Tuesday, February 28, 2006

What's New in Windows Server 2003
Interesting read - good overview of Active Directory , Networking, Security in 2003 Server
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

How to defragment Exchange databases

Assuming a server has hit the 16GB "wall". Also assuming that there is 16GB free space on the disk run:

ESEUTIL /d "E:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb" /t "E:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\tempdfg.edb"

Notes:
  1. Disregard MS, the /p switch slows things down.
  2. ESEUTIL is not in the path.
  3. E:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\tempdfg.edb is now the name of the defragged Private Information store.

Once defragging is complete:
  • Rename Priv1.mdb to OLDPriv1.mdb
  • Rename Tempdfg.edb to Priv1.edb
  • Mount the Information Store

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Repairing Exchange databases with ESEUTIL
From "You Had Me At EHLO..."
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Database size limit changes in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2

NB - after SP2 is installed the limit is raised to 18GB, a registry hack is needed to increase this further.

Here are a few links on the topic from Hellomate, Lazyadmin and MSExchange.org

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

ADS Admin Tips

Absolutely outstanding series of tips on ADS
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Includes "Active Directory Ask the Experts"
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV

Also many other tips in the series including:
GPOS "Ask the Experts" Part I, and GPOS "Ask the Experts" Part II

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Where to Upload your Files
Review of sites that host files for free. Some terms & conditions may apply.
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Update - seems that that link is now broken. But here's a good free file host: Rapidshare.

Friday, February 10, 2006

Ten hacker tricks to exploit SQL Server systems
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Thursday, February 09, 2006

Edit Windows Mobile Registry
Edit a mbile's device from from your PC instead
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Add/Remove Programs Problem
Admin tries to remove programs, but doesn't see that option. "The cause of this problem is due to a little-known file named sysoc.inf" More...

Also a related KB article on "How to Add or Remove Windows Components with Sysocmgr.exe"
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Script it for use by GPO: More...

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Tail
Freeware helps admins monitor Windows log files in real time
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