dialogs etc.
Troubleshooting
- Context Menu Handler (Explorer)
- Restore/Repair My Documents
- Icon problem: Low colour icons (4 bits/16 colours) even with 16/32 bit screen mode
- Cannot View Source (Internet Explorer)
- System writer is not found in the backup Error (Windows Server Backup)
- Domain Controller is not advertising as a time server Error in dcdiag
Visual Basic Scripts
Main page: Visual Basic Scripts
- Add Whitelist functionality to Intelligent Message Filter/IMF (Exchange)
- Email notifications for NTBACKUP
- Delete all files older than 1 day
Linux
- Linux Tricks
- Nagios
- Open file handling List open files by process and set system and process limits
- BASH Tricks
- BASH Scripting
- Less Tricks
- SVN for /etc Version control your /etc
- Vi/Vim
- Convert Windows/DOS text file to Unix/Linux and vica verca
- SSH Tunnels
- Iptables
- Verify SSH server host key
- Debian / Ubuntu Vs RHEL / CentOS / Fedora
- Public key authentication for SSH
- Append a remote file using SSH
- Force password change at next login
- Chmod codes
- Block dangerous/unsafe attachments in Postfix
- Installing Perl Modules
- Setup Squid Forward Proxy with Basic authentication
- Convert date format
- Get Motherboard / Manufacturer information from the command line
- Disk Partition alignment
- VNC Quickstart (Ubuntu)
- Force Password Authentication on SSH
- Virtual IPs/Multiple IPs on one Network Interface (Debian/Ubuntu)
Troubleshooting
- Linux System Troubleshooting
- Couldn't open /dev/null Error
- Can't open /dev/tty: No such device or address Error
- Error: Warning: weird character in interface `interface eth0:alias 0' (No aliases, :, ! or *) (Iptables)
Web
- Linux Web Troubleshooting
- SSL Certificates with Globalsign on Firefox
- Rewrite on IIS that actually works
- Apache Rewrite
- Telnet port 80 whilst specifying Hostname
- SSL Cert Format converter
- Renew or Create New Certificate Signing Request (CSR) While Another Certificate Is Currently Installed on IIS
DNS
Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003
- Allow Out of Office replies to external addresses
- Non-Delivery Report (NDR) / Bounce Codes
- Add Whitelist functionality to Intelligent Message Filter/IMF
- Restore Exchange using NTBACKUP
- Re-create Outlook Web Access (OWA) Virtual Directories
- Stop Producing Backscatter Spam
Troubleshooting
- Exmerge Error CADRoutines::GetNamingContextData
- Exmerge error 0x8004011d
- Error -514 JET errBadLogVersion when using Eseutil
- POP3 Connection hangs and other issues
- One or more users currently use a mailbox store on this server Error
- Strip Apostrophe (or any character) in SMTP email address
Microsoft Exchange 2007
- Exchange 2007 Server Roles
- Monitoring Exchange 2007 using Nagios
- Exchange 2007 CAS/Hub Transport Notes
- Standby Continuous Replication
- Non-Delivery Report (NDR) / Bounce Codes
- Restore Exchange using NTBACKUP
- Settings permission for an Exchange database / Granting access to all mailboxes
- Stop Producing Backscatter Spam
- Get Last Logon Time, Last Logoff time, Mailbox size and Item Count
- Setup Registered Block List (RBL) checking
- Automate/Schedule Exchange cmdlet
- Searching the Anti-spam Agent Log
- Get Database Last Backup time
- Setup Email size limits
Troubleshooting
- Exmerge Error CADRoutines::GetNamingContextData
- Exmerge error 0x8004011d
- Error -514 JET errBadLogVersion when using Eseutil
- Bounce 550 5.7.1 RESOLVER.RST.AuthRequired; authentication required
- Exchange 2007 property cannot be set due to version 0.1 (8.0.535.0) or later required
- Strip Apostrophe (or any character) in SMTP email address
- Error -18597 in Entourage when connecting to Exchange 2007
Microsoft SQL Server - MSSQL
- Monitor SQL Server using Nagios
- Setting up Mirroring
- SQL Log shipping
- SQL Clustering
- Obtain Service pack details
- High availability IIS & SQL using NLB & Clustering
- Backup all DBs on a SQL Server
- Create Database T-SQL script
MySQL
- MySQL Troubleshooting
- Access rights/Privileges/Grants
- Reset Root password
- Set Global Variables
- Get or Ascertain Slave Lag
PostgreSQL
- MySQL vs PostgreSQL
- List tables in all schemas
- Get Database, Schema and Table Sizes
- Always use the pager
Microsoft Outlook
- Disable Attachment Blocking
- Always add BCC line
- View another user's calendar in Outlook Web Access (Exchange 2007 OWA)
Troubleshooting
- ActiveSync Error 0x85010005 (Outlook Mobile Access)
- ActiveSync Error 0x80072F0D (Outlook Mobile Access)
- Global Address List not updating
- Bounce when Sending Meeting Request
- Security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site Error (Outlook 2007)
- Your Out of Office settings cannot be displayed Error (Outlook 2007)
Programming
CA Brightstor Arcserve Troubleshooting
- Database Corruption
- Database login problems / Cannot run VLDB utilities / -2005 error
- Reinitialise database
Lotus Notes Troubleshooting
- Your availability time range is invalid, please correct Error
- Document has already been deleted Error
- Stationary Locked for other users
Disaster Recovery / Backup
Reference
- Global Address List (Exchange)
- System Volume Information folder
- Difference between Quick Format and a normal/long Format
- RAID Types
- Swap / Virtual memory
