Windows Server Essentials–Client Backup Monitoring
September 18, 2014 4 Comments
Just a quick post to say i have posted a script that works with GFIs RMM platform to monitor Client Backups for Windows Server Essentials.
Password Change Reminder PowerShell Script Updated!
September 18, 2014 10 Comments
Back in 2012 i wrote a script to help me remind users about their password expiry, to reduce the number of calls i got on the helpdesk. I decided to share it and published it on the TechNet Gallery,
It has been quite popular since then, with over 8,000 downloads! Read more of this post
Troubleshooting my Password Change Notification script
September 17, 2014 24 Comments
I regularly receive questions on my PowerShell Script for Password Change Notification. Whilst i have tried to keep the Q&A limited to the Technet Gallery page, it occurred to me i might be better off putting together a basic troubleshooting guide a bit like a FAQ.
What you have to understand is i am inherently lazy, which is why i wrote the script in the first place, and being a bit short on ideas for posts.. well, here we are.
Did you know.. Customising your PowerShell Window
September 16, 2014 Leave a comment
Some time ago i read a blog or forum entry that mentioned being able to customise your PowerShell Window with alternate background colours much like you could with the old Command Prompt. It was one of those thing i thought was cool but would look at later. So today i decided to get this done. I did sit and think about whether or not to even write this up as a post, given i am not really coming up with anything new and just linking to what other people have done, but then i thought, well without people doing that the internet would be a much smaller place.
So, first i did a search for customising your PowerShell profile.
This task must be performed on the Domain Controller – Fixed
August 13, 2014 2 Comments
For anyone who has deployed Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2, or more likely the 2012 R2 Essentials Experience Role, you may well have hit the issue where you were unable to run any of the integration wizards with online services such as Office 365 or Windows Azure.
When trying to run one of those Wizards from the Essentials Dashboard, you would have been given the helpful response “This task must be performed on the domain controller"
Quick Fix: Printer not Redirected in RDP Session
July 23, 2014 Leave a comment
This is something i have come across a number of times over the years, with varying degrees of success and failure. Some vendors seem to provide driver download packages allowing you to install the right driver, some more awful ones insist the printer is physically connected before it will let the driver install. Today i was helping someone who had an HP DeskJet 990c. Now that is quite an old printer and i remember from XP days that the driver was on the HCL and it was a plug and play printer.
So once i had identified it was indeed a driver issue causing the redirection to fail i needed a way to get the driver installed.
Quick Fix: Outlook 2013 Cannot Create File When Saving Attachment.
June 24, 2014 9 Comments
I had a call this morning regarding a user who could not save a PDF attachment, they also could not even open it.
When they tried to save, or open they received this error.
Cannot Create File. MyAttachment.PDF. Right-Click the folder you want to create the file in, and then click properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder.
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