Kevin Oppihle's Tech Notes

Problem: The McAfee Client is running on the XP workstation however in security center and outlook it appears as if the client does not have a valid antivirus suit in place. McAfee Agent 4.5, McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise Module 8.7, VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i When you open Outlook go to Tools> Trust Center> Programmatic Access you see the following: Solution: After researching and trying everything from reinstalling Office, reinstalling McAfee suite, Clearing the security center cache… The fix, as crazy and easy as it sounds, is to remove the workstation from the domain restart it, log on as a local administrator, open up security center (Start> Control Panel> Security Center) exit that then rejoin the PC back to the domain. Then the status will change back to “Valid” Credit: Cublands

Problem: Unable to remove because “Client is Managed” when you use add and remove programs Solution: Caution: it’s the registry you break it you bought it… Delete the following registry keys: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Network Associates HKLM\SOFTWARE\McAfee Then go to add and remove programs and uninstall McAfee Agent and it will now allow you to uninstall. This will require a restart

Problem: So you have multiple completely separate Office Word 2010 documents all formatted and complete and you decide you want to combine them into one larger word doc. You don’t want to cut and paste and reformat all day and you don’t want to combine them one at a time. Here is how to import them all at once with formatting: Solution: Open your new document you want to import in Word Go to the “Insert” tab Select “Object” > “Text from File” Browse to the document or documents you want to import, Select the document or multiples, and click “Insert” And wait! It may take some time for it to import multiple documents especially if they are in double digits. You may need to add some page breaks but besides that your formatting should be in place.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps: Click Start , type Task Scheduler in the Search box, and then click Task Scheduler . Enable the trigger that regularly starts the RacTask task. In Task Scheduler, expand Task Scheduler Library , expand Microsoft , and then expand Windows . Right-click RAC , click View , and then click to select the Show Hidden Tasks command. Note If the Show Hidden Tasks command is already selected, go to step 2c. Double-click RacTask . In the RacTask Properties dialog box, click the Triggers tab. On the Triggers tab, double-click the One time trigger. In the Edit Trigger dialog box, click to select the Enabled option, and then click OK . In the RacTask Properties dialog box, click OK . Close Task Scheduler. Update a registry setting. Click Start , type Regedit in the Search box, and then click Regedit . In Registry Editor, set the value of the following registry entry to 1: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Reliability Analys...

To see who is on the local RDP sessions using command prompt as an administrator run: c:\qwinsta If it is a remote server you are trying to view use the /server: server name or IP as shown below: c:\qwisnta /server:10.0.0.1 or c:\qwisnta /server:PDC1 You will see a display showing the following: Sessionname Username  ID  State         Type  Device console          koppihle3    2   Active To disconnect Koppihle3 use c:\rwisnta /server:servername ID# as shown below c:\rwinsta /server:PDC1 2 Give it a second or two to process the log off especially if using roaming profiles To confirm the session is disconnected run the qwinsta query again

Here is Quickbooks installation guide for reference: http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/Articles/HOW12743 Note: QB data files should be stored and monitored on the server whenever possible 1) Document Current product, Version and Mode in use (mode just specifies the default views it can be changed later if wrong) 2) Go to http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/productupdates.aspx Select the proper product, Version and select “Get Download” Save to centralized location (typically the night before so it has time to download) 3) Make sure all users are out of Quickbooks (If server installation you can verify using server database manager) 4) Make a backup copy of the Quickbooks data files (simple drag and copy when closed) 5) Run Upgrade installation file you downloaded on Server 6) Run same Upgrade installation file on the fastest system onsite that uses Quickbooks 7) Copy the Quickbooks data files to the fastest system and open the datafiles locally 8) Quick...

Exchange 2003 supports Recovery storage groups to restore data from a single mailbox. In previous the previous versions of Exchange, you would have to bring up a test server, restore a full Exchange backup, and then extract the required information into PSTs using tools like Exmerge. Once the extraction was done, this information would have to be then imported into the production Exchange server. Being long and tiring, this wasn’t the most popular administrative job. In this post I will walk you through steps on how to use Recovery Storage Group. Note: This post is written under the assumption that a good, working backup of Exchange is available to complete the recovery of data. Steps: 1. Open Exchange System Manager. 2. Expand Servers container and then right click on <ServerName> . Select New and click on Recovery Storage Group. 3. A screen shot of the dialog box that will come up is given below: The system will automatically set the paths for the transaction logs and t...

Install Virtual PC 2007 Install Windows Mobile 6 Professional Images (USA) Once installed open the program Click File > Configure Click on the Properties tab Click Enable Network Adapter and select your network card Save and restart your virtual Phone you will see a warning as shown below. Click Yes. Now to configure the virtual Phone itself to point to the network card as its service Go to Settings Go to the Connections Tab and Select Connections Select Advanced tab and “Select Networks” Change the option to “My Work Network” and click OK in the top right corner The configuration should be completed to test go to Start > Internet Explorer and test browsing.

This is a chart I came up with to remember misc IPV4 info. I found it easier to memorize a couple lines and then work in either direction to create the whole chart for exams in a matter of a minute or 2. Hopefully you find it as helpful to:    CIDR SM HOSTS X2 SN C SN B SN A /8 255 ooo   24       /9 128 oo   23     2 /10 192 oo 4194304 22     4 /11 224 oo 2097152 21     8 /12 240 oo 1048576 20     16 /13 248 oo 524288 19     32 /14 252 oo 262144 18     64 /15 254 oo 131072 17     128 /16 255 oo 65536 16     256 /17 128 o 32768 15   2 512 /18 192 o 16384 14   4 1024 /19 224 o 8192 13   8 2048 /20 240 o 4096 12   16 4096 /21 248 o 2048 11   32 8192 /22 252 o 1024 10   64 16384 /23 254 o 512 9 ...

Warning! Please confirm in a test environment. I have not used these notes in some time and do not remember if they are complete! This is the method used when new mailboxes were created in a new domain with the same domain name and server name. This assumes the files were in a clean state. Open Active Driectory Users and Computers Add Administrator to “Exchange Domain Server” group To confirm files were closed in a Clean State At a command prompt Go to the exchsrv\bin directory and run: ESEUTIL /mh “path to the .edb” (use the quotes too) Scroll up through the output and look for STATE=Clean Shutdown If clean close the dos window and proceed Open Exchange System Manager (proceed past any ok or warnings in the recovery store) Expand >Adminstrative groups>First Administrative Group> Servers> Right Click on the server and select New Recovery Storage Group Note the creation path and let it create Right Click on Recovery Storage Group and select New Mailbox Store Again note ...

Open NTBackup Advanced Mode > Backup Tab> Job> Load Selections Select “Small Business Backup Scripts.bks” Click OK on error message “Some invalid selections found…..” Job> Save Selections Overwrite Small Business Backup Scripts.bks Exit Retry Backup Job

Unplug the power from the phone Plug power back in and when you see “Nortel Networks” displayed in the panel press the square buttons from left to right as seen below. (Only do this once and wait!) “Nortel Networks” 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 You will then see the following which you will press “OK” button 1 repeatedly till you see “Manual Cfg” EAP Enable? [0-N,1-Y]:0 OK BKSpace Clear Cancel In Manual config you can change the IP, Subnet Mask, or Gateway as required. In this Example I will change the Gateway To Change press the “BKSpace” button 2 and enter in the correct Gateway using the number pad Manual Cfg DEF GW: 192.168.0.1 OK BKSpace Clear Cancel Once finished repeatedly press “OK” button 1 until the phone exits the configuration and restarts It is normal for it to say “Waiting for Cfg Data…” and ignore any errors till it starts up. The only one that we should be concerned about is “Unable to find Server” which means it cannot access the internet or VPN pr...

The following will show you how to configure a Netopia\Motorola Router to Authenticate and pass through Static IP Traffic into your local network. Follow the initial “Quick Start” to configure and test the Username and Password at that point it will still grab a random DHCP address. Select “Expert Mode” and select “Yes” Select “Configure”> Select “LAN”> And enter in your first Static IP Select “Submit” Select “DHCP” and revise to Statics that are not assigned or Disable Select “Submit” Select “Wan” on the left Menu> Select “PPP overEthernet vcc1” Uncheck “Address Mapping (NAT)” Select “Submit” On top select “Security”> Select “Stateful Inspection” Select “Exposed Addresses” Select “Add”> Enter in the address range you want exposed Select “Submit” Click on the Yellow Warning Icon Select “Save and Restart”