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Changing your password in Windows 10 is a bit different than in the older versions of Microsoft Windows. To change your password you will need to: Click in the search box next to the start button Type in the word password Select Change your password under settings Select either change or add Type in the …
I got the following error message when trying to mount an exchange database after recovering a server from a backup: Microsoft Exchange Error ——————————————————– Failed to mount database ‘Mailbox Database 1646558789’. Mailbox Database 1646558789 Failed Error: Couldn’t mount the database that you specified. Specified database: Mailbox Database 1646558789; Error code: An Active Manager operation failed …
When you are first looking at taking the dive and using Microsoft Azure you will want to be able to figure out how much it is going to cost. There is the Azure Pricing Calculator that you can use to get pricing but this calculator is not 100% accurate. The acutal price of Azure services …
A good feature of Office 365 is that you can actually wipe a mobile device from it. This can be quite useful if a phone or tablet has been stolen or lost and you do not want people to access your enterprise data. Microsoft Exchange Server also has this same feature and it is the …
When you migrate to a new Domain Controller you will need to transfer the FSMO(Flexible Single Master Operations) roles before you remove the original domain controller. Transferring the RID, PDC and Infrastructure Master roles Open the Active Directory Users and Computers console Right click on Active Directory Users and Computers, then click connect to domain …
When using multiple monitors the touch screens may not actually be detected as touch screen displays or it may think that the input for one touchscreen is the other so when you touch one touch display then it will react on the other one. This is because the touchscreens require configuration, to calibrate the touch …
I got this error after moving someone from a local Exchange 2003 server to Office 365. When you open outlook you will get a message saying: The file C:\Users\<username>\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\<emailaddress>.ost cannot be accessed because it has been configured for use with a different mailbox. From what I can figure out it is because it another exchange …
After setting up a PPTP VPN from my new Windows 10 computer I couldn’t get internet access. So I tested to make sure it wasn’t just DNS playing up and pinged 8.8.8.8 but no good. So I tested pinging my default gateway and that worked, so then I tested pinging the default gateway of the …
PowerShell is an incredibly powerful tool that for Windows Sysadmins is a must. Once you start using it you will not stop. Microsoft does not give you access to the back end management software for Exchange so PowerShell is a must if you are going to use Office365 for a business. Windows 7 by default …
This is one of those frustrating problems that many people with multiple monitors have had and the resolution is actually quite simple Right click on the desktop, click screen resolution. In the dialog where you see two monitors drag them so they line up. You should notice the jump increase and decrease with the alignment. …