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How to delete a windows service (Windows Server 2003/2008/2012)
If you need to delete a Windows Service, you just have to open a new command prompt (run as administrator) and run the following command:
Command: sc delete NameOfService
Critical problem with Litigation Hold detected in OWA – Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Online (Office 365)
Recently, a very important critical problem has been detected in the behaviour of litigation hold in Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Online.
When a mailbox is enabled for litigation and holds a delegate of the mailbox is able to use OWA to permanently delete folders (and their items) from the mailbox, without them being preserved correctly by the litigation hold.
The issue impacts Exchange Online and all supported versions of Exchange Server 2013 on-premises. The bug does not exist when mailboxes are accessed via Outlook or other clients, only when accessed via OWA
Microsoft has released KB2996477 which also describes the issue:
This problem occurs when a user uses OWA to delete or move a folder from a delegated mailbox that is on hold to another mailbox if that mailbox is also open in OWA but is not on hold. The items are preserved according to the hold settings of the delegate’s own mailbox, not the settings of the delegated mailbox. The delegate can move or delete individual items inside a folder, and the items are preserved as expected.
Non-delegated scenarios, in which one user is the sole owner of a mailbox, are not affected by this issue. This problem also does not occur in the Outlook client.
There are 2 known solutions:
1. Put a hold on all users who are participating in delegated scenarios.
2. Disable OWA for users who have delegated access to their mailbox.
First, it’s worth verifying whether any mailboxes in your organization are enabled for litigation hold.
[PS] C:\>Get-Mailbox | where LitigationHoldEnabled Name Alias ServerName ProhibitSendQuota ---- ----- ---------- ----------------- Aurel Proorocu aurel.proorocu exch2013 Unlimited IT Support it.support exch2013 Unlimited
If disabling OWA is a practical solution for your organization this can easily be performed, for example:
[PS] C:\>Get-Mailbox | where LitigationHoldEnabled | Set-CASMailbox -OWAEnabled:$false
Of course, if the mailboxes are under investigation it may not be wise to tip off the mailbox owner by disabling OWA. In that case enabling litigation hold for the other users with access to the mailbox would be the better approach.
Google emails go to Junk folder on Office 365
It seems that Microsoft and Google continue to tease each other…
As I discovered recently, if you share a file from Google Drive with someone that uses Office 365, the notification email will go directly into the Junk folder.
Solution(s):
– adding the respective domain on the Office 365 whitelist (ex. @domain-that-is-hosted-on-google-apps.com)
– creating a contact on your Outlook Online with the senders address (ex. user@domain-that-is-hosted-on-google-apps.com)
Sharepoint sends mail that goes in spam folder | Outlook 2010 / 2013 | Exchange 2010
A few days ago I received a request from a reader of my blog:
“I am a SharePoint Developer and not familiar with exchange server. I will really appreciate if you can please help me on this:
Issue is that we are sending an email from our custom application in SharePoint to “ALLUsers” group which contains all the employees of the organization. This email is send via SharePoint using SPUtility.SendEmail method. Now, not all the times but some times emails goes to Junk E-mail folder.
We have discussed this with IT and they said they have already added the IP address of our SharePoint Server into “whitelist”. After much discussion, they have send us following code to add it in our email:
objMessage.Configuration.
I am not sure that this will work. Also, what else we can do? we are running “Exchange Server 2010 SP2 with Rollup #5” “
Solution:
#1. If the Exchange Server spam filter also filters the local relay then:
#1. If the Exchange Server spam filter also filters the local relay then:
Probably they only white-listed the ip but that doesn’t make Exchange to also skip the anti-spam policy.
We are talking about a e-mail addresses that is on a server and when you try to send emails to addresses from the same server they go into junk.
We are talking about a e-mail addresses that is on a server and when you try to send emails to addresses from the same server they go into junk.
To do that, they have to give this command in power-shell:
set-mailbox nameof.mailbox -AntispamBypassEnabled $true get-mailbox nameof.mailbox | fl *spam*,*SCL* AntispamBypassEnabled : True
*replace nameofmailbox with the name of the account configured
#2 If the Exchange Server does not filter local relay for spam:
You are sending a internal e-mail from a address to a list and it goes to spam but the exchange does not filter local relay.
Then you need to add a safe senders list via a GPO for everyone for Outlook. Because the problem is Outlook has it’s own mechanism for anti-spam.
( For testing before you do that: add this address to safe senders on one computer with Outlook and then send the mass message and see if it still goes to spam –> it should not ).
Tutorial how to make a GPO for this can be found here.
If you have problems / questions / ideas please you can comment here or contact me.
Enjoy !
How to boot in safe mode Windows 8 ( The easiest way )
One of the first problems that a Windows 8 user has is….
“How can I boot in Safe Mode… the classic F8 is not working….”
The easiest way is:
1. Press Windows Button and write msconfig, and Enter:
2. Go to Boot Tab, and select Safe Boot:
*Other info:
Minimal is the normal safe mode.
Alternate Shell is a safe mode with command prompt console
Network is a safe mode with network
3. Restart
4. After reboot you will be in safe mode. Do your work ^_^
5. After you finished you have to go back to msconfig ( step 2 ) and un-check safe mode, and then restart:
*If you do not do this step after reboot you will be again in safe mode !
Enjoy !
Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts ( complete list )
New Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts
Win – Display Start Menu
Win + Mouse Scroll Wheel – Zoom in and out on the Start Menu
Win + L – Lock your PC and return to logon screen
Win + P -Projector Options
Win + X – Admin tools menuWin + Enter – Starts Windows Narrator
Win + (plus sign + ) – Screen zoom in
Win + (minus sign – ) – Screen zoom out
Win + Print Screen – Saves a screenshot in the picture library screenshot folder
Print Screen – Saves a screenshot to clipboard
Alt + Tab – Classic app switcher
Win + Tab – Metro app switcher
Alt + F4 – Close application (Desktop and Metro)
Tab – Select different items
Ctrl + C – Copy
Ctrl + X – Cut
Ctrl + V – Paste
New interface shortcuts
Win + C – Displays charms
Win + Z – Displays app bar
Win + I – Settings side menu
Win + K – Devices menu
Win + H – Share menu
Win + F – File search
Win + Q – Application search
Win + W – Settings search
Win + (period . ) – Snap Metro app to the right
Win + Shift + (period . ) –Snap Metro app to the left
Arrow keys + spacebar – Select app tile
Shortcuts for desktop
Win + D – Show Desktop
Win + M – Minimize to Desktop
Win + R – Run
Win + T – Taskbar previews
Win + U – Ease of Access Center
Win + Pause / Break – System Information
Win + comma – Peek at desktop
Ctrl + Shift + Escape – Task Manager
Win + Right Arrow – Aero snap right
Win + Left Arrow – Aero snap left
Win + Up Arrow – Aero snap full screen
Win + 1 through 9 – Launched applications pinned to the taskbar
Shortcuts for File Explorer
Win + E – Open File Explorer
Ctrl + N – Additonal File Explorer window
Alt + F + P – Open Command prompt at current location
Alt + F + r – Open PowerShell prompt at current location
Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Wheel – Change view
Ctrl + Shift + N – New Folder
Alt + Enter – Selected File/Folder Properties
F2 – Rename selected item
Ctrl + F1 – Show or Hide Ribbon
Alt + Up arrow – Navigate up a folder
Alt + Left Arrow – Navigate to previous folder
Alt + Right Arrow – Navigate forward
Shortcuts for Internet Explorer 10
Ctrl + B – Favorites Manager
Ctrl + D – Add site to Favorites
Ctrl + I – Favorites List
Ctrl + G – Feeds
Ctrl + H – History
Ctrl + J – View Downloads
Ctrl + N – New Window
Ctrl + P – Print
Ctrl + Shift + P – Open InPrivate mode tab
Ctrl + T – New tab
Ctrl + K – Duplicate tab
Ctrl + W – Close tab
Ctrl + Shift + T – Reopen closed tab
Ctrl + Tab – Switch between open tabs
Ctrl + R or F5 – Refresh Page
Ctrl + U – View Source
Ctrl + F or F3 – Find on page
Ctrl + E – Move cursor to address bar to search the web
Alt + Home – Homepage
Alt + Left Arrow – Back
Alt + Right Arrow – Forward
F10 – Menubar
F11 – Toggle Full Screen Mode
F12 – Developer Tools
Shortcuts for Internet Explorer 10 Metro
Ctrl + E – Move cursor to address bar to search the web
Ctrl + F or F3 – Find on page
Ctrl + R or F5 – Refresh Page
Ctrl + P – Print
Ctrl + T – New tab
Ctrl + K – Duplicate tab
Ctrl + W – Close tab
Ctrl + Tab – Switch between open tabs
Ctrl + Shift + T – Reopen closed tab
Ctrl + Shift + P – Open InPrivate Mode Tab
Ctrl + L or F4 – Open address bar
Alt + Left Arrow – Back
Alt + Right Arrow Forward
The pretty nice list can be found here: download a PDF or XPS.
How to activate Windows 8 Enterprise
How to activate Windows 8 Enterprise ?
1. Press Start button ( from the keyboard ) / and type cmd :
2. Select the Command Prompt and click on the Run as an administrator :
3. Type: slmgr.vbs -ipk “WINDOWS-8-ACTIVATION-KEY”
*Replace “WINDOWS-8-ACTIVATION-KEY” with your Serial Number
If you have problems don’t hesitate to comment / contact me.
Enjoy !
HowTo Whitelist a domain or email address in Microsoft Exchange 2010
First of all, what is a whitelist ?
A whitelist is a list of known safe email senders. Whitelists can be made up of IP addresses, domain names, or email addresses. In most cases businesses will choose to whitelist domain names of highly trusted customers or suppliers, or email addresses that are the source of critical emails.
Whitelist features are not available via Exchange Management Console (the GUI), so this will have to be completed via the Exchange Powershell Open powershell via the exchange menu item and run one of the following scripts, based on your requirement:
To check whats currently whitelisted (Bypassed Recipients):
Get-ContentFilterConfig
To whitelist a single email address:
$list = (Get-ContentFilterConfig).BypassedSenders
$list.add("new.mail@address.com")
Set-ContentFilterConfig -BypassedSenders $list
To whitelist an entire domain:
$list = (Get-ContentFilterConfig).BypassedSenderDomains
$list.add("domain.com")
Set-ContentFilterConfig -BypassedSenderDomains $list
ENJOY.
And if you encounter any problems feel free to comment / contact me.
How to check if standard or enterprise Exchange 2010 is installed?
This thing can be done by using the GUI or by using Powershell.
A. Using GUI
1.Open EMC / Expand untill you get to Server Configuration ( and click on it ) / On the right panel will appear the server configuration:
2. Click on View / Add/Remove Columns…
3. In the window that appears click on Edition and the Add / then OK:
4. After that the column with the edition will appear:
B. Using Powershell
1. Open Microsoft Exchange Management Powershell
2. Run the following command:
get-exchangeserver
ENJOY.
And if you encounter any problems feel free to comment / contact me.
